The annual National Conference of Indian Hospital Pharmacists Association (IHPA) will be held at St Stephens Hospital, New Delhi on October 27, 2002. The theme of the conference is " Hospital Pharmacist for Pharmacy Practice".
About 300 delegates representing hospital pharmacy and pharmacy education sector drawn from all parts of the country are expected to attend the conference.
Informing this S L Nasa, secretary, IHPA said that the conference would highlight the importance of pharmacy practice in the country. "Pharmacy practice is an emerging discipline in India. Recently five institutions have started offering courses in Pharmacy Practice, which encompasses the hospital, clinical and community pharmacy disciplines. Our annual conference would try to create more awareness about pharmacy practices", he said.
India Chem 2002
Salient features of the Int''l Conference andExhibition
Exhibition
1. 233 corporate participants(79 foreign, 144 Indian)
2. Excellent response from foreign companies. Over 79 companies from 13 countries participating in the exhibition.
3. Germany leads in company participation. 33 German companies including world leaders like Bayer, BASF, Degussa, Lurgi, Uhde are participating.
4. Global participation.USA (16), China (14), Italy (7), also companies from Sweden, Denmark, UAE, Iran, Japan, UK, Switzerland, The Netherland.
Conference
1. International conference, 95 speakers (25 foreign speakers)
2. Inauguration by Vice President of India; Keynote address by Dr. H. Noerenberg, Chairman. Bayer Polymers AG, Germany; Vision statement by Dr. Ashok Ganguli, Chairman, ICI (India) Ltd.
3. India-Latin America Health Summit being held concurrently at Pragati Maidan (Hall No. 13). Inauguration by MOS (Commerce). Ministers coming from 4 countries. Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia.
4. 22. Drug Regulators coming from 12 countries.
5. Special Policy Session at which Secretaries and other senior officers of 11 departments have been invited (Commerce, DGFT, Environment & Forests, Revenue, Labour, Power Petroleum & Natural Gas, Industrial Policy & Promotion, Biotechnology, Finance). 18th September, 2002 at 2.30 p.m.