Sammy Rashed and Giles Breault in India at CPhI's Better Selling to Pharma Forum

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MUMBAI, India, Nov. 12, /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

    CPhI and The Beyond Group's Better Selling to Pharma on the 11-12 December

2013 at Novotel Hotel, Mumbai, promises to be India's first fully focused forum

for Pharma partners and vendors on how to become the partner of choice for top

pharmaceuticals. The forum will be led by Mr. Sammy Rashed - former director of

productivity for Novartis AG and Mr. Giles Breault - Former Chief Procurement

officer for Novartis AG.

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    Sammy Rashed & Giles Breault, who are also the Founding members of The

Beyond Group, together have over 25 years of experience in creating successful

partnerships with Pharma vendors and suppliers.

    At this two-day strategic forum, networking and knowledge meet on the same

platform through:

    - Case studies - Decipher how successful partnerships were created

    - Know thy decision makers - Network with 20+ top decision makers from the

Indian and global pharmaceutical industry.

    - Show thy value - Let the top pharmaceutical decision makers know how you

as an organisation bring value in the partnership

    - Round tables - Discuss with the pharmaceutical heads your challenges and

roadblocks and come out with a winning strategy

    - Clash of titans - See both sides of the coin, expectations of

pharmaceuticals vs. challenges of partners

    Some key decision makers you would meet include:

    Ranjit Shahani, CEO, Novartis India

    Nihar Medh, Senior Director and Head Strategic Sourcing and Procurement, Dr

Reddy's Laboratories

    Dr Mukesh P Kumar, Director and Clinical Research Lead, Sanofi Aventis

    Damodar Mantri, Director IT and BPE, Dr Reddy's Laboratories

    Ryan Viegas, VP Supply Chain and Procurement, Watson Pharma

    Dr Chirag Trivedi, Associate Director, Project Management and Strategic

Initiatives, Sanofi Aventis

    Tim Cummins, CEO, IACCM

    Dr Michael Henke, Professor and Chair, Dortmund Technical University

    Sammy Rashed, Former Global Head of Productivity and Procurement Strategy,

Novartis AG

    Giles Breault, Former Chief Procurement Officer, Novartis AG

    More can be found out about the Better Selling to Pharma on

http://www.Bettersellingtopharma.com/pr or the organisers can be directly

contacted on 91 22 6172 7001 / conferences-india@ubm.com

    About UBM India:

    CPhI Conferences is a UBM brand. UBM (LSE: UBM) organises more than 300

events in 21 countries across industry sectors including food, pharma, energy,

property, aviation, telecom and more. Our expertise is a proven guarantee of

the quality of our events.

    UBM India is a subsidiary of UBM plc, which is the second largest

independent exhibition organiser in the world. It is the largest trade

exhibition organiser in India, responsible for 26 exhibitions in different

locations across the country. The company is also involved in the organisation

of conference programmes throughout India and in the publications of trade

journals and magazines. For further details please visit the UBM India website,

http://www.ubmindia.in.

    About The Beyond Group

    The Beyond Group AG is comprised of influential senior executives and

thought leaders enabled and supported by established sponsors and partners from

academia, industry expert associations and a network of practitioners and

consultants allowing client companies to tap into a broad base of experience

and advise to provide breakthrough thinking and execution guidance along the

entire Productivity journey - from strategy development through to value

delivery. http://www.beyondgrp.com

    Contact: Suvidha Shetty, conferences-india@ubm.com, +91(0)22-61727001

    Source: UBM India