Society for Pharmaceutical Dissolution Science (SPDS) will be conducting its 2nd Annual International Convention DISSO ASIA 2014 on May 5 and 6, 2014 in Mumbai. The event will promote introduction of new technology, innovation and have deliberations on various issues faced related to dissolution. Around 200-250 eminent professionals are expected to participate in this event. The event will be organised under the Chairmanship of Dr Nandakumar Chodankar, Chief Executive Officer and Promoter (Director on Board) at ASolution Pharmaceuticals and the Organising Secretary, Dr L Ramaswamy, Managing Director, Sotax India. The scientific sessions will be programmed and executed under the chairmanship of Dr Mangal Nagarsenker, HOD and Professor of Pharmaceutics, Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai.
The event will have plenary lectures, poster exhibits, panel discussion and exhibits. Vijay Kshirsagar, Director and Chief Executive Officer, TRAC Consulting, Mumbai will speak on the topic ‘Relevance of Current Batch Centric BE Studies’; Dr Vinod Shah, Ex US FDA, Pharmaceutical Consultant, USA will speak on ‘FDA/USP Perspectives on Dissolution Testing from Regulatory Filing Point of View’; Prof Dr Jean Michel Cardot, Professor, Department of Biopharmaceutics, and Pharmaceutical Technology, Auvergne University, France will deliver a lecture on ‘In-Vitro Dissolution as in Vivo Surrogate’; Samir Haddouchi, Managing Director, SPS Pharma Services, Clermont Ferrand – France will speak on ‘Overview of Challenges and Solutions to Dissolution Testing of Non-Oral Formulations’; Dr Umesh Banakar, Professor and President, Banakar Consultancy Services, USA will speak on ‘Biosimilars – The Emerging Frontier for Generics: Role of Dissolution Testing’; Dr Sandip Tiwari, Technical Director: South Asia, Colorcon Asia will speak on ‘Future of Dissolution Testing’; Michel Magnier, Product Manager/Application Specialist, SOTAX will speak on ‘Automation for Dissolution Testing’; Bryan Crist, Manager, Scientific Affairs, Agilent technologies, USA will speak on ‘Validation of Components and data of Automated Dissolution Methods’; Prof Dr Sompol Prakongpan, Professor of Pharmacy, Burapha University, Thailand will speak on ‘Biowaiver of Biopharmaceutics Classification System Class III Drug Products’; Dr Sid Bhoopathy, Chief Operating Officer, Absorption Systems, USA will speak on ‘Strategies for Establishing Equivalence of Complex Drug Products’; Dr Flavian Stefan Radulescu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Carol Davila’ Bucharest, Romania will speak on ‘Correlation between rheology, in-vitro release and in- vivo performance of topical dosage forms.’
A panel discussion on ‘Handling dissolution Challenges’ will be held which has been specifically designed for all the professionals from R&D, QA and QC as well as the academia.
EP News Bureau – Mumbai
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