CPhI & P-MEC India to be held along with India Pharma Week

UBM India set to celebrate 10 years of success with one week of glory

The Indian pharmaceutical industry is all set to experience South Asia’s largest pharma event, CPhI & PMEC India in an unprecedented manner by commemorating its 10th successful year in India with India Pharma Week (November 17 to 23, 2016), a week-long celebration packed with avant-garde events prior to the expo. Traditionally a three-day exhibition at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC), this year for the first time, CPhI & P-MEC India (Novmber 21 to 23, 2016) will be held concurrently at two venues- BEC and the MMRDA Grounds, Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC). While celebrating a decade of CPhI India, the India Pharma Week will hold more than 10 events and activities taking place across the city of Mumbai focusing on business, knowledge, leadership, innovation, recognition and networking in the field of Pharma. The week will include a Pre-Connect Congress; Women in Pharma – Power Breakfast; the India Pharma Awards; Networking Evening; Plant Visits, Pharma Leaders’ Golf; the CPhI & P-MEC India Exhibition, a closed door CEO Roundtable and many more activities.

This year’s event will see more than 1,300 exhibitors, a 100-plus countries’ participation and close to 40,000 attendees spread across the two locations in Mumbai. While BEC will have traditional participants for CPhI and P-MEC, the concurrent venue – BKC will also include participants for ICSE and BioPh.

Speaking on the occasion, Yogesh Mudras, MD, UBM India said, “CPhI & P-MEC 2016 is perfectly placed to provide a most comprehensive industry platform for every company that deals with pharmaceuticals in India. We have consistently received an overwhelming response from the participants. This year, we are excited about the innovations we are bringing to the expo, which will simultaneously be held at the BEC, as well as the MMRDA grounds, BKC. In addition to the Pre- Connect Congress and CEO Roundtable the introduction of ‘India Pharma Exporters – Collector’s Edition’ & ‘The World of P-MEC – Collector’s Edition’ will bring in more insightful exchanges amongst the industry veterans and stalwarts.”

“CPhI is UBM’s flagship engagement platform and the world’s leading pharma networking event. If pharma key players have to congregate to connect, share and ideate then CPhI is the single largest global platform for them to do so,” he further added.

CPhI India is an industry platform for CROs, CMOs and manufacturers of API, generics, excipients and drug formulation, fine chemicals, biosimilars, finished formulations, lab chemicals and biotechnology. Whereas, P-MEC includes manufacturers of pharma machinery and equipment, analytical equipment, automation and robotics, packaging equipment and supplies, plant/ facility equipment, automation & controls, processing equipment, tableting/ capsule fillers, clean room equipment, filling equipment and laboratory products.

EP News Bureau