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Pharma Innovation Yatra_February 2017

Pharma Innovation Yatra   launched in the month of January 2017 has covered eight different institutes at 6 different locations covering 4 universities.  The events were conducted with presentations on creative thinking, innovation and role of patents in the pharmaceutical industry. 1. Vivekanand Education Society’s College of Pharmacy. Website: https://ves.ac.in/pharmacy/ University: University of Mumbai. Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra. 2. M. C. E. Society’s Allana College of Pharmacy. Website: http://www.allanacollegeofpharmacy.org/ University: Savitribai Phule Pune University. Location: Pune, Maharashtra. 3. SVKM’s Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy. Website: http://www.bncp.ac.in/ University: University of Mumbai. Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra. 4. Maharashtra College

Pharma industry body proposes guidelines on data reliability

The guidelines address six elements critical for data reliability such as technology systems, process design, risk management, governance, culture and capability, according to Vikas Bhadoria, senior partner at McKinsey & Company The Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) , an industry lobby group, along with knowledge partner McKinsey & Company has devised guidelines on data reliability as part of its efforts to help improve quality systems at a time when domestic drug makers are facing challenges in dealing with the evolving quality compliance norms of global regulators. The guidelines address six elements critical for data reliability such as technology systems, process design, risk management, governance, culture and capability, said Vikas Bhadoria, senior partner at McKinsey & Company. The data reliability guidelines were released on Thursday at the second edition of IPA’s quality excellence conference, India Pharmaceutical Forum 2017, in Mumbai. The gui

7 Useful Mobile Apps For Drug Discovery Professionals

SN Mobile app Features Operating systems 1.        Medicinal Chemistry Toolkit (Free) The app contains tools to calculate and graphically visualize a number of values, including: ·     Cheng-Prusoff; ·     Dose to man; ·     Gibbs free energy to binding constant; ·     potency shift due to plasma protein binding; ·     Log D vs pH curves; ·     Ligand Lipophilic Efficiency; ·     GClogP The App also includes a compound quality calculator, a maximum absorbable dose calculator; attrition modeller, drug-drug interactions calculator and more. The App also includes a compound quality calculator, a maximum absorbable dose calculator; attrition modeller, drug-drug interactions calculator and more. iPad and requires iOS 7.1 or later. 2.        PolyPharma The PolyPharma provides powerful modeling and prediction tools with intuitive visualization layo

1st Annual Pharma Literati Essay contest_Updates

We have published all the winning entries and other notable entries received for the 1st Annual Pharma Literati Essay contest. We would be sending the certificates for all these participants and the prize details to the winners before 28th February 2017. If any of the participants have any queries or do not receive email from our side, please send an email at  pharmaliterati@gmail.com

Role of digital platforms in the education sector_An essay by Chaini Saikia

We are presenting the series of essays submitted for the 1st Annual Pharma Literati Essay contest. The opinions in the essay are by the authors and need to be endorsed by Pharma Literati team.  INTRODUCTION:  In today’s speedy world as the succession of human beings in the education system is continuing, simultaneously the digital platforms are acting as fuel to necessitate the demands of learners and experts in the education field. Looking at the society now being educated in one or more aspects is a requirement of a profitable survival. Globally education is the one of the specific sectors to observe the evolutionary changes in recent times.        The digital platforms refers to the software or hardware of a site.Examples of digital platforms are Google, You Tube, Facebook,Whatsapp,various blogging sites,Google forms,Quizlet and many more.They are the one which provides us world of  possibilities,scope and opportunities when we utilize them in the right manner.Digital plat