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Square to hold confce on local pharmaceuticals February 9

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The fourth Samson H Chowdhury Memorial Conference will kick off in the city on February 09 aiming to demonstrate the challenges and potentials of local pharmaceuticals industry.

Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd will organise the day-long conference at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city, also as part of commemoration and tribute to Mr Chowdhury for his contribution towards the nation. The first biennial conference was held in January, 2013, organisers said.

"The conference will focus on Bangladesh pharmaceutical industry's current and future aspects related to regulation, potentials and challenges," Tapan Chowdhury, managing director of Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Tuesday while talking to reporters at his office in the city.

There will be three plenary sessions on significance of adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting and current readiness of Bangladesh pharma industry, opportunities for collaboration between industry and university/research center for pharmaceutical development and Bangladesh pharma industry-prospects and challenges during the event, organisers said.

In a special segment in the conference, three young scientists will be awarded 'Samson H Chowdhury Award' for their research and contribution in pharmaceutical field..

Around 450 participants like policy makers, government officials, industrialists, scientist, academicians, and business professionals are expected to attend the conference, they added.

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