The Nehru College of Pharmacy at Thiruvilwamala in Thrissur district in Kerala is organizing the 5th National Conference Pharmacon III 2011 on October 14 and 15, 2011 at the college campus, focusing on recent trends in pharmaceutical research.

The programme comprises distinguished lectures by eminent scientists and professors of pharmacy from across the country.

According to Prof Reghunathan Muthuswami, organizing secretary of Pharmacon III 2011, the conference will be useful for students and faculty members of pharmacy and give them opportunities for exchange of ideas and mutual interaction.

Dr TK Revi, principal, SRIPS, Coimbatore, P Satheesh kumar, Deputy drug controller, Kerala, Dr M Ramanathan, principal, PSG College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore, Dr KG Revikumar, director, Amrita Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ernakulam, Dr R Saraswathy, director Alshifa College of Pharmacy, Malappuram, Dr SV Dhanapal, HoD, Phytomedicine and Phytopharmacy, JSS college of pharmacy, Ootty, Dr P Solairaj, HoD, Department of Analysis, SBCP, Sivakasi and Dr R Durai, HoD, Department of Pharmacognosy, Nanda College of Pharmacy, Erodu will speak on various subjects.

Earlier the college had conducted four other national level conferences, Pharmafest 2008, Phycopharm 2009, Pharmacon I 2010 and Pharmacon II 2010.

According to sources, the impending Pharmacon III 2011 will provide a forum for in-depth analysis of the challenges involved in the dynamic and fast moving pharma field. It will bring together industrial chemists, analysts, pharmacologists, biotechnologists and other allied professionals to discuss the latest developments and trends in pharmaceutical research.

The topics of the conference will include novel drug delivery and drug targeting, nanotechnology, biotechnology, pharmaceutical technology, new drug design and molecular pharmacology, clinical pharmacy, synthetic and phytochemistry, pharmacological screening , multi drug resistance and its impact, biopharmaceutics, recent advances in spectroscopy, recent trends in medicinal chemistry, natural products and medicinal plants.