The Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association (IDMA) and Association of Pharmaceutical Analysts (APA) will be holding  the 15th Pharmaceutical Analysts’ Convention (PAC) 2012  on September  21 and  22,  2012 at Hotel Hyatt Regency, Mumbai.

IDMA-APA has successfully organized 14  Pharmaceutical Analysts Convention (PACs) since the year 1997. This year’s convention theme is “Conformance to Emerging Global Quality Standards” so as to update the current regulatory requirement & science based systems approach in pharmaceutical industry.

At this  convention, eminent technical personnel from Indian pharmaceutical industry, research and academia will converge  to interact on various recent developments.

This convention is designed to attract all those who are involved in pharmaceutical industry, biopharmaceutical industry, biotechnology industry, nutraceutical industry, microbiological industry, government laboratories, research institutions, academic institutions, business consulting companies, contract manufacturing organizations, contract research organizations, R&D equipment/machine manufacturers, supply chain management, API, excipients and intermediates manufacturers and CROs.

Dr  Kamal Sharma, managing director, Lupin Ltd. will be the  Chief Guest  and the Keynote Speaker. Dr Nitya Anand – chairman, Ranbaxy Science Foundation will be felicitated for the  Padmashree Award and  his life time achievements and inputs to  drug discovery research.

The  convention topics include: Toxicology of Pharmacopoeial Impurities,  New Developments in Chiral Chromatography, Quality Risk Management in Analytical Laboratory, Using QbD  for Monitoring Product Quality,  Pharmacoscintigraphy for Preclinical Evaluation of New Drugs and NDDS,Cultivating  a  GMP  Culture, Disinfectant Qualification – Why and How, Microbial Films – A  Growing Concern, Labellinggg Innovations and Solutions, Retrofitting of Labs in Green Way,  Analytical Methods Update on Technology Transfer – SOP & Practice and  Application of Separation Techniques in Pharma and  Bio Pharma

Convention faculty/speakers include Dr  K S Rao - Chief Scientific Officer, Rao Toxicology Foundation,  Dr  G. N  Singh  -  Scientific Director IPC  and Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), Bruce Ross – Country Director, US FDA, Dr  Saranjit Singh –  Professor and Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, NIPER, S.M. Mudda – Chairman ,Regulatory Affairs  Subcommitee,IDMA, Lakshmi Narayana-Vice President , Daicel Chiral Technologies India,    Dr Ajit Dangi -  President  & CEO, Danssen  Consulting, Dr Rakesh Kumar Sharma -  Additional Director & Head, CBRN Defence, INMAS, Archana Sohoni – Principal Architect, Arena Consultants, Aarif Khatri – Director, Marketing and Business Development(Asia Region), Microrite Inc,Vandenbussche Karl – Director, Reynders Label Printing India Pvt Ltd, Babla Pendam – Application Manager, Life Science and Chemical Analysis India, R  Raghunandanan – Pharma Consultant, Gidy Asrani - Vice Chairman, Quality Management & Technical Subcommittee, IDMA.

For registration & sponsorship details, contact Prachi(Cell +91 9867634383) email: ppr@idmaindia.com