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7th Pharma Summit & Awards-2025 to be held on September 25 in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD, Sep 22 (SABAH): The 7th Pakistan Pharma Summit and Awards-2025 will be held at a hotel in Islamabad on September 25 (Wednesday) with the participation of pharmaceutical industry experts, researchers, academics, and managers from all over the country and abroad.

The summit is expected to be attended by over 400 senior executives, and experts of the pharma industry from all over the country. The theme of this year’s conference is “Digital pharma transformation: enhancing efficiency in uncertain times”.

National Assembly Speaker, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, will be the chief guest at the inaugural session.

Coordinator to Prime Minister on Health, Dr. Malik Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath, will be the guest of honour. The keynote address will be delivered by CEO Hevolution Foundation in Saudi Arabia, Dr. Mehmood Khan, on “Molecules to markets: leveraging global innovation, collaboration, and leadership insights to unlock Pakistan’s life sciences potential.

According to the Chairman of the summit’s organising committee, Dr Kaiser Waheed, Federal Commerce Minister Mir Jam Kamal Khan, Energy, CEO of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan, and senior officials of Health, Commerce ministries, and DRAP will also attend the event.

The international keynote address will be delivered by Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Vice-President, Dennis Hall, on “Innovations in pharmaceutical manufacturing-exploring cutting-edge applications”. Another keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Semih Kumluk, Al and Digital Head at PWC Academy in the Middle East, on how Al is reshaping the pharmaceutical landscape.

Pinar Kivilcim, Global Client Officer at Ipsos Healthcare, will give an international keynote presentation on leveraging market research for pharma growth. Other important speakers at the summit will be the Chairman of the Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, Mian Khalid Misbahur Rehman, Osman Khalid Waheed, Dr. Mahwash A Khan, Aamir Altaf Qureshi, Usman Shaukat, Mian Asad Shuja-ur-Rehman, Dr. Adeel Abbas, and Haroon Qasim.

On the occasion, over 50 pharmaceutical companies will be given awards for showing excellence in drug production in Pakistan. Senate Chairman, Makhdoom Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, will be the chief guest of the award session of the summit.