The south India’s renowned pharma trade fair, Pharmac South 2017, which will be held in Chennai Trade Centre on the 7th and 8th of July this year, seeks to provide more than just maximum exposure and market for south Indian pharmaceutical, neutraceutical and Ayush products, sources informed.

The exhibition and seminars will see a confluence of top players of Indian pharma industry and marketing leaders from foreign countries as well as thousands of unique visitors from all over India.
 
Sources from the organizing committee have reported that over one hundred pharma and neutraceutical companies in the SME sector in southern states have agreed to display their innovative products and latest technologies at the trade show. The organisers hope that this year’s Pharmac South expo will provide ample scope for domestic buyers as well as professionals to interact with the manufacturers of south India states.

While briefing Pharmabiz, M Rajaratinam, chairman of the organizing committee informed that this year’s expo would help the south Indian pharma industry to increase their production potential and thereby to achieve markets for their products in north Indian states and in foreign countries. According to him, the total share of pharmaceutical production in the south Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala is only four percent, and it needs to be increased to 10 percent in the near future.  The start-ups and growing companies in south India will also get opportunities for exports.

Unlike in previous years, this time participation in the buyer-seller meet will be given only to those who put stalls in the exhibition. Rajaratinam said the organizing committee wants to raise the number of stalls in order to attract more potential visitors. Special prominence is given to Ayurveda and Siddha in the Ayush sector and companies manufacturing traditional medicines in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka are also invited to participate in the two days trade expo.

Commenting on the preparations, the chairman of TN IDMA, J Jayaseelan, said the theme of this year’s Pharmac South is, ‘Challenges & Opportunities for Start-ups and Growing companies’. In the two days programs, eight  seminars on relevant topics focusing business developments in domestic and international markets will be conducted along with the show.

Jayaseelan said, “Pharmac South is the largest pharma trade show and conference in south India. It will display good quality pharmaceutical and neutraceutical wares and services of the local companies from six south Indian states to attract buyers from all over the country. This year the show will exhibit wares and product profiles of more than 100 companies of different capacities”.

The health secretary of Tamil Nadu government, Dr. J Radhakrishnan is the chief guest in the inaugural function. The president of the Indian Drugs Manufacturers’ Association (IDMA) will be felicitated at the function.

Dr. B. Suresh, president, PCI,  S. V. Veeramani, immediate past president of the IDMA, Dr. S. Manivannan, Deputy Drugs Controller of India, CDSCO, south zone, S. Abdul Khader, director of drugs control administration in Tamil Nadu, K. Sivabalan, Joint director at the DCA, T. Ravichandiran, vice-president IDMA, southern region, Daara B Patel, secretary general of the  IDMA, S. M Mudda, chairman of Karnataka IDMA board, J. Rajamouli, chairman of IDMA Telangana board, Viranchi Shah, chairman of Gujarat IDMA board, P.K. Gupta, chairman of IDMA Haryana board, R.C. Juneja, chairman of IDMA Himachal Pradesh & Uttharakhand board, Paresh Chawla, chairman of IDMA Madhya Pradesh board and Utpal Moitra, chairman of IDMA West Bengal board will speak on the occasion.