Pharmasafe India

Date: November 24-25, 2015
Venue: Mumbai

Summary: Pharmasafe India, a two-day high level conference on anti-counterfeiting and brand protection, will bring together 150 delegates and speakers from cross-section of the industry at a common platform to discuss, share insights, best practices and strategies to tackle the Counterfeiting challenge.

The conference will be attended by business leaders from top pharma companies, eminent experts, anti-counterfeiting solutions and services providers, government and regulatory authorities, customs, pharmacists and professionals etc, apart from leading industry associations and international bodies such as Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI), Indian Drug Manufacturers Association (IDMA), Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA), Federation of Pharma Entrepreneurs (FOPE) etc. Event partners include Sanofi as Knowledge Partner, HP as Silver Partner, Sproxil as Associate Partner and Express Pharma as the exclusive Media Partner.

The delegates will include heads of legal, supply chain, packaging, corporate security, corporate quality assurance and regulatory departments from top pharma companies, apart from anti-counterfeiting service providers, authentication technology suppliers, ip specialists, investigators, lawyers, packaging, labelling and converting companies, drug regulatory agencies, customs etc.

The conference programme will feature presentations, case studies and panel discussions addressing topics such as: Coordinated efforts against counterfeiting – role of industry, retailers and pharmacists; overview of authentication solutions – how to select solutions according to your needs; effect of parallel trade on the industry and ways to tackle it; government initiatives, regulations, policies and strategies against drug counterfeiting; ‘mobile product authentication’ for protection against counterfeiting; packaging innovations and latest development in track & trace technologies.

Besides, the conference programme will feature a panel discussion where top business leaders from leading pharma companies shall discuss on ‘Role of Pharma Industry in Addressing Counterfeits.’ Participants at this panel discussion include Ajit Singh, Chairman, ACG Worldwide, Dr Shailesh Ayyangar, Vice President – South Asia, Sanofi, Pankaj Monga, Director – Brand Protection, Johnson & Johnson, Sudarshan Jain, Managing Director – Healthcare Solutions, Abbott Healthcare, Sharad Tyagi, Managing Director, Boehringer Ingelheim India and SV Veerramani, Founder & Chairman, Fourrts India Laboratories.

Speakers for other sessions of the conference include top industry veterans and anti-counterfeiting experts such as Dominique Woloch, Regional Security Director – Turkey, Middle East and South Asia, Sanofi, Dr VSV Vadlamudi Rao, President, Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Nityanand Shenoy, President & Managing Director, PRS Permacel, Dr Vaibhav Kulkarni, Director – Regulatory, Abbott Nutrition International and Appadurai A, Country Manager, HP Indigo and Inkjet Solutions.

Contact Details:
Depinder Sandhu
Tel: +91 22 6757 5942
Email: depinder.sandhu@india.messefrankfurt.com