The Indian pharmaceutical industry is all set to experience the country’s largest pharma event, CPhI and P-MEC 2015 in Mumbai. As a pre-cursor to the event, during the week dedicated to the pharma industry, UBM will host the Indian edition of Pre-Connect Congress (7th edition internationally), India Pharma Awards and launch of industry dedicated publication reports.
The Indian pharmaceutical market is growing at 13 per cent annually, twice the world market growth rate. With 97 participating countries and over 1100 exhibitors & 32000 delegates, the three day expo will provide a plethora of opportunities to international pharmaceutical companies to explore and benefit from. CPhI India is a sister brand of CPhI Worldwide.
Pre-Connect Congress would be a series of panel discussion among industry leaders, deliberating on topics related to M&A in pharma, regulatory issues and enhancing synergies, transition of India from a manufacturing hub to an innovation and drug discovery destination, pricing policy affecting profitability, technological advances and the biosimilars as the next booming segment for the Indian pharma market.
India Pharma Awards 2015 is a platform that recognizes innovation and celebrates excellence in the Indian pharma sector amidst a landscape wherein the industry is increasingly looking towards India for higher quality and low cost pharma solutions. The UBM India Pharma Awards in association with TAKE Solutions as title sponsor will showcase organizational capabilities in the direction of Innovations across 10 different categories and will be attended by the cream of industry including policy makers from the country as well as Asia and Europe.
The India Pharma Exporters – Collector’s Edition will felicitate the leading players for their noteworthy contribution to the Indian economy. The publication will include Global & Indian trends of pharmaceutical industry covering production, demand – supply, export trends, investment, key growth drivers of the industry, government initiatives for the industry and future outlook. The World Of P-MEC will provide an overview of the industry including global trends in P-MEC, P-MEC scenario in India, key growth drivers, investments, trends and future outlook.
Speaking on the event Yogesh Mudras, managing director, UBM India said, "It is an exciting time for the pharma sector in India. The industry is setting itself on a growth trajectory and is expected to offer ample opportunities for the players in the sector. CPhI & P-MEC 2015 is well placed to provide an industry platform for every company that deals with pharmaceuticals in India. We have consistently received an overwhelming response from the participants and this year with introduction of India Pharma Exporters – Collector’s Edition & The World of P-MEC – Collector’s Edition in addition to Pre- Connect Congress, we wish to bring in, added insightful exchange amongst the industry veterans and stalwarts”.