The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), in association with Kasyap Technologies, is organising a three-day conference at Hyderabad on March 15-17, 2006, to discuss opportunities in pharmaceutical research and development. The event is co-organised by Pharmexcil, and Frost and Sullivan is the knowledge partner. Cygnus Business Consulting and Research will be the India promotion partner for the conference.
Focus India 2006 has a strong commitment to global strategic partnerships promoting discovery R&D productivity. Global Strategic Partnerships (GSP) is the driving force of the conference and the scope of GSP involves three major areas like collaboration of R&D, establishing subsidiary units in India and strategic outsourcing.
It will promote partnerships among small and medium biotech and pharma companies in the world with prospective Indian partners through a focused GSP research and conference.
Key speakers include Dr Claudio Carini, global head, Biomarkers-Hoffman La Roche; Sam Tully, director, Insinger De Beaufort; Dr Chris Clement, director, Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc; Apurva Patel, associate director, ICICI Venture; Daniel McDonald, vice president, Thomson Centerwatch; Mahesh Sawanth, programm4e manager, life sciences, Frost & Sullivan, India; Michael A Martorelli, research partner, Fairmount Partners, US; Rikke Winther, head, contracts and outsourcing, Lundbeck, Denmark; Dr Justin O Neway , CSO, Aegis Analytical Corporation; Rikke Winther, head, contracts and outsourcing, Lundbeck.
Dr Seetha Ananthaiah , scientist, Bristol-Myers Squibb; Norman M Goldfarb, managing partner, First Clinical Research, US; Dr Apurba Bhattacharya, vice president, research and development, Dr Reddy's Laboratories Limited; Dr Subodh S Deshmukh, associate director, Wyeth Research; Dr Arun Bhatt, president, Clininvent, India; Dr Shyamala Sesikeran, medical advisor, Apollo Hospitals, Spectra Clinical Research; Dr JS Yadav, director, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology; Dr Lalji Singh, director, CCMB; Dr Arun Sharma, senior scientist, Ocimum Biosolutions; Dr Jyoti Bajpai Dikshit, team leader, Strand Life Sciences; Dr Vivek Tanavde, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Lab, Reliance Life Sciences Pvt Ltd, are some of the other key speakers.
Special attraction during the event would be Genome Valley tour apart from a special session on 'India Advantage, Meet The Investor', Bangalore Bandwidth - a survey on Bangalore life sciences industry, one-on-one meetings with prospective partners, scientific presentations from experts and budding scientists, and a session on Indian herbal heritage - Understanding the future product potential of India, etc.