The Drug Information Association-India (DIA-India) will host a three-day conference on 'Industry and Regulatory Perspectives on CMC Compliance' from April 12 to 14 in Goa. The conference will focus on finding solutions to the challenges faced by CMC (chemistry, manufacturing and controls) and Supply Chain Management Professionals.

The participants of the conference include regulatory and CMC professionals, analytical Development Chemists, professionals of Formulation Development and Techinical Services of various pharmaceutical companies, CMC Project professionals and People from Supply Chain Management Companies.

The rapid development and constantly changing CMC environment of biopharmaceutical products and their manufacturing process technologies, coupled with ongoing changes in compliance regulations, has made it imperative for companies to have an effective strategy to achieve CMC compliance, said Dr Nandkumar Chodankar, chairman of the Advisory Council of India for DIA-India.

The conference will start with a workshop on CTD to eCTD (Common Techincal Document) on the first day, April 12. Michael Schultz from Lorenz Archiv- Systme GmbH, Germany, and Sultan Ghani, director, DIA-India will be the instructors in the workshop.

Drug Information Association (DIA), the professional association of more than 30,000 members worldwide, who are involved in the discovery, development, regulation, surveillance and marketing of pharmaceuticals and related products.