Thermo Fisher Scientific Sponsors the 2008 “Bioavailability Bioequivalence

PHILADELPHIA, Penn. (November 14, 2008) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announces that it is to be the lead sponsor of the upcoming “Bioavailability, Bioequivalence, Pharmacokinetics & Beyond” workshop and conference, which take place in Ahmedabad, India from December 1-3 2008.   The event is organized by the Shivrath Center for Excellence in Clinical Research.

The 3-day workshop is designed to equip contract research and pharmaceutical companies in India with the latest scientific tools to run bioavailability (BA) and bioequivalence (BE) studies.   As gold sponsor of the event Thermo Fisher Scientific acknowledges the importance of BA/BE studies to the pharmaceutical and CRO industries in India.   The conference’s scientific program includes academic speakers and industry experts who will host a raft of sessions such as analytical development and validation; statistical design and analysis; IVIVC; biopharmaceutical classification system; and global guidelines.  The workshop, the first of its kind in India, is limited to 35 attendees.  For more information about the conference please consult
http://www.thermo.com/eThermo/CMA/PDFs/Various/File_9537.pdf

Director of the Shivrath Center for Excellence Dr.Bhagirath Patel comments “Shivrath is delighted to have Thermo Fisher Scientific sponsor our conference. As a leading supplier of instruments, software and consumables in the BA/BE field, the organization will be well known to many of the participants.  Ensuring businesses are equipped with cutting edge technology is one of the goals of this workshop.”

Dave Champagne, vice president and general manager, Informatics, Thermo Fisher Scientific added “Our Thermo Scientific Kinetica and Watson Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) are widely adopted in this field, and looking at the distinguished speaker list we are delighted to be associated with what promises to be a very valuable conference.”

For more information about Thermo Scientific informatics please call +1 866-463-6522, e-mail marketing.informatics@thermofisher.com or visit www.thermo.com/informatics

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