The Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association (IDMA) which will be completing 50 years of service in January 2012, will be holding the 50th Annual Day Golden Jubilee Year Celebrations on January 6 and 7, 2012 at Hotel Intercontinental – The Lalit in Mumbai.
At the Golden Jubilee Annual Day Celebrations, eminent national and international personalities will be addressing IDMA members during these two days. IDMA will also be recognizing top achievers in the Indian pharmaceutical Industry. As part of the annual celebrations, the winners of Best Patent Awards, Gold & Silver Quality Excellence Awards, the IDMA J B Mody Awards and Indian Drugs Best Review Article and Research Awards will be announced and the Awards would be presented.
The IDMA 50th Annual Publication 2012, an informative compendium will be released at the annual celebrations. This Annual 50th Publication will present statistics, vital technical data and information on the pharmaceutical industry such as trend of exports & imports of bulk drugs, intermediates and formulations, herbal products, alphabetical list of new drugs approved for marketing by DCG(I), list of bulk drugs & formulations registered with DCG(I) for import, value of production, imports & exports of drugs and pharmaceuticals.
In its Golden Jubilee year, IDMA had carried out many activities in co-ordination with and support of all its state boards and members. The activities included CSR initiatives such as free healthcare and medical camps in Mumbai where over 2000 people benefited and were provided the required medicines free of cost. IDMA organized an all India mega blood donation drive on June 14, 2011 with over 75 camps all over India to mark ‘World Blood Donation Day’, and over 6300 bottles of life-saving blood were collected by the blood banks.
Other initiatives that have been undertaken on a pan India basis were supporting ‘No Tobacco Day’, ‘Save the Girl Child Campaign’, providing free medicines worth Rs.1.5 crore to BPL families in Himachal Pradesh, ‘CME programmes for doctors’ etc. It also conducted various seminars, conferences, workshops, exhibitions, table top exhibitions and training programmes to promote and support the Indian pharmaceutical industry.