Faculty of Pharmacy, Kalinga University organized an International Conference on "Current Perspective of Pharmacovigilance in Drug Discovery and Development"

Raipur : Faculty of Pharmacy Kalinga University, Raipur Organized a 2 days International Conference on “Current Perspective of Pharmacovigilance in Drug Discovery and Development”on 7^th and 8^th April 2022through Hybrid mode,in association with Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission Ghaziabad, IPA(State branch),APTI(State branch), Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, Publication Partner Global Pharmacovigilance Society and supported by Journal of Pharmacovigilance and Drug Research.

Day 1 of the International conference started with the inaugural session in which the imminent Chief guest Professor Dr. Swarnlata Saraf, Director, UIOP, PRSSU, Raipur, talked on the evolution of pharmacovigilance in different areas. Other dignitaries were Dr. Chanchal Deep Kaur, Principal, RCPSR, Raipur, Dr. Anshita Gupta Soni, Principal, SRSIPS, Kumhari and Dr.ShekharVerma, Principal, UCP, PDUMHS, Raipuras the chairperson for scientific session.

The key note speakers were Dr. Maya Sharma (Director,Win Medicare, Modi Mundi Pharma, Signutra, India) delivered her talk on “Pharmacovigilance in Oncology”, Mr. Gurpreet Singh(Senior Director, PV Operations, Parexel, India)talked on “Pharmacovigilance: Current Trends, Challenges and Opportunity”, Dr. Irene R. Fermonte (Chair person, ERANIM, Israel), discussed on “How realworld data have impacted vaccination program worldwide: Israel as a case study”, Ms. Giset Lopez (Pharmacovigilance Specialist, CECMED, Cuba) talked on “ Importance of Risk Management plans evolution from the national authority of drugs” and Dr. Amer Ahmed Sayed (Associate Director of Pharmacovigilance in Clinical Development programs at Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA.) Delivered his talk on “Innovative Approaches of Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacovigilance and Patient Safety”. The scientific session continued with poster presentation by more than 30 participants and online e- presentation by more than50 participants from various research areas on diverse fields. In all more than 250 participants were registered for the international conference.

Day 2 of the International Conference, started with talk of Ms. Katherine Daneri(Pharmacovigilance Manager, Vigilantia Healthcare, New Jersey)on “Challenges in the Pharmacovigilance Implementation for Pharmaceutical Companies in Latin America” followed by other’s informative session by Dr. ChinmayaMahapatra(Founder President, Global Pharmacovigilance Society, Odisha, India)on “Role of Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Centers in India and Importance of Articles Related to PV”, talk by Dr. B. Mamtha Nair (Director, Aggregate reports, Pfizer, India) on “Review of Lack of Therapeutic Casesin Aggregate Reports”, and Ms. Denis Rodrigues de Lima(Manager, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc, Brazil)on “Comparison of Pharmacovigilance System in Brazil with other LATAM Countries”. Session was graced by the presence of respective Chairpersons for the scientific talk Dr. YogeshVaishnav, Professor, SSTC, Junwani, Bhilai,Dr. D.K. Tripathi, Principal, RCPSR, Bhilai,Dr. TrilochanSarpaygy, Professor, UCOP, UDPS, Raipur, Dr. SatyabrataBhanja, Principal, RITEE College of Pharmacy, Raipur and Dr. Ravindra Pandey, Professor, Columbia Institute of Pharmacy, Raipur. Participants from the prestigious institutes actively attended the knowledgeable session. The scientific session followed with more than 10 participants for oral presentation which was evaluated by the adjudicators.

The conference concluded with the valedictory session for which Chief Guest was respected Dr. R. Shridhar, Vice Chancellor, Kalinga University, Naya Raipur. The session started with the welcome address and briefing of two day conference by Dr. Sandip Prasad Tiwari, Principal, Faculty of Pharmacy. The chief Guest shared his experience and importance of pharmacovigilance in pharmacy field. Guest of Honor was Dr. SangramChoudhary, Vice President Operation Mepro Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd., Gujarat, shared his industrial knowledge and encouraged the participants, followed by abstract conference proceeding release and prize distribution ceremony for Best Presentation Award. The first category of price distribution was Oral presentation given to Mr.Abhishek DewanganfromShoolini University, Himachal Pradesh. From the second category of e-Poster Presentation winners were Mrs. Segu Pratyusha, Research scholar, VELS, Chennai,Mr. RudraPratap Singh Rajput, Research Scholar, Shri Rawatpura Sarkar Institute of Pharmacy, Kumahri and Ms. Swati Pandey, Assistant Professor, SIRT Pharmacy SAGE University, Bhopal. The last category was Poster Presentation, winners were Ayush Jain, M. Pharm. 2^nd Semester, Kalinga University, NeerajSahu, B. Pharm. 6^thsemester Shri Rawatpura Sarkar Institute of Pharmacy, Kumhari and Patrick ObengB. Pharm. 4^thsemester.