The CPhI Worldwide returns to Paris for 2010, with ICSE, PMEC and BioPh, the world's leading pharma services industry event will be staged at Paris - Nord Villepinte, from October 5 to 7, 2009. This is a week earlier than the 2009 event in Madrid, but close to the dates of the last staging in Paris, in 2006.

UBM International Media, the organisers, expect the quartet of co-located events to rival the 25,000 plus attendees expected this year in Madrid. The 2006 events in Paris hosted over 22,000 attendees.

The twenty first CPhI Worldwide will be announced later this year. This will certainly include the multi-track where pharmaceutical meets modular seminar sessions on the pre-shows afternoon of October 4, which debut this year in Madrid. And 2010 will also see the return of the CPhI Innovation Awards and Speakers' Corner features within both CPhI and ICSE.

"The industry has seen some significant business challenges since our last visit to Paris. Back in 2006, we had just launched P-MEC on the prior year's visit to Madrid. This year, we also launch BioPh in Madrid and will similarly move to Paris for 2010 with the momentum of newly-launched features," said Eliane van Doorn, UBM International Media's Group Director for Pharma Ingredients Events.

"One of the dominant changes since 2006 has been the strong convergence of the bio and pharma business models, especially in ingredients and contract services. We expect this to be a strong continuing theme, with CPhI Worldwide strengthening further as the senior networking platform for pharma production interests," Eliane van Doorn said.

The CPhI pharmaceutical ingredients and related sector exhibitions currently number over 12 highly regarded annual events. The portfolio also includes Informex (speciality chemicals), Food Ingredients, HBA (health & beauty industry) and Sea Trade (cruise industry).

CPhI Worldwide, with ICSE, BioPh and P-MEC, are staged by Netherlands-based UBM International Media. Worldwide locations of annual sister events for the pharmaceutical sector include Japan (April); China (June); South America - Brazil (August) and India (November).