Even as the fall gives way to the chilly winds of winter, preparations for the International Pharmaceutical Expo (INTERPHEX) are underway.
INTERPHEX, the trade show focused on pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries, will take place on March 21-23, 2017 at the Javits Center in New York City.
2016 saw an increase in attendance—18 percent for pharmaceutical engineers, specifically, and 4.5 percent for total attendance—with attendees and exhibitors from 48 states and 52 countries. The exhibit hall featured more than 600 suppliers, and the technical education programs were also a huge success, including Pharmaceutical Processing and INTERPHEX’s INTERPHEX Live—a series of live video panels.
Some of the INTERPHEX Live topics from 2016 include:
- QbD leveraged as a business strategy
- Advancements in bio-availability
- Serialization implementation
- Continuous processing
- AR/VR in pharmaceutical manufacturing
- Developing a patent strategy with your CMO
- Overcoming facility upgrade challenges
- Preparing for and managing FDA audits
- And much more
At the end of each show day, I also had the opportunity to interview the INTERPHEX Live moderator, Russ Somma of SommaTech LLC, about some of the discussions that occurred during that day’s series of panels.
In addition, Pharmaceutical Processing had the opportunity to put together the three show dailies, which were distributed during the three show days. The show dailies featured original articles with some of the INTERPHEX Live panelists, including exclusive interviews with IPS, Beck Technology, St. Louis Soft Gel Consulting & Sales, and more.
The topics covered in these exclusive articles include:
- Technology transfer
- Softgel manufacturing
- Continuous processing
- Cannabis gaining acceptance in the pharmaceutical industry
- AR/VR use in biopharma
- Facility challenges
But what’s coming up for INTERPHEX 2017?
A number of companies, particularly pharmaceutical suppliers, have already committed to attend INTERPHEX 2017. INTERPHEX has also posted their live floor plan, detailing some of the committed exhibitors.
Futhermore, there will once again be the chance to submit to INTERPHEX’s Exhibitor Award Program, which is sponsored by Pharmaceutical Processing. Exhibitors are encouraged to submit their products once the submission forms open on January 2 in order to be considered for one of the six award categories:
Best in Show
The Best in Show Award recognizes accomplishments and display in the use of knowledge, innovation, and state-of-the-art technologies to achieve extraordinary levels of quality, production goals, and objectives—ultimately transforming critical and affordable life-enhancing ideas to finished drug products.
Best New Product/Service
The Best New Product/Service Award is given to the exhibitor that encourages, develops, and features the very best in new products or services showcasing knowledge, innovation, and state-of-the-art technologies leading to significant business, economic, or manufacturing benefits for the pharma and bio industries.
Editor’s Choice (sponsored by Pharmaceutical Processing)
The Editor of Pharmaceutical Processing awards the Editor’s Choice Award, which is based upon her view of the best in exhibiting in Knowledge, Innovation, and Technologies within the pharma and biopharma industries.
Best Technologies Innovation
The Best Technologies Innovation Award recognizes cutting-edge technologies, either new technologies or a novel implementation of existing technologies, that has the potential to change the way pharma/bio companies operate.
INTERPHEX Efficiency Champion
The INTERPHEX Efficiency Champion Award is given to an exhibitor whose product or service understands the need for integrated efficiencies in processes and supports the fast pacing of the pharma/bio industry—whether in research, development, or commercial-scale production.
Biotech Innovation Award
The Biotech Innovation Award acknowledges an exhibitor’s innovative application to a given product or service that not only addresses an industry need, but does so in such a way as to exceed previous standards or applications—thereby making the given process simpler, smoother, or easier to navigate.
To view the 2016 winners, featured in the images above, click here.
Submissions for the INTERHPEX Exhibitor Award program will be accepted between January 2, 2017 and February 11, 2017.
Registration for INTERPHEX 2017 is now open. Visit INTERPHEX’s website today to register.
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