India’s biggest deliberations on the growth of pharmacy profession and development of pharmaceutical industry will take place in the pharma industrial hub of Indore from October 30 to November 1, together with an exhibition of machineries and equipment for manufacture and packing.

The three days event, titled as ‘IPA-MP Conclave and Pharma Tech Expo 2015’ will host more than 100 exhibitors of machineries and equipments needed for pharma manufacturing companies, testing laboratories and packaging industry. The exhibitors will display the cutting edge technology of their products before the visiting buyers, dealers and suppliers.

The expo and the concurrent seminars aim to bring suppliers and buyers into a common platform and help them to interact with global leaders, provide knowledge about the latest technology and promote the domestic company’s products. Indore is the production base of large and medium scale pharmaceutical companies in Madhya Pradesh, said Dr. SB. Rijwani, chairman of the organising committee.

The event is organised by the Madhya Pradesh branch of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association (MP-IPA) in association with PharmaTechonolgyIndex.com. The pharma conclave and the exhibition will be inaugurated by the media proprietor, Ramesh Chandra Agarwal, chairman of the Dainik Bhaskar group.

Described as the largest pharma technology exhibition in central India, the Pharma Tech Expo is the third edition in the series, and the IPA-MP conclave is the first one in the state. The conclave is mainly targeted for the professionals in the industry and in the pharmacy practice field. Five seminars have been organised in conjunction with the event. The visitors can gather the latest information about the emerging market trends, technological innovations, upcoming market needs, new scientific developments, updates on regulations in pharma and allied industries from the expo and the seminars.

While briefing Pharmabiz about the programme, the chairman of the organising committee said, “In a diverse country like India, more than 50,000 pharmaceutical formulations are circulated in the market and the maintenance of quality standards of these formulations are in the hands of the pharmacists. The role of pharmacist is not only dispensing of medicines, but also sharing information of medicines with the patients and other healthcare professionals. The pharmacist is involved in the activities of researches, clinical trials, manufacturing, quality control, quality assurance, besides as a regulator and teacher. But there are a lot of challenges before the pharmacist to achieve the goal. This expo and seminars are held to give exposures to the aspiring and perspiring pharmacists in the country.”

Dr. Rijwani, who is also the president of MP-IPA, pointed out that preference has been given to the Indian manufacturers to exhibit their technologies in the expo as the organisers are taking a cue from the prime minister of India for promoting domestic products. The event will be held at the Brilliant Convention Centre in Indore. The previous two events were held in the same centre in 2011 and 2013.

The three days programme is supported by various industry associations like Association of Industries in MP, Ayush Drug Manufacturers Association of MP, MP Small Scale Drug Manufacturers Association, MP Ayurvedic Medicine Manufacturers Association, Pithampur Audhyogik Sangathan, and MP Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association.

On the first day, after inauguration of the exhibition, a seminar will be held on the subject, ‘WHO GMP Certification- Regulators’ expectation’. Dr. K. Bengaru Rajan from CDSCO is the chief speaker.