Agenda

Time Session
09:30 am - 11:00 am Arrival of Guests + Registration of Delegates and Guests + Tea and refreshments
11:00 am - 11:10 am Welcome Address by Express Pharma + Lamp Lighting Ceremony
11:10 am - 12:00 pm Panel Discussion: Accelerating OSD innovation: From R&D to market
Moderator: Mr Manikandan Ramalingam, Sr VP - Head Formulation R&D Granules India
Panelists:
Dr Sajeev Chandran, VP-Pharmaceutical R&D, Lupin
Dr Manish Chawla, VP & Head (R&D), Lotus Pharmaceutical
Dr Sachin Arora, VP & Delivery Manager- Formulation Development Oral Solids - US, EU, CA & Global Markets, Dr Reddy's Laboratories
Dr Sandhya Shenoy, AVP - Formulation R&D, MSN Laboratories
Dr Khalid Akhter Ansari, Senior Director, Technical Operations, Rising Pharmaceuticals
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm Formulation strategies for complex injectables
Dr Ajay Khopade, VP FR&D, Sun Pharma
12:15 pm - 01:30 pm Networking Lunch
01:30 pm - 01:45 pm Practical techno - commercial aspects of 'Womb to Tomb' product lifecycle
Dr Jayant Karajgi, COO, Shilpa Medicare
01:45 pm - 02:00 pm Innovative active packaging: Step towards a more sustainable future
Mr Dhairy Sharma, Manager - Business Development (Healthcare Division), CILICANT
02:00 pm - 02:15 pm Global excellence in sourcing and distribution of high quality ingredients
Mr Vijay Doshi, MD, Pioma Chemicals
02:15 pm - 02:30 pm Impurities and excipients
Dr Abhijit Gothoskar, Techincal Expert, Sigachi Industries
02:30 pm - 02:40 pm Lucky Draw
02:40 pm - 02:55 pm Drug delivery systems - Advances in capsule technology
Ms Lekhna Ajgaonkar Kumar, Associate Director - Marketing, Lonza Capsules & Health Ingredients
02:55 pm - 03:10 pm Enhancing product performance through advanced granulation and coating
Mr Shailesh Umakant Parelkar, Sr Manager- Sales, Romaco India
03:10 pm - 03:25 pm mPredict: Accelerate your drug development journey
Dr Pratik Kakade, Technical Application Expert, Merck Lifescience
03:25 pm - 03:40 pm Lucky Draw
03:40 pm - 04:30 pm Panel Discussion: Injectable therapies 2.0: Driving patient-friendly parenteral drug delivery
Moderator: Dr Rakesh Bhasin, Head - Generic Formulation R&D, Biocon
Panelists:
Mr Makarand Avachat, EVP, Lupin
Dr Ravikumar N, EVP, MSN Laboratories
Dr Sukhjeet Singh, Chief Scientific Officer, Acme Formulation
Dr Mallinath S Harwalkar, VP - R&D, Hetero
Dr Amarender Reddy Donthidi, VP & Head - R&D Injectables and Ophthalmics, Amneal Pharmaceuticals
Dr Krishna Bhavanasi, VP- F&D, Torrent Pharmaceuticals
04:30 pm - 05:00 pm Networking Tea Break
05:00 pm - 05:15 pm Role of formulations in targeted delivery of m/RNA for vaccines, therapeutics and in vivo gene editing
Dr Ramesh Matur, Sr VP and Head, Vaccines R&D Division, Biological E
05:15 pm - 05:30 pm Transdermal/oral delivery systems and pen/autoinjector assembly machines
Mr Chetan Chennur, Sales and Project Manager, Harro Höfliger
Mr Abhishek Ghongade, Deputy Sales Manager, Harro Höfliger
05:30 pm - 05:45 pm Nitrosamines and excipients: A data-driven approach to safer pharma formulations
Dr Ravleen Singh Khurana, MD, Nitika Pharmaceutical Specialities
05:45 pm - 06:00 pm Lucky Draw
06:00 pm - 06:15 pm Faster coating technology advantage
Mr Akil Kadiyavala, GM - Technical Services, Dhara Lifescience
06:15 pm - 07:00 pm Panel Discussion: Biologics and biosimilars: The next leap in patient-centric drug development
Moderator: Dr Ashok Omray, Pharma Consultant
Panelists:
Dr Shubhadeep D Sinha, Sr VP, Head- Clinical Development & Medical Affairs, Hetero Labs
Dr Kamal Kumar Upadhyay, VP- Head R&D Pharma SGI, Biological E
Dr Vasanthakumar Ramu, VP - Head R&D - Peptides & Complex APIs, Alembic Pharmaceuticals
Mr Murali Jayaraman, Head - Formulation and Drug Product Development, Dr Reddy's Laboratories
07:15 pm onwards FDD Leadership Awards 2025
07:15 pm - 07:30 pm Welcome Address by Express Pharma + Methodology of FDD Leadership Awards 2025
07:30 pm – 08:00 pm Presentation of Awards
08:00 pm onwards Entertainment + Networking Cocktail & Gala Dinner
Time Session
07.30 am - 09.00 am Networking Breakfast in the pre-conference area
09:30 am - 09:45 am Keynote Address:
Dr Pavan Bhat, CEO, Inventia Healthcare
09:45 am - 10:35 am Panel Discussion: Beyond the needle: Innovations in painless drug delivery
Moderator: Dr Jaya Abraham, Head - R&D-India Subcontinent, Haleon
Panelists:
Mr Satish Chandra Upadhyay, Associate President, Mankind Pharma
Dr Manoj Kumar Singh, Sr VP – Analytical R&D, Micro Labs
Ms Ritu Laddha, Sr VP (F&D), Zydus Lifesciences
Dr Pramod Kharwade, VP-Formulation Development, Intas Pharmaceuticals
10.35 am - 11:20 am Panel Discussion: Topical and transdermal drug delivery: The rise of non-invasive therapies
Moderator: Mr Suresh Pareek, Angel Investor (Pharma)
Panelists:
Mr Bijayananda Sahoo, Group Head, R&D - Formulations, Alembic Pharmaceuticals
Dr Sumedha Nadkar, Pharmaceutical Strategy and Technology Consultant, Viridis BioPharma
Mr Mathivanan Rajagopal, VP, Head – R&D, Axxlent Pharma Science
Mr Ashok Dewangan, GM - Transdermal, Encube Ethicals
11.20 am - 12:00 pm Tea/Coffee Break + Check out
12.00 pm - 12.15 pm Particle engineering and polymorphism in dosage forms
Dr Sharadsrikar Kotturi, Chief Scientific Officer, Neuland Laboratories
12:15 pm – 01:15 pm Panel Discussion: Future-ready formulations: Addressing the challenges of special populations
Moderator: Dr Pirthipal Singh, Head-R&D, Tirupati Group
Panelists:
Mr Ravindra Agarwal, Sr VP, Mankind Pharma
Mr Elayaraja Natarajan, VP - R&D, Lyrus Life Sciences
Dr Sachin Mundade, Vice President - R&D, Micro Labs
Dr Vinod Arora, Principal Advisor, IGMPI
Mr Balasubramaniam Jagdish, VP - Formulation Development (PDU), Recipharm Pharmaservices
Mr Srinivasan Rajaman, GM, Medreich
Dr Vaibhav Sihorkar, VP & BU Head- Formulation Solutions, Aragen
01:15 pm – 01.20 pm Vote of thanks
01.20 pm onwards Networking Lunch

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