Seminar on 'Common Technical Document' on Jan 21

Small and Medium Pharmaceutical Industry Centre (SMPIC) NIPER-SAS Nagar is organising a one-day interactive session for all manufacturers, regulators and suppliers of pharma industry on 'Common Technical Document' (CTD) on 21st January, 2011 at NIPER compound, Mohali, Chandigarh.

The main aim behind implementing a common format of submission is to make the reviewing of each application more easy and also to avoid omission of critical data or analyses. Omissions of such data can result in unnecessary delays in approvals. CTD not only help in raising the Indian standard but also will help to bring a proper structure to the whole process of filing an application.

The seminar will be attended by Dr Sanjay Jachak, associate professor, Department of Natural Products and in-charge, SMPIC, Dr D Roy, Deputy Drugs Controller, CDSCO (NZ), Ghaziabad, Dr A Panwar, Panacea Biotec, New Delhi, Aprajita Taklar, MD Lark Laboratories India Ltd, New Delhi, Dr Subhash Pande senior vice president, Glenmark Pharmaceutical Ltd., Mumbai and Dr Ajay Prakash, general manager (QA), Win Medicare.

International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) has developed Common Technical Document (CTD) guidance's for Japan, European Union, and United States. Accordingly most of the countries have adopted CTD format. SMPIC wants to convey the benefits of CTD to all stakeholders for implementing it by sharing information between industries, government, academia and individuals.

BioAsia 2011: The Global Business forum to be held at Hyderabad from Feb 21-24

The Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA) in association with the University of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh government and Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) will organize the BioAsia 2011: The Global Business Forum at Hyderabad from February 21 to 24, 2011.

The 8th edition of BioAsia, an annual event being held since 2004, will be inaugurated by Kapil Sibal, minister of Human Resources and Science and Technology and Kiran Kumar Reddy, chief minister of Government of Andhra Pradesh will preside over. The theme of the event is “Boosting Bioeconomy”.

The event, comprising conferences, trade shows and business to business platforms, is expected to create opportunities for academic and industrial collaborations and showcase latest trends and technology to a large gathering of biotech fraternity from across Asia and the world.

It will have three track conferences such as MediAsia, HealthAsia and AgriAsia. The MedAsia track will focus on oncology, diagnostics and medical devices, AgriAsia on latest developments in the world in Agribiotech and HealthAsia on pharmaceuticals with emphasis on biopharma and vaccines.

The event will also see the release of white papers by Grant Thorntom, knowledge partner of the event, on indigenous medical devices, merger and acquisitions in the pharma and biotech industry and learning’s from the evolution of agri sector globally.