INTERPHEX Mexico Features Free Daily Keynotes by Industry Innovators and Thought Leaders

Business Wire, May 8, 2006

NORWALK, Conn. -- Processing, manufacturing and engineering professionals from Mexico's fast-growing pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and medical device industries will have the opportunity to hear high-level presentations on topics that are critical to success in today's fiercely competitive global marketplace each day at INTERPHEX Mexico. This new national event for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing, which will take place June 27-30, 2006 at the Centro Banamex in Mexico City, is the latest addition to a global family of INTERPHEX events that includes trade shows and conferences in the United States (NYC), Puerto Rico, Japan, Singapore, India and China. Admission to INTERPHEX Mexico is free to qualified industry professionals, who are invited to register online at www.interphexmexico.com.

Keynotes will take place from 11:30am to 1:00pm each day of INTERPHEX Mexico. "These keynote sessions are designed to fuel discussion and update the market on the latest trends in pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing," stated David Attolino, Event Director for Reed Exhibitions, producer of INTERPHEX Mexico. "Our intent is that the leading-edge content of these free sessions, combined with the many product sourcing and networking opportunities at INTERPHEX Mexico, will foster greater communication and collaboration, and to strengthen the life sciences community throughout Mexico."

Securing the supply chain

"Managing Uncertainty and Vulnerability in the Life Sciences Supply Chain" is the title of Wednesday's keynote presentation by Carla Reed, Vice President of Logistics & Distribution for ChainLink Research. She will explore the many challenges created by extended supply chains in the life science industries, explain areas of constraint, and provide a step-by-step process to reduce the potential risk of supply chain interruption. Attendees will be better prepared to deal with such unforeseen events as natural disasters, shortages in transportation resources, border delays and more.

Managing and mitigating risk

On Thursday, June 29, Elizabeth Martinez Flores, Director General of Terra Farma, S.A. de C.V., will speak on "Risk Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry." Ms. Flores' presentation will offer a systematic approach to risk management considering tools currently used worldwide, that will enable firms to make more effective and consistent risk-based decisions across the product lifecycle and in compliance with good manufacturing practices. She will demonstrate how effective risk management can ensure a company's ability to deal with potential risk and have a beneficial impact on compliance in product, process, environmental and staffing issues.

Best practices in process development

Friday's keynote, entitled "Industry Best Practices: From cGMP to Process Validation," will be presented by Monica Cardona, Biopharm Marketing, Pall Life Sciences. Having a better process development strategy is becoming critically important as an increasing number of biotechnology companies are moving products to pilot and full-scale drug production. Moving development quickly from R&D to full-scale production requires innovative approaches and scalable technologies to eliminate bottlenecks, and optimize the speed, safety and efficiency of the development process.

Innovative international exhibitors

INTERPHEX Mexico attendees will have the opportunity to see and touch the newest products and technologies from 75 leading international suppliers, most of which have not participated in any event serving the Mexican life sciences industry. For complete list of exhibiting companies and their products, please visit www.interphexmexico.com.

Held with EXPO PACK and PROCESA

INTERPHEX Mexico will be held concurrently with two major trade events serving the process industries: Expo Pack and Procesa, which draw a combined total of more than 30,000 attendees and over 700 exhibitors. One badge will provide free crossover admission to all three events.

Broad-based industry support

Sponsored by ISPE, the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering, INTERPHEX Mexico has also garnered widespread support from prestigious industry associations, innovative business organizations and authoritative publications, including Pharmaceutical Processing, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Technology en Espanol, Pharma News, Medical Design Technology, Medical Product Outsourcing, FDC Reports (publisher of The Gold Sheet, The Pink Sheet and The Tan Sheet), Reportero Industrial, Associacion Mexicana de Envase y Emhalaje (AMEE), ChainLink Research, Pall Life Sciences, and TerraFarma, S.A. de C.V.

About Reed Exhibitions

INTERPHEX Mexico is produced by Reed Life Sciences, a division of Reed Exhibitions, the same company that produces INTERPHEX. Now in its 28th year, INTERPHEX is renowned for addressing the product and information needs of the dynamic pharmaceutical and medical industries -- including processing, packaging, product development, outsourcing, facilities, design, automation, and information technology.