Dr L H Hiranandani College of Pharmacy, Ulhasnagar in association with the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) recently organised Dr L H Hiranandani Lecture series “OPPI- Academia Programme” at the college.

The purpose of lecture series was to make students aware of the challenges, opportunities and demands that accompany the different career avenues in pharma industry and also to provide a plateform for interaction with eminent professionals from pharma corporate world.

Experts present at the event includes: Sanjiv Navangul, managing director, Johnson & Johnson Ltd., Vivek Padgaonkar, director – Project & Policy OPPI, K Venkatesh, director – Multispecialty UCB India Pvt. Ltd., Shivprasad Laud, company secretary & director, Roche Products (India) Pvt. Ltd, Yasmin Shenoy, director – Regulatory Affairs, Sanofi India Ltd. and Dr Ashish Gawde Country, medical director, Bayer Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd.

The lecture series had covered various aspects of the pharma industry, on getting ready to enter pharma industry, career opportunities in different fields like marketing and sales, intellectual property rights (IPR), medical and regulatory affairs and pharmacovigilance.