Events

Event: Technical seminars on the pharma industry
Date: 12th December 2007
Venue: Fortune Hotel Landmark, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad-380 013
Organised by: MeasureTest Corporation
Date: 14th December 2007
Venue: Panchkula, Hotel K C Cross Road, Site No.1, Sector 10, Opp Bus Stand, Panchkula 134113
Summary: It is a free technical seminar for the pharma industry, catering especially to the Gujarat area (Ahmedabad/Baroda etc) and Northern India (Baddi/Chandigarh/Dehradun etc). It will be a full day seminar, including lunch and tea, will be conducted by Tony Harrison, a technical expert from UK. Topics covered will include pharma cleanroom monitoring, liquid particle counting for svi/lvi, total organic carbon measurement of pharma waters, and oxygen and ozone measurement.

Contact:
MeasureTest Corporation
Phone: 022-23645282
E-mail: sheesh@measuretest.com

Event: India Contract Manufacturing 2008
Date: 21-22 January 2008
Venue: To be decided
Summary: The India Contract Manufacturing 2008 will diagnose the current cost and compliance issues of the Indian CMOs, and address the performance and quality concern of drug companies towards CMOs. Through this 2-way extensive discussion and sharing, the future forward of India contract manufacturing will be clearly examined. The conference also addresses financing and strategic alliances of Indian CMOs in face of globalisation and new opportunities offered by biopharmaceuticals and biogenerics. The forum also focuses on the best practice models of manufacture contracting in India to maximise corporate ROI. The strategic alliances and groundbreaking business models implemented among the local top pharmas will be revealed. At India Contract Manufacturing 2008, attendees will learn, network and benchmark against leading drug manufacturers, global top pharmas, home-grown R&D giants and CMOs.

Contact:
Kelly Lee
CP21, Suite 2101, Level 21, Central Plaza,
34, Jalan Sultan Ismail, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Telephone: +603 2723 6798
Fax: +603 2723 6699
Email: KellyL@marcusevanskl.com

Event: ISCR's First Annual Conference: 'Clinical Research in India - leaping into the global arena.'
Date: January 14 - 15, 2008
Venue: Hotel Hyatt Regency, Mumbai, India
Organised By: Indian Society for Clinical Research
Summary: The conference will have a one day pre-conference workshop on January 13 followed by the main two-day conference. The objective of the convention is to provide a forum for professional development of participants and contribute to raising the bar for clinical research. The convention will also provide an opportunity for networking and shape the policy environment in the country. The conference scientific committee is being chaired by Dr Arun Bhatt and Dr C N Potkar along with other members who are stalwarts in their areas of expertise. This convention will discuss updates in the field of clinical research through focused topics, national and international subject matter experts and carefully crafted scientific programme. Participants will be able to get all that they need to know about status of clinical research policy and operations in India.

Contact:
N V Ramamurthy
Secretary-General, ISCR, Tel No. 022-6570 6167
For conference registration contact Vibha Parab,
Tel No. 022- 66932028, Fax: 6693 2188.
Email: info@iscr.org Website: www.iscr.org