Seminar on Filtration

on 12th December 2011.The Chief Guest of the event was Mr. Mizanur Rahman Sinha (Managing Director of Acme Group), Former State Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Mr. Abdul Muktadir (Managing Director of Incepta Pharmaceuticals), Secretary General of BAPI. The event was moderated by Dr. Malek Chowdhury, Director, Industrial Operations, Popular Pharmaceuticals Ltd. In the welcome speech, Mr. Shabbir Ahmed Khan, ChieExecutive of Khan & Deen highlighted the importance of "Filtration and Separation" in producing Medicines and Vaccines. Mr. Abdul Muktadir also expressed that this type of seminar will not only introduce new technologies but also will help to implement them in the Pharmaceutical Industry.

The following topics were covered in the seminar:

• Introduction to Pall Lifesciences
• Laboratory Application - Efficient Solution
• Filtration - Challenge for API, F&F, Biotech & Vaccines
• Pre-Filtration - Current Trend and Challenges
• Sterilizing Grade Filtration - A Necessity
• Integrity Testing - Why to Perform?
• Filter Validation - Regulatory Aspects

The presenter of this event were Mr. Naresh Narsimhan, Dr Pankaj Tahiliani, Mr. Suresh Dhiman, Mr. Somnath Banerjee, Mr. Premnath Mandalapu and Mr. Ashish Agarwal.