In the year 2014, IPA, ACG and SciTech Centre initiated these awards with an intent to recognize the efforts made by pharma organizations & individuals in India towards Innovation in research and development in solid dosage formulations and packaging of pharmaceutical products.
Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA) in collaboration with ACG & SciTech Centre has been giving awards for Innovation every year since 2014. We are now pleased to announce the 9th IPA ACG-SciTech Innovation Awards.
Award Categories:
-
Innovative Development of Solid-dosage Formulation by Industry & Academia
-
Innovative Packaging of a Pharmaceutical Product or Formulation by Industry
Winners will be rewarded with a cash prize of up to INR 1 Lakh for each category during the 73rd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress - IPA Awards Event.
Criteria for Selection :
An organization or individual meeting the following criteria may apply for the award:
1. Innovative Development of Solid-dosage Formulation by Industry & Academia
-
The idea should be innovative and creative.
-
The innovation should be fundamental yet practical.
-
The nominee should provide characteristic features of the innovative solid dosage form and the documentary evidence supporting its uniqueness and stability.
-
The innovation should address a disease or meet special demands of the region.
-
Potential for getting patent and commercialization will add value.
2. Innovative Packaging of a Pharmaceutical Product or Formulation by Industry
-
The packaging should possess unique features
-
The idea should be innovative and creative
-
Suggested or implemented packaging system should enhance quality & compliance of medicine
-
Documentary evidence should be provided to prove that the medicinal product remains stable for the expected shelf life mentioned on the label in the new packaging.
-
Potential for getting patent & commercialization will add value.
Please note:
-
Only one entry per inventor or a group of inventors from a pharmaceutical industrial R&D, or an academic laboratory and may be two different inventions from different inventors to the maximum from a single institute will be considered.
-
The inventor/group of inventors from an industry or academic institution received an award earlier, no more entries from that inventor or group of inventors or from the industry/institution will be considered for the award for a period of 5 years.
-
All academic entries should have either been patented or a patent application should have been filed.
-
The scope of invention is limited to the development of a solid dosage form or a technology platform for the development of solid dosage forms.
-
Innovative packaging award entries will be limited to innovative packaging of a Pharmaceutical formulation and all the entries from industry or academic institutions will be clubbed together for a single best innovative packaging award.
-
The innovative packaging should have been recently introduced in the market and it is highly desirable to have this innovation patented.
-
Office bearers of IPA Center and employees of ACG are not eligible to apply for the award.
How to Register:
-
Fill the registration form on this page.
-
Contact the IPA Secretariat (Mr. Kishore Chavan) on 91.22.26671072or write at ipacentre@ipapharma.org to confirm your application.
-
Courier the following documents to IPA and ensure they reach the Mumbai office before Thursday, November 30, 2023.
-
Company Profile (Not more than 1 A4 page) or Individual Bio data(Not more than 2 A4 pages)
-
Report summaryform - Click Here to download it
-
A detailed report of the Innovation.
-
Two dummy samples of the package (Applicable for the Best Innovative Packaging award only)
Courier Address: National Hon. Gen. Secretary, C/o. Bombay College of Pharmacy, Kalina, Santacruz (East), Mumbai – 400098
Selection of Awards:
An award committee nominated by IPA will decide the winners based on a pre-decided set of criteria and evaluation parameters. All deliberations will be in private, and neither IPA,ACG or SciTech Centre will be liable to disclose the reasons for an Award being accepted or declined. Any attempt to canvas directly or indirectly with members of the committee will disqualify the nomination. The committee’s decision on all matters will be final.
Winners of 8thIPA ACG - SciTech Innovation Awards
Best Innovative Development of Solid Dosage Form Award for the year 2020 in Industry
WINNER–Stabicon Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd.
Best Innovative Development of Solid Dosage Form Award for the year 2020 in Academia
WINNER–Dr. Gaurav Jain, Delhi Pharmaceutical Science and Research University (DPSRU)
Winners of 9thIPA ACG - SciTech Innovation Awards (to be announced shortly) |
|
| |
|
|
