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The 13th MPS-USM Pharmacy Scientific Conference 2017 successfully took place at the Bayview Beach Hotel, Penang from 3 ¨C 5 Nov 2017. The Guest of Honour for the opening ceremony was the Senior Director of the Ministry of Health Pharmaceutical Services Division. There was a total of four plenary lectures and four symposium talks, along with five knowledgeable speakers invited to present topics of current interests, and a total of 49 oral and 66 poster presentations. At the foyer, 12 companies took up booths to exhibit their products and services to update the participants.

Representing Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ University (Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­) was Assistant Professor Dr Anand Gaurav, Mr Osama Helweh and Assistant Professor Dr Jeetendra Singh Negi, led by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­¡¯s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Dean Professor Dr Yeoh Peng Nam and Deputy Dean Assistant Professor Dr Mogana Sundari Rajgopal. Assistant Professor Dr Anand¡¯s oral presentation titled ¡®Shared feature pharmacophore model for PDE10A inhibitors¡¯ earned him a silver medal during the conference. Assistant Professor Dr Jeetendra also participated in the poster presentation where he presented his work titled ¡®A novel controlled ionic gelation method for development of chitosan nanoparticles¡¯. Mayasah Al-Nema, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ MSc Pharmaceutical Chemistry student who was also present at the conference, presented a poster titled ¡®Ligand based pharmacophore modeling of phosphodiesterase inhibitors¡¯. Congratulations to the team for their active participation in the conference and for their best efforts for bringing glory to the University.