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PharmaProcess Forum
Innovation Forum in Pharmaceutical Process
29-30/October
Montjuïc. 1st event
PharmaProcess Forum, the first European event
specialised in pharmaceutical processes, placed
stress on drug manufacturing from cell and
molecular biology as a trend of the future. Likewise,
it dealt with a big challenge of the pharmaceutical
industry on a global scale, which is the control
of falsified drugs, especially those sold on the
Internet, since between 7% and 10% of the drugs
sold on the web are thought to be fake.
The new event hinged on three axes:
Development, about the process that goes from
the first formula to the industrialization phase;
Biopharmatech, dealing with new pharmaceutical
products being produced with the help of
biotechnology; and Operations, which centred
around manufacturing and distribution.
Speakers put stress on the importance
of innovation, an area in which the global
pharmaceutical sector invested more than 120
billion dollars in 2012, compared to the 45 billion
dollars of 2001.
The first event of the fair brought together
more than 200 delegates, 55 speakers, 50
exhibitors and a large number of professional
visitors, which exceeded the initial estimates
of the organization.
A special highlight was the participation
of Eduardo Pisani, General Director of the
International Federation of Pharmaceutical
Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA),
a non-governmental organization formed
by 25 companies and 52 associations of the
global pharmaceutical industry, as well as Gisele
Roesems, Deputy Head of the Health and
Well-being Unit of the European Commission,
and Belén Crespo, Director of The Spanish
Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices.
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AREA
5,800 m
2
EXHIBITORS
50
TYPE
Professional
ACTIVITIES
Talks and meetings
+200
delegates
