Leading Pharma Ingredients Event Makes Successful ASEAN Debut

Expanded event scheduled for 2013

AMSTERDAM, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Leading events organizer UBM Live has announced that over 4,300 visitors attended the newest event to join its global UBM Pharma Portfolio, CPhI Southeast Asia (SEA) 2012, which ran from May 10-12, 2012 at the Jakarta International Expo in Indonesia. The event, which was the first of its kind in the ASEAN region, featured 220 exhibiting companies from 24 countries. The strong international line-up at CPhI SEA was further supported by pavilion representation from CCCMHPIE (China Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export of Medicines & Health Products), Pharmexcil (Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India), CCPIT (CCPIT Sub-Council of Chemical Industry - China) and Korea.

When speaking at the opening ceremony of CPhI SEA, guest of honour Deputy Health Minister Ali Ghufron Mukti, commented, "Rapid population growth and the improving economy are factors that will increase drug consumption here." Describing the government’s new social insurance program, which is due to come into effect in 2014 and designed to provide free healthcare for 76.4 million people categorized as poor or near poor he added, "In the past, it was a kind of disaster for the poor to get sick. But now, if poor people get sick, there's no need for them to pay, as everything is already paid for by the government. Under such a situation, we have many opportunities for investors and drug manufacturers to produce and to meet the need and demand for drugs for the community."

According to the Indonesian Pharmaceutical Association, GP Farmasi, the pharmaceutical market in Indonesia is the largest in Southeast Asia and is set to be worth US$4.9 billion dollars by the end of 2012, representing a growth of 10-12% year on year. Andrew Pert, UBM Live Brand Director noted, "We are very pleased by the response to the inaugural CPhI SEA. By bringing CPhI to the ASEAN region, we aim to facilitate the sourcing of the best quality and most affordable pharmaceutical ingredients that the world has to offer. This, in-turn, will ensure that the health needs of the ASEAN region's growing population are met."

CPhI SEA will return to the Jakarta International Expo from March 20-22 in 2013 and UBM Live has also revealed that the expanded format will incorporate two further co-located Pharma events, P-MEC and InnoPack. P-MEC SEA will provide a networking platform for pharmaceutical machinery and equipment resources, while InnoPack SEA will highlight global packaging solution providers and their latest innovations.

Planning is underway for CPhI SEA 2013, and several high profile pharma companies have confirmed their attendance as exhibitors, including Welding, Gattefosse, and Indena. To learn more about CPhI SEA, please visit: www.cphi-sea.com.

The UBM Live annual schedule of Pharmaceutical events also includes CPhI, ICSE, P-MEC InnoPack and BioPh China (June 26-28, 2012 at the SNIEC in Shanghai, China), CPhI, ICSE and BioPh South America (August 21-23, 2012 at the Transamerica Expo Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil), CPhI Worldwide, ICSE, P-MEC Europe and InnoPack (October 9-11, 2012 at the Feria de Madrid, Spain), CPhI and P-MEC India (November 21-23, 2012 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai) and CPhI, ICSE, P-MEC, BioPh and Pharmatec Japan (April 24-26, 2013 at the Tokyo Big Sight Exhibition Centre in Japan).

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