United Parent Projects Muscular Dystrophy (UPPMD), an organisation owned and managed by Parents of children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), in collaboration with HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd (HCG) and NIMHANS, is holding a conference as part of its attempt to change the future for Duchenne boys in the Asian region. In this connection, the first Asian conference on DMD would be held in Bangalore, India, on February 28 and March 1, 2009.

Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA) is conducting its sixth consecutive edition of the event - BioAsia 2009 - in Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) from February 2-4, 2009. The HICC is South Asia's first truly world-class convention centre located in Hyderabad. The conference aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for discussing new approaches in the field of biotechnology, integrating innovative developments with engineering applications, and converting the technologies into industrial products.

Banglore will be adding one more feather to its cap. It will soon be playing to host another national event of high importance "The Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit 2009", to be held at the Hotel Le Meredien on January 24th. The one day summit is being organized with a view to bring together leaders from the industry and crystallize their views and thoughts and assist the industry to find solutions and strategies to help the Indian pharma industry face challenges adroitly and seize opportunities as they arise. The who’s who of pharma industry led by Bangalore’s own Kiran Mazumdar of Biocon Lid, Kewal Handa of Pfizer Ltd, Anuj Saxena of Elder Healthcare, Sameeta Reddy of Apollo Hopsitals, Dr Ramakant Panda of Asian Heart Institute and a host of other big wigs will be congregating in the city and conferring with more than 300 industry professional on the nuance that will help them attain leadership position in the pharma industry.

The United States Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention, in association with Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) is organizing the eighth India Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) on February 11 and 12 at the Taj Krishna Hotel in Hyderabad.