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  DCAT Presents the 11th Annual IMS PharmaChem Symposium:
Growth and Consolidation:
Success in a New Landscape
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 8:30am-12:00pm
Empire Room, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
   
 
 

Registration
Registration for this program is now closed. Walk-in attendees are welcome the day of the program.

Registration for this program is made available only through the DCAT Website. There is NO CHARGE for the program but registration is REQUIRED. Seating is limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Your email address is required for confirmation of your registration. A Name badge will be prepared for you and provided at the registration area that morning.

8:30   Registration & Coffee
9:00   Opening remarks – Joseph Colleluori, DCAT President, Lonza Inc.
9:05   Chairman's introduction
9:10   Evolving Growth Dynamics: Future Impact on Pharma Business Models to 2010 & Beyond

Speaker: John MacCarthy, Vice President, Client Thought Leadership, Global Business Management, IMS Health

  • Identifying growth opportunities
  • Impact of emerging markets
  • Evolution of pharma business models
9:50  

The Changing Landscape of the Generics Pharmaceutical Market

Speaker: Tommy Erdei, CFA Executive Director, Global healthcare group, UBS Investment Bank

  • Operational dynamics of the sector
  • Impact on strategy
  • M&A environment and expectations

10:30   Break
     
10:45  

New Demands on Custom Manufactures: Who are the Best Future Partners?

Speaker: Mark Seidler, Principal, SDG LifeSciences, a Unit of IMS

  • Change of fortunes & underlying key drivers
  • Critical success factors - who is winning and why?
  • Characteristics of an ideal partner for pharma
11:20  

Assessing the Continuing impact of Changes in the Lifecycle of Pharmaceuticals

Speaker: Carl Fearn, Area Vice President, Australia and New Zealand

  • Established biotechnology based treatments and their growing importance
  • Emergence of Specialty Blockbusters - the Oncology Challenge
  • R & D output, what's on the Horizon?
12:00   Chair's closing remarks