Society for Pharmaceutical Dissolution Science (SPDS) has recently organised its first annual international convention, Disso India 2013. The event held at The Lalit, Mumbai focussed on introduction of new technology, innovation and various issues faced related to dissolution. Disso India was attended by the professionals from R&D, QA and QC, as well as the academia. Around 250-300 delegates have registered and had participated in this event.
Disso India 2013 was organised under the Chairmanship of Dr Vinay G Nayak, the President-Technical of Alembic Pharmaceuticals. Dr L Ramaswamy, Managing Director, Sotax India was the organising secretary of the event and the General Secretary of SPDS. The scientific sessions were programmed and executed under the chairmanship of Dr Mangal Nagarsenker, HOD and Professor of Pharmaceutics, Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai.
Eminent professionals from the pharmaceutical industry took part in the event. Global speakers such as Dr Diane J Burgess, Professor of Pharmaceutics, University of Connecticut, USA discussed on ‘In vitro release testing for particulate systems’; Dr Umesh Banakar, Professor and President, Banakar Consulting Services, US, discussed on ‘In vitro in vivo co relation : What makes them Challenging?’; Dr Vinod Shah, Ex US FDA, Pharmaceutical Consultant, US, spoke on ‘Role of Dissolution and In vitro release in regulating pharmaceuticals’; Vijay Kshirsagar, Executive Vice President-Corporate QA and Regulatory Affairs, Unichem Lab, Mumbai gave an insight on the topic ‘Dealing with out of specification results in dissolution results’; Dr Jean Michelle Cardot, Professor and Head of the Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology from the Universite d’Auvergne, France spoke on ‘Statistics and modeling in in vitro release studies’; Samir Haddouchi, Managing Director, SPS Pharma Services, France gave an insight on ‘Automation in dissolution testing and validation’; Vatsala Nageshwaran MS, Associate Director, Scientific Operations, Absorption Systems, US spoke on ‘Permeability classification of highly variable drugs using the In vitro Caco-2 Assay; Kailas Thakker, Co-founder and President, Tergus Pharma, discussed on ‘Drug release testing of topical dosage forms using diffusion cells; Dr Vinay Nayak, President-Technical Operations, Alembic Pharmaceuticals, Vadodara spoke on the topic ‘Harmonasation of pharmacopoeal dissolution testing’; Dr Sandip Tiwari, Technical Director: South Asia, Colorcon Asia, Verna, Goa spoke on ‘Effect of exciepients on dissolution: Case studies with bio relevant/hydro alchoholic media and Dr Mukesh C Gohel-Course Coordinator, Ahmedabad University, Gujarat spoke on ‘Gaining in-depth insights on QbD in dissolution testing.’
EP News Bureau – Mumbai