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Bangalore seminar
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Hyderabad seminar
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Shin-Etsu recently conducted technical seminars in Bangalore and Hyderabad. Around 106 delegates participated in the seminars. Delegates from Dr Reddy’s Lab, Aurobindo, Novartis, Strides, Himalaya, Biocon, Syngene and Micro Labs took part in the seminar. The audience comprised Presidents R&D, Senior Managers R&D, Managers R&D and Senior Scientists.
The seminar was divided in two sessions, where the first session focused on ‘Solid dispersion’ and second session on ‘Tableting and Coating’. Dr Hiroyasu Kokubo, General Manager R&D, Shin-Etsu Japan, gave a presentation on ‘Aqoat in Solid Dispersion’ and Dr Katrina Paulsen, Application Specalist Pharma from Thermofisher Germany discussed on ‘Hot Melt Extrusion-Introduction and Formulation Development’. Academic lectures were presented by Dr Vinay Rao in Bangalore and Dr Padma V Devarajan in Hyderabad. The first session saw participation from polymer, equipment and academic industry.
The second session was on ‘Tableting and Coating.’ Miyuki Fukasawa, Technical Manager, Shin-Etsu Japan, gave a presentation on ‘L-HPC a functional disintegrant’ and ‘Effect of Hypromellose parameters to the drug release in Matrix formulation using Metolose SR.’ Under the L-HPC presentation Smart EX, a new product was launched.
Quick disintegration of Smart EX tablets was also demonstrated to the audience, which was well appreciated by them. Under the Metolose SR presentation, Fukasawa covered QBD approach with Metolose SR, which was well accepted by all the delegates.
Nitin Bhusane, Technical Sales Manager, Shin-Etsu India, spoke about ‘Enteric coating using Shin-Etsu products. Bhusane mentioned that looking at the response of these seminars and considering the overall situation of the Indian pharma industry, Shin-Etsu would like to have more such activities in the near future.
EP News Bureau – Mumbai