Conference & Exhibition News

The fifth annual BioPharm America will take place during September 19–21, 2012 in Boston.

The latest addition to the CPHI portfolio is ready to open its doors for business ready on May 10 to 12 at the Jakarta International Expo.

A report released in connection with the BRICS Summit finds that the nations are injecting new resources, momentum and innovation into efforts to improve healthcare in the world’s poorest countries.

This year's global event for biotechnology will take place June 18-21, 2012 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, MA.

CPHI India and co-located events had top level exhibitor attendance from key industry companies such as BASF India, Lupin, Piramal Healthcare, Merck, SGS Life Science, and Aurobindo Pharma in 2011.

The Cold Chain Saudi Summit will provide the largest and most comprehensive forum for pharmaceutical and drug distributor professionals in Saudi involved in the temperature-controlled supply chain.

The event annually features the leading industry decision makers who take on the most pressing challenges confronting biotech's future growth and competitiveness.

The three-day fairs will take place at the SNIEC, along with CPHI - one of the biggest pharmaceutical shows in Asia, and NPC - one of the most professional shows for health food in China.

In 2012, Natural & Nutraceutical Products China (NPC) will take place on 26 - 28 June in the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC).

India and Japan are keen on building a strong trade relationship and the event to be held this week is taken on a priority on both sides.

Topics span from early stage discovery of new methods for protein expression and antibody engineering, to improved analytical techniques, and clinical results in the most promising areas of biotechnology.

The FDA will co-sponsor the 'Redefining the 'C' in 'CGMP'' Conference in Baltimore on 4 – 5 June. The conference is the first joint ISPE-FDA conference focused on CGMP issues.

The 5th edition of this conference will feature a high-level speaker line-up that will offer first-hand insight and expert analysis in selecting, establishing and managing successful contract partnerships and alliances.

The Pharmatech Japan event focuses on drug packaging and delivery technology for the Pharma, biopharma, veterinary and medical industries. It will be a co-located event alongside CPHI Japan and P-MEC Japan.

Nearly 110 speakers on 24 panels will discuss issues related to capital access, clinical development, reimbursement, drug discovery and regulatory processes.

BIO-Europe Spring 2012 will be held in Amsterdam March 19–21, 2012 at the Amsterdam RAI Convention Center.

Roche held its Annual General Meeting Tuesday this week in Basel. The company said the Annual General Meeting approved all of the Board of Directors' proposals.

The pharmaceutical ingredients event will run along with co-located events ICSE Japan for outsourcing solutions, P-MEC Japan for pharma machinery and technology, Pharmatec for drug packaging and delivery technology and the BioPh Pavilion for the biotec...

UBM Live Amsterdam has been awarded BS 8901 certification, the British Standard that specifies sustainable businesses in the events industry.

NuW will be launched in conjunction with Health ingredients Europe(HiE) and Natural ingredients (Ni) exhibition. In addition to HiE & Ni, the following four new elements will be added to the exhibition this year.

USP officials informed that if things go as planned, IPC will be getting exclusive rights to get access to select data on some of the chemical reference substances from USP's database.

Pharmexcil is organizing an India Pavilion to attend CPHI South East Asia in Indonesia. The event in May can be utilized as a great opportunity to gain a direct access to the south east Asian markets.

Ayurvedic eye treatment of Kerala was famous in the past. The aim of the workshop is to revive the great ayurvedic eye treatment method existed in Kerala.

The PharmaSource Conference will cover a number of subjects which are of great current interest to the sector, including supply opportunities for APIs, excipients and intermediates.

The conference features the Innovation Showcase, with leading Chinese scientists presenting advanced technologies, as well as workshops on topics that include the global partnering landscape in China, novel Chinese drug development, and acquiring innov...

The theme of the meeting is 'Integrated Care,' and the program will feature lectures, continuing medical education courses, and hundreds of educational sessions and new research posters.

During the event, the representatives from the government departments shared their experiences and expectations from industry with the stakeholders along with clearing their doubts and grievances simultaneously.

The meeting will discuss some of the pressing matters that needs to be focused to make the PvPI more effective in future.

The 4th NIPER (RBL)-CDRI symposium aims to augment knowledge base in the focused area of medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutics.

The Pharmaceutical Competitive Intelligence Europe Conference is to be held on February 21-22, 2012 in Switzerland.

The second Laupheimer Zelltage, a biennial industrial cell culture technology conference is to be held on June 11-12, 2012 in Laupheim, Germany.

The summit is to provide a detailed analysis of what it takes to conduct clinical trials from a biopharmaceuticals and vaccines perspective in India and China.

The event will feature a program packed with more than 125 sessions and speakers addressing the state of the global industry, emerging trends and best practices for biotech companies.

The trade fair in April will be accompanied by several conferences and meetings concerning the latest technologies in lab equipments and their services.

The Florida Consortium for HIV/AIDS Research recently conducted its second annual summit in Orlando.

The 9th annual BIO Asia International Conference will be held January 31 – February 1, 2012 in Osaka, Japan for the first time.

The event offered a unique platform that brought together buyers and sellers from the packaging and pharmaceutical industries and created business opportunities in a global forum.

A seminar is scheduled to be held on January 10 in Hyderabad to address business opportunities and challenges faced by Indian pharmaceutical industry with FTA countries.

India plans to launch the “Pharma Brand India” in the forthcoming CPHI-Japan which is to be held in Tokyo from 21 to 22 March, 2012.

This event provides you the chance to learn from some of the most experienced sourcing professionals in the industry on the key strategies they’ve developed to create a world-class procurement operation.

Amgen plans to discuss the proposed sBLA with ODAC, to support the use of XGEVA in the treatment of men with non-metastatic CRPC.

The focus of the health trade fair is product presentation and knowledge transfer. The event provides an optimal mix of presentation, information and training.

The symposium will provide a better understanding of the role that drug metabolism, drug transporters, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics play in the drug discovery/development process.

The MD&M West, an international trade fair for medical devices and equipment, is to be held in the U.S. in February.

The annual platform dedicated to packaging innovation and drug delivery systems for the pharmaceutical industry will be held in February next year.

The fifth annual PharmaSource Conference is to be held from 21st to 23rd February 2012 in Munich. The event is focused on providing a programme to benefit those in the pharma sourcing and procurement sectors.

Participants at the workshop agreed that modelling and simulation methodology provides an opportunity to improve the efficiency of medicine development, as well as to facilitate the regulatory assessment of medicines.

The trade fair and conference for biotechnology offers the opportunity to meet representatives from biotech, pharma and allied industries, research institutes.

The ASH annual meeting, the premier medical meeting for physicians and researchers in the field, will showcase the latest research and clinical advances in hematology.

The summit will see senior level executives from drug manufacturing companies across Europe meet to discuss key objectives for the industry.

Hosted at Messe Frankfurt, Germany from the 25th to 27th October 2011, the events attracted their highest ever exhibitor levels, with 2,200 global exhibitors on site.

The ninth edition of this global bio-business conference will be held from February 9 to 11, 2012 with its focus on CROs, IPR, Vaccines and Investments.

The conclusions of the workshop will be considered when drafting the proposed EMA guideline on subgroup analysis.

At the meeting, the FDA addressed the Company's questions and provided guidance on the requirements to file an IND to initiate clinical trials.

The Indian Council of Medical Research will hold its fourth 'public consultation' on the guidelines for stem cell research regulation in Delhi on December 17.

The 2012 BIO International Convention will be held June 18-21, 2012 in Boston to create business and partnering opportunities for the industry.

The first World Pharmacopoeia Summit is to be held in Beijing from November 18 to 19. This summit will give India an opportunity to have one-on-one discussion with other standard setting agencies.

India's union health ministry will soon call a coordination meeting with the commerce ministry and the department of MSME to discuss the issue of cost implications of the bar code implementation.

The show is now one of the largest pharmaceutical trade fairs worldwide. It combines all major suppliers and customers in the chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing.

The India Pharma Convention 2012 will be held in Delhi on February 12 with the theme 'Challenges and Issues in Pharmaceutical Sector in India'.

The trade fair is part of the largest and most comprehensive pharmaceutical events in South Asia for pharmaceutical machinery, equipment and technology.

The ISPE Annual Meeting Grapevine, held by the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering, will take place from 6th-9th, November.

Glycotope was awarded Gold in this year's Innovation Awards at CPHI Worldwide in Frankfurt.

The latest member of the CPHI worldwide pharmaceutical events is being introduced to offer a meeting place for pharmaceutical professionals in this quickly growing region.

Leading events organiser UBM Live, a division of UBM Plc, has announced details of its annual flagship CPHI Worldwide event to take place in Germany.

The annual CPHI Worldwide event in Europe, with new attendance records expected to be broken, will take place in Germany next week.

The international medical and healthcare exhibition to be held during the first week of November will present newest products and technologies for the asian market.

The 16th Annual Convention of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTICON 2011) was held from 7-9 October 2011 in India.

The conference will have many interactive sessions that stimulate partnerships and build relationships among the nearly 3,000 attendees who are there to do business.

The fifth edition of CPHI South America attracted nearly 4,000 visits and more than 180 exhibitors which offered a high return on investment to both visitors and exhibitors.

The Galenia international trade fair for pharmaceutics and balneology in Bulgaria will be held this month.

VacChina 2011 will be held in Shanghai this November 29 and 30. This year's anniversary conference features a workshop on Vaccine Manufacturing and WHO pre-qualification.

The 63rd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) 2011 is to be held in Bangalore from December 16 to 18, 2011.

The finalists for this year’s CPHI Innovation Awards are once again an interesting mix of process and packaging innovations.

The FDA has scheduled a joint meeting with the Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee to discuss the risks of the drospirenone-containing birth control pills.

This is the 11th Conference of Parties (COP-11) on biological diversity and will be the first meeting to assess the implementation of the Nagoya biodiversity compact.

This platform has been developed to discuss e-health strategies, best practices and new services/patient-centric approaches in a global context.

The conference, 'Reviving the Pipeline of Life-Saving Antibiotics: Exploring Solutions to Spur Innovation', discussed drug-resistant bacteria and the lack of new antibiotics to fight them.

The 2nd edition of the Health 2.0 Europe will reconvene all the leaders and stakeholders in web 2.0 for health.

The international healthcare exhibition is a good source of information for professionals from medicine, who want to get an overview about the industry in Ukraine and other countries.

The conference will provide a forum for in-depth analysis of the challenges involved in the dynamic and fast moving pharma field.

Health Ministers from 11 South-East Asian countries recently met in India, committing to preserve the efficacy of antibiotics through rational use and regulation.

The FDA's Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee will have a meeting today to review the New Drug Application in the USA for rivaroxaban.

The international biotechnology event is one of the most important biotech events in Japan.

CHMP will have a meeting Friday to discuss the ongoing review of the benefits and risks of Multaq (dronedarone).

The three day event with the theme 'India- the emerging Bio Economy' has been rescheduled to February 6-8, 2012.

As Singapore is a major destination for Indian Pharma products, the conference holds a great deal of importance for the Indian pharmaceutical industry.

This year's Summit will focus on the heart and breakthrough technologies that will help diagnose and treat cardiovascular ailments.

This international trade fair for pharmaceuticals provides a platform for the cooperation between Russian and foreign companies in the pharmaceutical industry.

The Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs (CoMeD) had a meeting with officials from the United States Department of State to discuss the inclusion of pharmaceuticals in the upcoming treaty negotiations about a global treaty on mercury.

At a seminar on Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar argued for the introduction of India's barcoding regulation and urged the industry to implement with no further extension.

The Medica in Cluj-Napoca, Romania is an international trade event for medicine and medical technology.

The trade fair for biotechnology in September offers information about bio-industry in the world, including the trends of global bio-industry and technological development.

The FDA addressed the company's questions and provided guidance on the requirements to file an IND to initiate clinical trials.

The two-day Novel Drug Delivery System China Conference will cover topics focused on the practical application of novel drug delivery systems.

According to data from the American Association for Clinical Chemistry meeting, only 23 percent of Americans have vitamin D levels over 30ng/mL needed for optimal health.

Reaching high-risk communities and those in hard-to-reach areas is one of the challenges to routine immunization in South-East Asia.

The online conference will include resources for buyers and sellers of technologies and services address track and trace applications, authentication, labeling and coding, and more.

The two day conference will cover on-trend topics regarding the future of pharma, sourcing strategies for biologics, regulatory challenges, and opportunities in biosimilars.

The BIO International Convention typically attracts more than 15,000 industry leaders from 48 states and 60 countries and highlights the latest advancements in biotechnology.

Thimerosal (49.6% mercury by weight), still used as a vaccine preservative and in-process sterilizing agent, is an unnecessary, and sometimes undisclosed, component in many vaccines.

Some 170 experts and stakeholders discussed a common way forward for research in drug-related PML, including possibilities for funding and partnerships, and mechanisms for information sharing.

The World Stem Cell Summit is the largest interdisciplinary and networking stem cell conference in the world and the the 2011 Summit is scheduled for Oct. 3 – 5.

The event is featuring the introduction of the NexGen Conference Series which offers attendees the opportunity to learn about the growing market.

The international trade fair is organized for numerous exhibitors presenting their latest products, innovations and application techniques in the field of medicine.

The Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2011 gathered scientists from around the world in Paris this week to report the latest advances in Alzheimer's research.

At a White House meeting yesterday with President Obama and US business leaders to address education reform, GlaxoSmithKline pledged to contribute $10 million toward education over the next five years.

The first ever InnoPack event will run from 25 to 27 October 2011 at Messe Frankfurt, Germany.

Speaking at the Transatlantic Partnership in the 21st Century conference held in Germany, John Lechleiter, chief executive of Eli Lilly urged that biopharmaceuticals be included in transatlantic trade and economic discussions.

Astana Zdorovie offers an excellent opportunity to meet thousands of potential customers face-to-face and to learn about the latest developments in medicine.

The InterMedPharm, one of the largest medicine trade fairs in Central Asia, will offer invaluable exposure to the world’s leading medical product companies.

India's Director General of Foreign Trade will hold a sectoral review meeting with the Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council this weekend to assess the export performance of the pharma sector.

The Australian State of Victoria concluded a showcase of its scientists, innovative companies, projects and technology at the 2011 BIO International Convention.

The BioMalaysia 2011 Conference & Exhibition/2011 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy will be held Nov. 21-23, 2011 in Malaysia.

The BIO released a summary of legislative proposals to reform the investment and regulatory environment for biotech innovation.

This multi-million dollar investment is further fueling research and development of multi-specific therapeutics.

More than 26 New Zealand companies are showcasing their capabilities in biotech industry this week at the 2011 BIO International Convention.

The EMA has established an ad-hoc expert group on the application of the '3Rs' - replacement, reduction and refinement of animal testing - in the development of medicines.

The PharmMed Expo Uzbekistan in Tashkent is an international trade fair for pharmaceuticals and one of the largest events of its kind in Central Asia.

The conference will feature speakers from all over the globe. Their strategy presentations and case studies will be complemented by discussion forums, workshops and an exhibition of solution providers.