IDMA, which is organizing the annual Pharmaceutical Analysts' Convention -PAC 2004 on 9& 10 September 2004 at Hotel J W Marriot, Mumbai, has invited nominations for Young Pharmaceutical Analyst Award in related with PAC 2004.

According to an IDMA release, the criterion for the nomination are-excellence in the field of Pharmaceutical Analysis, minimum 5 years of experience in the fields of hand-on analysis, knowledge of analytical method development and latest ICH requirements for validation, should have published research papers in the field of analysis of drug and medicinal products in recognized scientific journals and acquired a certificate of Merit in the field of Quality Control & Quality Assurance, age of the nominee should not be more than 35 years.

The nominees should send their biodata to the IDMA secretariat before 15 August 2004 along with copies of the published papers and synopsis of the thesis where applicable and other contributions.