Pharma torch bearers congregate to select industry’s best in class in Mumbai

Mumbai: The India Pharma Awards, conducted by UBM India, India’s leading B2B exhibitions organizer, concluded the second and final round of jury selection at Mumbai recently. The Awards follow a two-step judging process that has been highly appreciated by both, jury and participants, and it has strengthened the evaluation process, pulling in nominees of extremely high calibre.

An esteemed jury panel including industry thought leaders such as Bhalchandra G. Barve, Joint Managing Director of Blue Cross Laboratories; Lion Daara B. Patel, Secretary-General Indian Drug Manufacturers Association; Sunil Bambarkar, Managing Director, Gattefosse India Pvt Ltd; Subodh Priolkar, CEO, Wincoat Colours & Coatings; S M Mudda, Director Global Strategy, Microlabs and Dr R B Smarta, Secretary, HADSA were present today to select the winners after judging presentations more than 65 nominations from among companies such as Cipla,  Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Abbott Healthcare, Fermenta Biotech, Parle Global Technologies, ACG and Clariant Healthcare Packaging.

The IPA is conducted methodically with a process driven robust approach in partnership with Process Advisors, EY that involves a neutral jury which comprises industry think tanks who have championed the cause of their chosen domain expertise within the pharma sector.

The winners will be formally recognized and rewarded at the India Pharma Awards and Networking Night on December 12, 2018 at the India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, as a part of the much feted India Pharma Week.  As announced earlier, UBM India, India’s leading B2B exhibition organizer, is all set to bring in the third edition of the widely appreciated India Pharma Week, alongside the 12^th edition of its flagship expo CPhI and P-MEC India at the India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, Delhi-NCR.

While the 6th edition of the India Pharma Awards is going to be held in the Delhi-NCR region for the first time, as a tribute to the city in which it was born and reared, the selections happened in Mumbai.