Dear Colleagues,

The conference aims to provide many interesting perspectives on how science and technology of drug discovery and drug therapy are changing rapidly, thereby providing new opportunities and challenges to the scientists and medical doctors.

The major topics of discussion related to drug, discovery and therapy will include: Pharmaceutical Research & Development, Translational Medicine, Regenerative Medicine, Enabling Technologies, Structural Biology, Drug Delivery & Targeting, Antiinfectives, Biologics, CNS Drug Discovery & Therapy, Diabetes and Obesity Drug Discovery & Therapy, Women's Health Drug Discovery & Therapy, Drug Discovery in Preclinical Research, Cardiovascular Drug Discovery & Therapy, Oncology, Process Chemistry and Drug Manufacturing, Pulmonary Drug Discovery & Therapy, Recent Advances in Patient Treatment and Care, Inflammation and Immunology, Innovative Drug Discovery and Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Proteomics & Bioinformatics, Pharmacogenomics, Protein and Peptide Sciences, Drug Metabolism, Hot Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, Medical Imaging, Hot Topics in HIV Research, In-silico Drug Design and in-silico screening, Combinatorial Chemistry, High-throughput Screening & Laboratory automation, Hot Topics in Drug Targets, Hot Topics in Natural Products, Stereoselective Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds, Recent Advances in Spectroscopy, Academic CRO/Industrial collaborations in drug discovery.

I look forward to welcoming the participants to this exciting conference which will bring together world leaders in their respective fields in the fascinating environment of Bengaluru. The state of Karnataka is one of the prominent tourism hubs in India.

Dr. MUR NAIDU
Chairman
World Congress on Drug discovery & Development -2016

Dear Colleagues,

Interactive Streams of the Conference:

• Target Based Discovery
• Screening & Assays: Enabling Technologies
• Discovery Chemistry & Drug Design
• Supporting Innovation: Translational Approaches & Informatics Tools

Our Congress brings together a host of senior levelexperts to discuss recent developments in the industryand debate the best strategies and solutions toimprove drug discovery going forward. The drug discovery landscape is changing rapidly. Withthe cost of bringing a drug to market rising, researchers are seeking innovative ways to increasethe efficiency of their R&D pipelines. On the first day ofour Drug Discovery INDIA Congress our expert panel ofspeakers will address the current strategies fordirected discovery, including the resurgence ofphenotypic screening and comparing its utility withtarget based discovery.
Our renowned speakers will explore novel peptidedrug discovery, strategies for target selection and incorporating genomic technologies into discoveryresearch.

Dr.Richard Hopkinson,
Co Chairman,
World Congress on Drug Discovery and Development - 2016

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the organizing committee, I am honoured and delighted to welcome you to the World Congress on Drug Discovery and Development to be held from the 23rd, 24th & 25th November 2016 at J.N.TATA Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Our technical program is rich and varied with 5 keynote speech and 30 invited talks and around 240 technical papers split between 3 parallel oral sessions and 3 poster sessions each day. Besides, there are 4 workshops and a tutorial program co-located. We also expect to provide Technical demonstrations and numerous opportunities for informal networking.

As a conference chair of World Congress on Drug Discovery and Development, I know that the success of the conference depends ultimately on the many people who have worked with us in planning and organizing both the technical program and supporting social arrangements. In particular, we thank the Program Chairs for their wise advice and brilliant suggestion on organizing the technical program the Program Committee for their thorough and timely reviewing of the papers, and our sponsors who have helped us to keep down the costs of World Congress on Drug Discovery and Development for all participants. Recognition should go to the Local Organizing Committee members who have all worked extremely hard for the details of important aspects of the conference programs and social activities.

Dr. Rer.Nat.Shibashish Giri,
Co-Chairman (Technical Coordinator),
World Congress on Drug Discovery and Development - 2016