Thursday, August 25, 2011


AL SHIFA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

NATIONAL SEMINAR ON “THE EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION OF PHARMACOVIGILANCE IN THE INDIAN SCENARIO”
29TH JULY 2011, FRIDAY

National seminar on “The effective intervention of Pharmacovigilance in the Indian Scenario” was organized by Al Shifa College of Pharmacy, Perinthalmanna on 29th July 2011.The Program started in the morning around 9.00AM with registration of delegates from various institutions, followed by inaugural function.  Dr.R.Saraswathi, Director, Al Shifa College of Pharmacy welcomes the gathering. Dr.K.Mohandas, Vice Chancellor was the chief guest of the function and delivered the inaugural address.   Presidential address was delivered by Managing Trustee Mr.P.Unneen, Shifa Medicare Trust, Perinthalmanna and he focused on the importance of Pharmacovigilance in the current clinical trial scenario.During the inaugural ceremony, Hospital formulary and Al Shifa health watch – a quarterly newsletter was released and Clinpharm india blog was launched by the dignitaries.
The Program was felicitated by Dr.Yahia, Al Shifa Hospital and Dr.Silviya Edison, Principal, Al Shifa College of Nursing.Dr.S.Durgaramani, Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacy Practice gave the departmental activity plan and the inaugural function concluded with the vote of thanks by Mr.K.Mohammed Haneefa, Vice Principal.Scientific sessions started by 11.00AM and the resource persons were Dr.S.Sriram, Professor & Head, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Coimbatore and Dr.M.Surulivel Rajan, Senior Lecturer, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal.  Dr.S.Sriram delivered a talk on “Patient medication safety and Pharmacovigilance” and Dr.M.Surulivel Rajan focused on “Pharmacovigilance in Clinical Trial and Clinical Practice”.
Around 160 delegates were registered for the seminar and poster and oral presentation were conducted successfully.  The sessions were evaluated by Mr.A.Vijayakumar, Assistant Professor, KMCH College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore and prizes were awarded for best poster and oral presentations.Best posters were bagged by NET College of Pharmacy, Karnataka and PSG College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore.  KMCH College of Pharmacy and Al Shifa College of Pharmacy received the best oral presentation awards.The programme concluded at 5.00PM with the Valedictory function and this seminar was well received by the delegates..

Dr. DURGA RAMANI
Head of the department
Pharmacy practice



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