SPDS officially launched at 64th IPC

Society for Pharmaceutical Dissolution Science (SPDS) was formally inaugurated at 64th IPC congress at Chennai. Dr B Suresh, the past president of IPA and the Vice Chancellor of JSS Deemed University, Mysore together with the Chairman of the Congress Veeramani inaugurated SPDS.

SPDS has three functional committees namely the Executive Committee, the Scientific Committee and the OrganiSing Committee. They released the first announcement of the International Annual Symposium to be held at Mumbai in May 2013.

The initiative has been supported by Sotax India, an 100 per cent fully-owned subsidiary of Sotax AG Switzerland, a global organisation that has pioneered in Dissolution Science. The effort to establish the Society for Pharmaceutical Science began on July 16, 2012 with an objective of bringing professionals and expertise in Dissolution Science under one roof.

SPDS will impart by organising a number of high-quality, value added workshops and seminars that will help pharma industry professionals and academia to improve their knowledge and skill sets.

This will result in much better on-job performance and efficiency. It will work in close tandem with colleges, universities, other professional and regulatory bodies related to the pharma industry in an effort to update PhD scholars, post-graduates and pharmacy students through training and workshops to provide a better understanding of the sophisticated modern dissolution systems, equipment and software.

Plans are also underway at SPDS to make a web-portal www.spds.in. This interactive website acts as a source of knowledge. One can post their queries or issues in the arena of dissolution, methods, developments and more. A panel of experts will address all inquiries and offer solutions to the same.

The society is also planning a comprehensive e-journal that will feature articles from society members as well as industry professionals from around the world.

To gain membership in the society one can enroll oneself under one of the following categories: Individual membership, life, academia, international and students. pharma companies, analytical instruments manufacturing companies, CRO’s, CMO’s and others can be a part of the corporate membership in the society.

Disso India 2013 will be an annual international convention to be first held in Mumbai in May 2013. This event will be organised under the Chairmanship of Dr Vinay G Nayak, the President-Technical of Alembic Pharmaceuticals and the Organising Secretary, Dr L Ramaswamy, the Managing Director of Sotax India

The scientific programmes shall be designed and executed by the Scientific Committee Chairman.

The executive members of the Society for Pharmaceutical Dissolution Science are industry experts and professionals who have best of industry knowledge and also Dissolution Testing Processes to their name.

The society is looking forward to work closely with universities, regulatory bodies, industry professionals on a global level to gain best-in-class knowledge and expertise to ensure the success of the cause.

EP News Bureau – Mumbai