The Quality Management Subcommittee of Indian Drug Manufacturers Association (IDMA) will organise a one-day seminar on 'How quality pays' on May 23, 2008 at Mumbai.

The seminar will discuss various aspects for keeping up the quality and the value it adds to the pharmaceutical products. Dr Surinder Singh, Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) will inaugurate and deliver the keynote address while the experts from regulatory and industry sectors will present their views for discussion on various aspects of quality maintenance.

Nihchal H Israni, chairman, Blue Cross Laboratories Ltd and Past President, IDMA and Ajit Singh, chairman, ACG Worldwide will share their experiences on the topic. Dr Venugopal Somani, deputy drugs controller (West Zone) will speak on 'Benefiting from Inspections', even as J L Sipahimalani, chairman, Quality Management Sub-Committee and Regulatory & Technical Sub-Committee, IDMA will present his views on the topic - 'Are You Taking Risks during Testing?'.

Prof Saranjit Singh, professor and head with department of pharmaceutical analysis, NIPER will detail on the stability issues of pharmaceutical products. S M Mudda, executive director - technical and operations, Micro Labs Ltd will make his presentation on 'Moving from Non Conformances to Conformances' whereas Gidy Asrani, consultant will speak on 'Targeted Training'. The seminar will conclude with a panel discussion, according to the IDMA officials.