Pharmaceutical discovery and development

The 63rd Annual conference of the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) held at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, from 16 to 18 December, 2011, was organized by ‘Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association’ and hosted by ‘The Indian Pharmaceutical Association’, Karnataka State Branch. The conference included a 3-hour symposium on “Pharmaceutical Discovery and Development”. The objectives of this symposium were to enlighten the delegates on a few key aspects of drug discovery and development. To that end, the symposium addressed on drugs and drug targets, early evaluation of pharmacokinetics and metabolism in drug discovery, toxicity tests in drug development, regulatory review process, and biomarkers