Bangalore to host Intl Conference on Clinical Research

Bangalore, Apr 6 (UNI) A two-day international conference on clinical research will be held at the National Institute of Advance Studies here from April 14.

Organised by the Institute of Clinical Research (India)(ICRI), in association with the Union Department of Science and Technology, the conference would discuss the regulatory principles and procedures in clinical research, besides the latest developments in the field.

ICRI Dean S K Gupta, in a release here, said the conference aimed at providing a platform for an interaction among the stakeholders from the field of clinical research across the world. It would review and evaluate the clinical research environment in the country. ''It is extremely important to address all India-specific issues that are considered barriers to global clinical development and which have discouraged most companies from exploring India for implementing their global development plan,'' he added.

The conference would be preceded by a two-day training workshop on Pharmacovigilance, organised by ICRI and World Health Organisation (WHO).

Experts from Indian and international regulatory industry and academia such as Dr K K Tripathi, Advisor with the Union Department of Biotechnology, Dr Sten Olsson and Dr Ronald Meyboom from WHO, Dr N K Ganguly, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Dr Laxman Prasad, Advisor, Union Department of Science and Technology, Dr Nermeen Varawalla, Vice-President, PRA, USA, and all leading pharmaceutical companies like Ranbaxy, Quintiles, Dr Reddy's, Panacea Biotec, Fortis, Merck, Novo Nordisk and Unichem would participate in the conference.

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