Interphex, the world's leading pharmaceutical manufacturing event brand, will debut in India from 13-15, September, 2007, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai.

The event will be held concurrently with the Indian Pharmaceutical Association's (IPA) annual conference, with the support of International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE). Organised by Reed Exhibitions which manages more than 420 trade shows annually worldwide, the event comes to India for the first time, with the support of Chronicle Pharmabiz, the leading pharma industry magazine in South Asia. Interphex India will showcase the leading edge technologies related to the industry and will cover the full spectrum of pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment, machinery, material, service, software, hardware and solutions. The event is expected to draw 6000 senior level visitors from the drug-manufacturing sector. The event will be useful for visitors related to analysis, compliance, chemists, clinical trials, contract services, design, environmental, formulation, IT, laboratory services, process, packaging, pharmacy, production, purchasing, quality, regulatory, R&D, supply chain, validation etc. The event will also target those looking to outsource their needs from laboratory research, clinical trials, machinery components, assembly or finished products, to entire drug manufacturing sector.

Alongside the exhibition will run a multi-stream conference addressing essential technical, compliance and regulatory issues identified as relevant to Indian industry, providing an opportunity to view the latest solutions from the key players in the industry.

"India is fast emerging as one of the most innovative and rapidly growing global pharmaceutical producers. The exhibition and conference combines the world's leading pharmaceutical trade show brand with one of the world's most fertile and fast-moving pharmaceutical markets, " said the organisers.

The organisers also have launched a free download "A Guide to Doing Business in the Pharmaceutical Industry in India" at website www.interphex.com/india, to help the global pharma industry learn more about the Indian pharmaceutical industry.