Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 6: As part of its ‘One Week One Lab’ (OWOL) Campaign, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) Jammu organized a symposium on drug discovery in hybrid mode, here today.
Dr Sunil Kumar Dubey, General Manager, Medical Research, R&D Healthcare Division, Emami Limited Kolkata, was the chief guest in the inaugural session. He delivered a plenary lecture on “Pharmacokinetic Pharmacodynamic Modelling and Simulation of Phytopharmaceuticals.” He shared his expertise in using pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling and simulation to understand the behavior of phytopharmaceuticals in the body and to design new drugs.
Further, he dealt in detail about the various aspects of pre-clinical drug development from new chemical entities (NCE) and phytopharmaceuticals. He emphasized that while developing phytopharmaceutical as drug, we need to make actual costing involved and the availability of standardized raw material.
Earlier, Dr Zabeer Ahmed (Director, CSIR-IIIM Jammu) highlighted the Institute’s achievements and vision in drug discovery and integrative medicine. He said that the symposium aimed to showcase the institute’s research facilities and activities to the public and foster scientific curiosity and awareness among students and teachers.
During the technical sessions of the Symposium, Dr Prasoon Gupta (Principal Scientist), Dr Parvinder Pal Singh (Principal Scientist) and Dr Qazi Naveed Ahmed (Principal Scientist of Natural Products & Medicinal Chemistry Division) were the lead speakers. Dr Gupta spoke on the Isolation, Identification and Characterization of Natural Products. Dr Pal Singh dealt with Phytopharmaceutical Research: Scientific Validation of Traditional Knowledge while Dr Qazi Naveed delivered talk on Modern Drug Discovery: A Rational Approach.
The program was attended physically by more than 100 participants from different institutions such as AIIMS, Jammu, Central University of Jammu, Jammu University, IIT-Jammu, SKUAST Jammu, Cluster University of Jammu and Government Degree Colleges while more than 250 participants attended through online mode.
Abdul Rahim (Chief Scientist and Head RMBD & IST) was also present on the occasion. Dr Deepika Singh conducted the proceedings and Dr Qazi Naveed Ahmed presented vote of thanks.
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