Malvinder Singh, Kiran Mazumdar, Kewal Handa, Anuj Saxena among others to address the summit.
“The Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit 2009” scheduled to be held in Bangalore has been now shifted to Mumbai. The topic of the summit is “Destination India – Challenges & Opportunities” and will be held on Friday, 3rd April 2009. The who’s who of pharma industry like Malvinder Singh of Ranbaxy, Kiran Mazumdar of Biocon Lid, Kewal Handa of Pfizer Ltd, Anuj Saxena of Elder Healthcare, Dr Ramakant Panda of Asian Heart Institute, Ranjit shahani of Novartis and a host of other big wigs will be debating some of the crucial topics confronting the industry. More than 400 industry professionals, Pharma Academia, bureaucrats, medical practioners will be attending the high profile event.
By hosting the Pharma summit at a time when the nation is being rocked by instability in the economy and the corporate world, the summit will also send out a message that the Pharma and associated industry continue to progress and have managed to shrug off the effects of the depression across the world.
Apart from aforementioned leaders who will be speaking at the summit, many others will also be lending their voice in the event. They include Mr.Narayan Gad, Panacea Biotech Ltd Mr. Venkat Jasti, MD, Suven Life Sciences Ltd, Mr Alok Mishra, Sr President,- operations, VHB Medisciences Ltd, Neopharma LLC, Mr Sanjiv Dharwadkar Sr. Director Pharma, Aventis Pharma Ltd, Mr Deepak Naik, MD, Eisai Pharma Pvt. Ltd, Narayan Gad, CEO-Formulations, Panacea Biotech Ltd, Dr. Himadri Sen, President R&D, Ranbaxy Ltd, Dr. Suresh Jadhav Executive Director Serum Institute of India Ltd, Dr P.M.Nayak, Project Director, Zydus Cadila Ltd, Mr Kaushik Desai, Director & CEO, Global Pharmatech, Mr Shailesh Siroya, MD, Bal Pharma Ltd, Mr Deepak Naik, MD, Eisai Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd Ltd, Mr V.S.Reddy, MD, British Biologicals, among others.
The event is being held in association with Pharmaexicil, Indian Drug Manufacturer’s Association, Indian Pharmaceutical Associations and the Organization of Pharmaceutical products of India. Proceeds from the summit will go in aid of Akshaya Patra, the world’s largest run school meal program which is feeding around one million school children everyday across India.