LAHORE: The three days Pak Pharma & Healthcare Exhibition & Conference will be inaugurated by the Punjab minister for primary and secondary healthcare Mr. Khawaja Imran Nazeer at the expo centre Lahore today, Monday, January 20, 2025.
It is a large trade show of pharma sector with 400 stalls and over 100 exhibitors from countries including China, Argentina, Indonesia, and Turkey and many more.
This is the 18th edition of this event which is being organized by the Prime Event Management with the supported of the Pakistan Pharmaceutocal Manufacturers Association (PPMA).
Expo organizer Mr. Kamran Abbasi, Director, Prime Event Management told that pharma processing & packaging machiner, laboratory & testing equipment, raw material & active ingredients, medical diagnostic euipmen, hospital equipment & consumables, medicine, drugs & health care products, surgical instrument manufacturers will display their brands and technology.
Conference and technical seminars have always been a regular feature of this event.
Other special guests joining the inaugural ceremony include Mr. Tauqeer Ul Haq, Chairman PPMA & MD Sante (Pvt.) Ltd, Mr. Asim Rauf, CEO, Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan, DRAP, Mr. Professor Dr Muhammad Ali Shah (TI, SI), Vice Chancellor University of the Punjab, Mr. Saad Javed Akram Chairman (North Zone), PPMA & MD Don Valley Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Mohammad Suhail, Director General, Directorate of Drugs Control Primary and Secondary Healthcare, Mr. Shafiq Ahmad Abbasi, Sr. Vice Chairman of PPMA Chairman & Novamed Phrmaceuticals, Mr. Amanullah Shaikh Vice Chairman PPMA & CEO Davis Pharmaceutical, Mr. Mian Asad Shuja ur Rehman, CEO Schazoo Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Mr. Khawaja Shahzeb Akram, Chairman Mass Pharma, Ch. M. Yousaf Ali, CEO English Pharmaceuticals, Dr. M. Tahir Azam CEO, Mega Pharmaceuticals and others.
The University of Lahore, University of the Punjab and Dow University of Health Sciences are the knowledge partners.
Pharma expert panel discussion on the topic of "Has Public Perception of Pharmaceutical Companies Improved Post Covid-19 Pandemic?" will also be held on the first day of the event.
This session will be moderated by the Mr. Mian Khalid Misbah Ur Rehman, Director Technical, Popular Chemical Works while panelists will include Dr Kaisar Waheed, President & CEO · Medisure Laboratories, Mr. Jalal Uddin Zafar, Director, Nabi Qasim Pharma Group, Muhammad Idrees, CEO at Novamed Group of Companies, Dr. Faisal Khokar, Executive Director, Remington Pharmaceuticals and Dr. Shehla Javed Akram, Founder President WCCI & CEO, Don Valley Pharma, Mr. Abbasi told.
Various sessions on different topics will also be held which will be addressed by learned speakers including Mr. Osman Khalid Waheed, CEO Ferozsons Laboratories (Topic: Pharma Pakistan - the next phase of quality and export-led growth.’), Mr Shoaib Hakeem, Masters in Pharmacy from Punjab University Lahore (How Manufacturing Performance can be Enhanced & Why Manufacturing Productivity is Important), Prof Dr Javed, MB, MD (US), MRCP(UK), FRCP(London), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Glasg), FASIM(USA), FACP(USA), FACC(USA), FPSIM(Pak), President Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine & President Society of Novel & Rare Diseases, International Advisor to Royal College of Physicians London (Emerging Trends in Cardio-Metabolic Drugs: Innovation Driving Better Outcomes), Dr. Izhar Hussain, CEO & Managing Director of Dow Institute of Life Sciences (DILS), Dow University of Health Sciences (Topic: Clinical Trials Exhibition information).
