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

MUMBAI, November 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

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 lead 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 and 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 2-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 about Better Selling to Pharma  can be found on http://www.Bettersellingtopharma.com/pr or the organisers can be directly contacted on 91 22 6172 7001/[email protected]

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

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