title: Conference report: Inaugural Applied Pharmaceutical Analysis: India 2010 conference.
abstract: The inaugural Applied Pharmaceutical Analysis-India (APA-India) conference was held between 21 and 24 February 2010 in Hyderabad, India. The theme of the 2010 APA-India meeting was "The best of bioanalytical science in India: the role of bioanalysis and absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion in translational medicine". The conference brought together scientists from across India and the rest of the world to stimulate discussion in the areas of discovery bioanalysis, new technologies, regulated bioanalysis and biotransformation, as applied to pharmaceutical analysis in India, the USA and other parts of the world. A total of 37 podium presentations and three webinars were presented at the 2010 APA-India meeting. The analytical tool of focus was MS with an emphasis on application to the Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics studies in a globalized pharmaceutical industry.
authors.affiliation: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Department of Biotransformation, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA.
authors.forename: Ragu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramanathan
authors.forename: Ajai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation; D055808:Drug Discovery; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism*; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations