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A door-opening event for the high-fliers

Our Bureau, MumbaiThursday, December 4, 2003, 08:00 Hrs  [IST]

The 3rd edition of CPhI 2003 China will be held at Everbright Convention & Exhibition Centre, in the most happening city of Shanghai, from December 8 to 10. Everbright provides the ideally suited venue for this much-awaited business even in the chemical and pharmaceutical event. Located in the Southwest of Shanghai, and strategically placed close to the Hongqiao International Airport, CPhI China creates an excellent platform for the pharmaceutical ingredient manufactures overseas to establish contacts with Chinese companies presenting themselves at CPhI. The chemicals and pharmaceutical market in China offers immense opportunities for foreign pharmaceutical manufacturers. The ever-expanding market of this world's most country is further opening up with its entry into the WTO. China has recently introduced internationally accepted trading and regulatory standards. Executives from research & development, purchasing, engineering, production, quality control and general management. as well as original molecule designers, generic producers , me too producers, OTC producers, intermediates producers, custom synthesis producers, cosmetic producers, engineering companies, research institutions, regulatory institutions, government, educational institutions. are expected to partake in the event. Exhibitor profile include active pharmaceutical ingredients, alkaloids, amino acids, analytical services, antibiotics, antimicrobial preservatives, antioxidants, biocatalysts, biotechnology, capsules/ encapsulation, chemical synthesis/ analysis, chiral intermediates, coating agents, colours and colour dispersions, computer software, consulting services, custom manufacturing, cytokines, data services, diagnostic reagents,drug delivery systems, e-business, emulsifying and/or solubilizing agents, enzymes, excipients, fine chemicals, flavours and perfumes, formulation development, glidants, herbal teas, hormones & synthetic substances, immunochemistry, intermediates, logistics and distribution, marketing services,medicinal plants, microencapsulation, ointment bases, packaging, peptides, phospholipids, product characterization, prostag-landins, publisher, plant and animal extracts, regulatory affairs, recruitment/ human resources, sera and vaccines, solvents, stiffening agents, suppository bases, suspending and or viscosity increasing agents, synthetic organic chemistry, sweetening agents, tablet binders, tablet lubricants, tablet filler - binders, tablet disintegrants, tissue culture medias, wetting and/or solubilizing agents etc. First CPhI-China was held at the Intex exhibition center in Shanghai in July 2001. 190 active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufactures and intermediates producers presented their product portfolio. And 6892 visitors from inside and abroad the mainland participated in the event. The second edition of CPhI China was held in Shanghai in June 2002. CPhI 2002 showed a 14 per cent increase in visitor numbers; in all 7856 individual visitors from 32 Chinese regions and 53 overseas countries attended the exhibition. CPhI China 2003 expects a much wider participation this time as the amount of re-bookings and new reservations already exceeds this year's exhibition space, according to the CPhI official website. China Chamber of Commerce of Medicines & Health Product Importers and Exporters (CCCMHPIE) will act as a local-organizer for this event. It is hoped that CCMHPIE-would help making the event runaway success by its members becoming highly valuable go-betweens for companies eager to do business in China.

 
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