The Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association (IDMA) is organizing a seminar on "Spurious Drugs - Its Magnitude And What Needs To Be Done To Contain It" on April 5, 2003 in Mumbai. IDMA is organizing this seminar jointly with Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI), Pharmaceuticals and Allied Manufacturers and Distributors Association Ltd. (PAMDAL), Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) and All India Organization of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD).

Menace of spurious drugs has reached to an alarming scale and has posed a serious threat to the health care scene in our country, thereby putting the health of people at risk. The seminar would have speakers addressing issues like spurious drugs on effect on public health, effect on medical profession and effect on industry. Industry view, law enforcing view, regulatory authority's view and anti-counterfeit measures would also be discussed.