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 60th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (Diamond Jubilee): a Benchmark Congress
Report by Atul Kumar Nasa, Organising Secretary – Local Organising Committee (President IPGA)
The 60th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) was hosted by Indian Pharmacy Gradutes’ Association and organized by Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association and from 12th - 14th December 2008 at Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Sector – 3, Dwarka, New Delhi. The conference was inaugurated on December 12th last year by Dr M Venkateshwarlu, (President-IPCA) Mr Malvinder Mohan Singh(CEO and MD, Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.), Dr Surinder Singh (Chairman- LOC and DCGI), Mr Atul Kumar Nasa (Organising Secretary- LOC and President – IPGA), Prof B Suresh (President- IPA and President Pharmacy Council of India), Mr. Ravi Kant(President- AIDCOC); Dr PG Yoele ( President-, APTI), Mr SL Nasa (President- IHPA), Prof PR Vavia, (The Convener, Scientific Services Committee- IPCA), Prof TK Ravi, Dr Arun Garg (General Secretary, IPGA) and Shri Rajan Kohli (Deputy Secretary General, FICCI).
Dr. Singh welcomed the chief guest, distinguished professionals, eminent speakers, delegates and students from India and abroad.. He shed light on the main aims of the conference- to bring together national and international experts on regulations, health management and healthcare professionals to discuss opportunities and challenges for healthcare reforms in India. He added that the conference shall provide opportunities for speakers and participants to engage in a conversation about the major regulatory issues and challenges related to new drug discovery, clinical trials, medical devices, GCPs and GMP guidelines and their possible solutions. This shall further ensure in providing government with advice and alternative approaches to influence its reform program so as to develop a new system of affordable health care in our country.
Dr Singh also gave an insight to the PHARMAceutical Expo 2008, an opportunity for national and international exhibitors in collaboration with FICCI for displaying lab equipment, machinery manufacturers, pharma ingredients, excipients, packaging material, water treatment & waste management and pharma software.
The Chief Guest of the conference, Malvinder Mohan Singh during his address said that such congresses are the platform for younger scientists to discuss issues related to drug regulatory affairs, biotechnology, pharmaceutical education, pharmacokinetics, clinical research, pharmacovigilance and indigenous drugs. He pointed out that India is self sufficient in pharmaceutical formulations as well as APIs. He added that India is now focusing on exporting drugs to major developed countries.
Dr M Venkateshwarlu, President, Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association (IPCA) and former Drugs Controller General (India), highlighted on the theme of this years’ conference ‘Pharma Vision 2020, Regulations for Better Healthcare’. He said that since the quality of medicines plays a major role in healthcare of patients, better regulations for development of safe and quality drugs are the need of the hour. He added that better regulations can come or evolve through strictly adhering to guidelines of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs) and Good Clinical Practices (GCPs). During his presidential address Dr M Venkateswarlu suggested the following action points by the Government:
Create an independent autonomous regulatory agency to initiate recognition of all contract research Organizations (CROs).
Introduce regulations to monitor the activities of the CROs.
Pending defining regulatory requirements for CROs, to introduce an accreditation system by agencies like pharmexcil and facilitate free import and export of samples meant for test and analysis.
Introduce concept of dossier and / or Drug Master Files for the grant of Marketing Authorization for Drug Products.
Review the definition of a “New Drug”.
Define a “Medical Device” and the requirement for manufacture, sale, import and distribution of a medical device.
Take policy decisions on grey areas like Neutraceuticals, Cosmoceuticals etc.
Fix minimum and maximum margins for manufacturer / wholesaler and retailer to avoid undue advantage by any of the stakeholder on prices of uncontrolled drugs.
Giving his report of the preparations of the event, Mr Nasa, President, Indian Pharmacy Graduates’ Association and Organizing Secretary, LOC, 60th IPC, welcomed all the distinguished members, fellow pharmacists, delegates & students. He highlighted that 60th Indian pharmaceutical congress is a benchmark conference and highlighted the benchmarks mainly online registration, online scientific paper submission, online travel and accommodation respectively. This years’ event witnessed the highest record of delegates ever in the history of IPC. There were more than 8500 delegates including scientists, teachers and pharma professionals from India and abroad. Moreover, the PHARMAceutical Expo 2008 was spread over a record area of 6000 sq. mts with more than 275 exhibitors including international exhibitors from countries like USA, Singapore, Korea, Japan and Dubai.
Mr Nasa while presenting IPCA report before the audience also highlighted that 61st Indian Pharmaceutical Congress will be hosted by All India Drugs Control Officers Confederation (AIDCOC) in the year 2009 at Ahmedabad. He also announced that Shri S.W. Deshpande, Director General AIDCOC and ex. Joint Commissioner, FDA, Maharashtra will be the President of IPCA for 2008-09 and he will preside over the 61st Session of IPC. During his speech Mr Nasa thanked all Members of IPCA for their support and giving a chance to IPGA for hosting such a mega event and said that it was a matter of pride to host Diamond Jubilee Conference. He continued saying that this was a trend setter for upcoming IPC’s. Further, he thanked all the delegates, speakers, sonorous, students and all the members of Local Organizing Committee for their Herculean Task and making the 60th IPC a Benchmark Conference which will be remembered by all the delegates.
Dr. Surinder Singh, and Mr. Malvinder Mohan Singh along with other dignitaries released the souvenir, scientific abstract book and exhibitors’ catalogue. The inauguration ceremony was followed by the presidential address and other scientific lectures and poster presentations.
Besides this, there were several special national awards given to eminent personalities / pharmacists who have excelled in various fields related to pharma industry, academia, R&D, hospital pharmacy, pharmacy services and regulatory infrastructure. The details of awards as under :
Awards Association Receiver
K C Chatterjee Memorial Award IPGA Dr. Swati Piramal, Director, Piramal Healthcare
Eminent Pharmacist Award 2008 IPA Prof. K Chinnaswami
Prof. M L Khorana Memorial Award 2008 IPA Mr. Subodh Priolkar
Prof. M L Khorana Medal IPA Mr. R S Lakshminarayan
Best Drugs Controller Award AIDCOC Mr. G Dharmadata
Prof G P Srivastava Memorial Award APTI Dr. Gordhanbhai C Bhavsar
Prof. M.L.Schroff Memorial Award IHPA Prof. N K Jain
K K Acharjee Award IHPA Ms. Swapna Yediri
B V Patel Education Trust Essay Competition PERD Center Vividha V Dhapte
Guidance & Support in Strengthening Regulatory System WHO Lahouri Belgarbhi
Contribution to IPGA IPGA Mr. S.L Sobti
Contribution to IPGA IPGA Mr. P P Sharma
Contribution to IPGA IPGA Mr. S L Nasa
Contribution to IPGA IPGA Mr. Bhanu Dua
Contribution to IPGA IPGA Mr. Atul Kr. Nasa
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
The conference had attracted a good mix of pharmaceutical community globally. The speakers, symposia were indeed a well-balanced cross-section of the International and Indian pharmaceutical industry and academia. The conference was full of spectrum of various symposia that focuses on - regulatory considerations in drug designing, manufacturing, distribution, pharmaceutical outsourcing, healthcare systems, pharmaceutical education - past, present and future, targeted drug delivery, nanoparticulate drug delivery systems, pharmaceutical considerations to poorly soluble drugs, biomarkers, pharmacogenomics, transdermal drug delivery systems, instrumental techniques, cardiovascular sciences, CNS disorders, botanical products and strategies on the research, development and regulation with total of 21 symposia and 10 plenary lectures. The LOC was happy to state that more than 80 speakers from 17 countries had delivered their views and shared their knowledge on topics that not only gel with this years’ theme but also go beyond it making this event truly global.
We successfully managed to make the presentations of the speakers which unfortunately dropped out due to Mumbai terrorist attack in month of November 2008, through audio-visual presentations.
This year we initiated online hassle-free paper submissions supporting green initiative to save paper. More than 4500 papers categorized in 11 subjects were submitted this year and online processing and reviewing of submissions with the team of 51 internationally reputed evaluators from industries and academics resulted not only in faster submission but also rapid evaluation of the submitted articles enabling IPC to be at par with international standards.
A new subject “Pharmaceutical Management” was introduced this year to better justify the changing scenario of pharmacy field.
The first day of the conference witnessed Presidential Symposia chaired by Dr. M. Venkateshwarlu, president-IPCA; on the theme ‘Pharma Vision 2020: Regulations for Better Healthcare’. Many renowned international speakers including Dr Leon Lachman, President, Lachman Consutants Services Inc., USA, Dr K V Subramaniam, President and CEO, Reliance Life Sciences; Dr Kiran Majumdar, CEO, Managing Director, Biocon Ltd., and Dr Vinay Nayak, President, Formulation Watson Pharmaceuticals (India) Ltd. delivered key note talks related to the theme of the conference.
The plenary sessions also included the prestigious KC Chatterjee Memorial Lecture delivered by Dr Swati Piramal, Vice Chairperson, Piramal Life Sciences Limited, which was chaired by Atul Nasa. The first day of the conference also included a scientific session on Pharmacopoeias chaired by Dr G N Singh, Secretary cum Scientific Director, Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, India. The main speaker of this session was Dr Ged Lee from MHRA, UK who delivered talk on “The British Pharmacopoeia: Defining Standards for Medicines”.
Symposia on regulations for drugs, cosmetics and medical devices was chaired by Dr. Surinder Singh. The speakers for this session included Dr Philippe Auclair, Director Regulatory Affairs, Abbott Vascular, Belgium and Ms. Sumati Randeo, Head Regulatory, Abbott Vascular, India. Lectures were also organized on Strategies and Regulations for Development of Natural Health Products, Mechanisms and Therapy of Heart Faliure & B.V. Patel Memorial Lecture
In the evening a gala cultural program was organized by the entertainment committee of LOC and the star of the event was well known bollywood singer, Shreya Ghosal, who mesmerized the audience with her melodious voice and beautiful songs.
The second day of 60th IPC also witnessed the M L Khurana lecture, chaired by Prof B Suresh. The speaker for this session was Mr Subodh Priolkar, General Manager, Colorcon (South Asia), India who discussed “Can India be Pharmaceutical Superpower in 2020”.
The other plenary sessions included Lectures by Prof. Francesco Trotta, and Prof. Roberta Cavalli, University of Turin, Italy. Mr PP Sharma, former president, IPGA, chaired the session on advances in bio-analytical and instrumental techniques. Symposia were also organized on regulations for designing of formulations, Regulations for Better Tomorrow: International Perspective; Delivery through skin and pharmaceutical education respectively on the second day.
The cultural evening on the second day had live band singing performance along with dance troupe and a stand –up comedy act which was appreciated by all delegates.
The third day had lectures by eminent scientists like Prof. M N V Ravi Kumar, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy, Glasgow, UK; Prof. Nesrin Hasirci from Turkey who spoke on nanotechnology and polymeric systems for drug delivery respectively. Dr Sanjay Garg from University. of Auckland, New Zealand, delivered a lecture on Nanotechnology based Anti- cancer drug delivery systems. Symposia titled Pharmacogenomics in drug discovery and development chaired by Dr G Narendra Kumar had eminent speakers like Dr Krishna Kalari, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA, Dr. Ritushree Kukreti from CSIR and Dr Y K Gupta from AIIMS respectively.
The three day conference witnessed more than 2000 scientific posters presentations mainly on the following topics:
• Pharmaceutical Technology
• Medicinal Chemistry and Phytochemistry
• Pharmacognosy, Indigenous Drugs and Herbal Formulations
• Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Biopharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism
• Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Assurance
• Biotechnology and Biotherapeutics
• Hospital and clinical pharmacy
• Pharmaceutical education and Professional Pharmacy
• Regulatory Affairs in Pharmacy, GMP and TQM
• Pharmaceutical Management
In all eleven subjects, referred above an award was provided for one best poster except medicinal chemistry, where the two posters were awarded the best poster prize. Following is the list of winners’ subject wise:
1. Pharmaceutical Technology (Abstract No. PH -648)
Title: Effect of Various Excipients on Orally Disintegrating tablet of S(-) Amlodipine Besylate
Presenting Author: Sangwai Mayur B.
College: Institute of Chemical Technology (Formerly UDCT), Matunga,
Mumbai, Maharashtra
2. Medicinal Chemistry and Phytochemistry (Abstract No, MC -17, MC- 236)
2.1 Title: Self- organizing molecular field analysis on a series of aldose reductase inhibitors: 5-Arylidine-2, 4-thiazolidinedione.
Presenting Author: Suresh Thareja
College: University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab
Unibersity, Chandigarh, Panjab
2.2. Title: Study of thermodynamic and structural effects of antifungal agents ketoconazole and flucanazole on membrane bilayers
Presenting Author: Bhakti V Pawar
College: Prin. K. M. Kundnani College of Pharmacy, Mumbai, Maharashtra
3. Pharmacognosy, Indigenous Drugs and Herbal Formulations (Abstract No. PG-190)
Title: Simultaneous quantification of bergenin, (+)- catechin, Gallicin and Gallic acid and Quantification of β-Sitosterol (Using HPTLC) from Bergenia ciliata (Haw.) Sternb. Forma Ligulata Yeo (Pasanbheda)
Presenting Author: Dharmender Rathee
College: NIPER, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
4. Pharmacology and Toxicology (Abstract No. PT-73)
Title: Role of Cocaine and Amphetamine regulated transcript peptide in the effect of corticosteroids on locomotor recovery in spinal cord injured mice
Presenting Author: Manoj Upadhya
College: R. T. M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra
5. Biopharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism (Abstract No. BP- 57)
Title: Determination of Sirolimus in Human Blood by liquid chromatography- Tandem Mass Spectrometry and its application in a clinical study
Presenting Author: Pankaj Partani
College: Ranbaxy Research laboratories, Gurgaon, Haryana
6. Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Assurance (Abstract No. PA-118)
Title: Development and Validation of Stability Indicating RP-HPLC Method for estimation of pantoprazole enteric coated tablets
Presenting Author: Majed Khan
College: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra
7. Biotechnology and Biotherapeutics (Abstract No. BT-7)
Title: T- cell Proliferation, IFN-Gamma, IL-2 and Nitric Oxide release after administration of a single shot Hepatitis B vaccine formulated with PLGA microspheres
Presenting Author: Saini V
College: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, M.P.
8. Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy (Abstract No. HP-68)
Title: Mandatory use of collapsible bags instead of conventional PVC Bottles in critical care patients: A New Prospective
Presenting Author: Bobate Milind
College: NMIMS University, Mumbai, Maharashtra
9. Pharmaceutical Education & Professional Pharmacy (Abstract No. PE-7)
Title: A comparative study to judge the awareness and attitude towards self-medication between pharmacy students and other healthcare students.
Presenting Author: Faria Zarrin
College: Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal, Karnataka
10. Regulatory Affairs in Pharmacy, GMP and TQM (Abstract No. RA-12)
Title: Regulations in naming and trade-dressing the drug products: to prevent the medication errors
Presenting Author: Patil K S
College: Govt. College of Pharmacy, Karad, Maharashtra
11. Pharmaceutical Management (Abstract No. PM-27)
Title: Symbiosis between Global Warming and Pharmaceutical Industries
Presenting Author: Hemant H. Yadav
College: MET’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Bandra, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Besides above, the meetings of various federating associations, alumni meets and IPA elocution competition was also organized during the three day conference.
The valedictory session on the third day was presided by Dr. M Venkateshwarlu, President, IPCA. There were two book releases on Pharmacognosy authored by Dr Vinod Rangari.
Mr PP Sharma highlighted the resolutions passed by the IPCA for the 60th IPC which are as follows :
Resolution 1
i. It is necessary to review the definition of new drug.
ii. Establish regulatory measures for grant of license based on bioequivalence studies
Resolution 2
i. It is necessary to create an independent autonomous regulatory agency as per Mashelkar Committee.
ii. Introduce regulations to monitor the activities of the CROs pending regulation (which may take 2 years) introduce a system of registration / accreditation by agencies like pharmexcil to facilitate import and export of material / services by these organization.
Resolution 3
i. The pharmacist should get an additional training in theory / practice to handle patients in primary care and by regular monitoring visits to patients
ii. The IPC should formulate a model of such intervention and present it to NRHM
iii. Since NRHM is a flagship programme of the Govt. of India for reaching health care to the rural masses, such a programme should include intervention through pharmacists who are qualified to handle such type of patients through holistic approach. Assuming that India is going to be diabetes capital of the world with patients and many are unable to access the medication and advice, this scheme under NRHM when implemented under the district headquarter with a group of trained pharmacists who can handle diabetic population and monitor their health. Similar interventions can also be planed through registered pharmacists for other common diseases. This experience will ensure better compliance to medication management and early diagnosis of any adverse events due to chronic diseases. It can also utilize the pharmacists in a better way and at their rightful place in the society as community health worker.
Resolution 4
i. The creation of multiple National Institutes of Pharmaceutical education and research (NIPERs) is a positive and well-structured initiative by the Govt. of India and immediate requirement for the pharmacy profession. The creation of such multiple institutes should not dilute the training and education standards and requirements. Sch institutes should have the necessary infrastructure to bring out well-trained manpower to serve the needs of the pharmacy profession.
ii. The agencies responsible for ensuring minimum standards for education should immediately look into this matter and bring in minimum requirements like being done by Medical and Pharmacy Councils of India.
iii. At the same time, the resent education regulation in pharmacy should be revised to such with the current and future health care needs of the population. The focus may shift from product making to pharmacy practice and laboratory skills and community
Resolution 5
i. Posts of Pharmacists should be created in all health Sub Centers of Country and Central Govt. Sponsored Health Schemes / Stores to provide First Aid, Management in emergency case, treatment of common ailments and establish good pharmacy practice to promote rational use of medicines in remote areas.
This was followed by the awards ceremony wherein the best scientific papers were awarded. Prof Pradeep Vavia, Convener – Scientific Services, IPCA presented the Scientific Services Report, which was followed by the report of Mr Nasa, Organizing Secretary, 60th IPC. The Chairpersons and the Committee Members of the LOC, Associate Secretaries and Joint Secretaries were facilitated by the IPCA. This was followed by Vote of thanks and Group Photographs. Mr Atul Nasa thanked specially to Dr Surinder Singh, Chairman, LOC, Dr M Venkateshwarlu, President IPCA, Council Members of IPCA, for their support and also extended special thanks to all the sponsors, media persons, volunteers and the members of LOC for their overwhelming support.
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