Hammond & Thackeray was founded in 1983 and now have offices in Sydney, Melbourne & Auckland. We are affiliated with FCB worldwide with 190 offices in 104 countries and are part of the Interpublic Group. H&T Sydney provides full service capabilities including strategic planning, creative, media, studio and production. We specialise in communication with GPs, specialists, pharmacists and consumers/patients. Our list of clients include: Abbott, Auspharm, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Boots Healthcare, Chemeq, CSL, DuPont, Eli Lilly, Paul Hartman, Johnson & Johnson Medical, Medical Research Trust, Merial, Merck Sharp & Dohme Australia, National Bank, Novartis, Pfizer Pharmaceutical Group, Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, Pfizer Animal Health, Ridley Ag Products, Q-Med, Synthes, UCB Pharma, Vital Health Foods, Wyeth & Yates.

Hammond & Thackeray was founded in 1983 and now have offices in Sydney, Melbourne & Auckland. We are affiliated with FCB worldwide with 190 offices in 104 countries and are part of the Interpublic Group. H&T Sydney provides full service capabilities including strategic planning, creative, media, studio and production.

We specialise in communication with GPs, specialists, pharmacists and consumers/patients. Our list of clients include: Abbott, Auspharm, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Boots Healthcare, Chemeq, CSL, DuPont, Eli Lilly, Paul Hartman, Johnson & Johnson Medical, Medical Research Trust, Merial, Merck Sharp & Dohme Australia, National Bank, Novartis, Pfizer Pharmaceutical Group, Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, Pfizer Animal Health, Ridley Ag Products, Q-Med, Synthes, UCB Pharma, Vital Health Foods, Wyeth & Yates.

Catalent is a licensed manufacturer of therapeutic goods and an active member of ASMI, offering:

• Custom development, formulation and manufacture of softgel, tablets and hardshells.
• Unit packing into glass bottles, HDPE bottles and blisters
• Broad range of Rx, OTC, vitamins, minerals, nutritionals and herbals
• Stability and other testing

Founded in 1986, CPSA provides high quality packaging and technical support services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries in our modern facility.

CPSA holds licenses with the TGA and APVMA.

CPSA can provide the following services:

• Blister packing (including Aluform) and blister sealing;
• Bottle filling of tablets and capsules;
• Liquid and cream filling into bottles, jars and tubes;
• Labelling, shrink-wrapping, cello-wrapping, tamper-evident label application and cartoning;
• Custom packaging;
• Release for Supply.

CPSA will work closely with clients as an extension of their own team and facility to ensure the product is of the highest quality and at the same time cost-effective.

Lipa Pharmaceuticals is a TGA licensed contract manufacturer that can produce non-sterile prescription medicines, over-the-counter and nutritional products in both solid and liquid dosage forms.

We have the capabilities to produce uncoated, film coated and enteric-coated tablets. We also have the expertise and capabilities to produce powders, hard shells, liquids and creams.

Mentholatum Australasia Pty Ltd offers contract manufacturing services in the following categories:

• Manufacture of creams, lotions, liquids and gels
• Manufacture of flammable liquids and gels
• Bottle filling of liquids and semi-solids
• Tube filling of plastic, laminate and metal tubes
• Chocolate-based therapeutic manufacture and packing

Sphere Healthcare Pty Ltd is a TGA licensed and GMP certified contract manufacturer of Complementary and Animal healthcare products. Sphere offers sponsors a wide variety of therapeutic dose forms including: Effervescent Tablets, Soft Gels, Hard Gels, Tablets, Powders, Liquids and Creams. We have a dedicated R&D team focused on developing new products and manufacturing technologies to remain at the forefront of market innovation.

Sphere has recently deployed World Class Manufacturing practices based on Lean manufacturing disciplines and is currently implementing a multimillion dollar capital investment program. Sphere is seeking to extend its current licensing to OTC manufacture in early 2009. The management team at Sphere offer extensive cross functional expertise in developing Complementary and OTC healthcare solutions. Our company mission is to be Australia’s most valued, innovative and market leading healthcare contract manufacturer. Proprietary manufacturing technologies in Ensorb rapid tablet dissolution and Effervescent design represent examples of Sphere delivering on this leadership platform.

We look forward to partnering with ASMI manufacturers to enhance Australia’s position as Global Innovators in healthcare solutions.

50 years TGA experience at your service

Archer Emery and Associates provides advice and assistance to companies that import, manufacture or sell medicines.

Paul Archer, Julie Emery and Alan Duff have a wealth of experience in the pharmaceutical industry including a combined 50 years with the TGA. We know and understand TGA legislation, procedures and systems because we helped design them.

Our experience will help achieve your goals quickly and cost-effectively:

• New product concepts
• Relationships with the TGA and Medsafe
• Product and variation applications
• Manufacturing and GMP of medicines
• Scheduling of medicines
• On-the-job staff training and mentoring
• Technical and label review

Corrs Chambers Westgarth lawyers has the experience and resources to assist pharmaceutical clients "across the board". Our specialist pharmaceutical and health law team includes lawyers who have worked for many years in and with the industry, with detailed knowledge encompassing the spectrum of non-prescription and prescription medicines and medical devices, and the wide range of legal issues that arise.

Our expertise includes:

• commercial agreements;
• patents, trademarks and copyright;
• clinical trials, registration and listing;
• manufacturing, labelling and marketing;
• poison scheduling;
• advertising including the TGAC, industry codes and trade practices;
• reimbursement and pricing;
• privacy and data protection;
• compliance and appeal mechanisms

Cegedim Strategic Data (CSD) is a global Market Research organisation dedicated to the Pharmaceutical and Biotech industries and with a presence in over 50 countries. With over 35 years experience in the Pharmaceutical industry we offer a comprehensive range of solutions and market research services to meet the needs of our customers on a local, regional and global level. The capability to integrate primary market research with promotion audit data from GPs, Specialists and Pharmacists, and merge it with longitudinal patient level data is what sets us apart from our competition. CSD is the preferred market research partner for many of the top pharmaceutical companies worldwide and provides its customers with global coverage, local expertise and comparable worldwide analysis through its core solutions:

• Promotion Audit - continuous pharmaceutical promotion activity audit
• Patient Monitoring - longitudinal patient level prescribing data & patient database studies
• Primary Market Research - full service ad-hoc, Qual & Quant
• Communication Follow-up - measuring communication effectiveness
• Medical Research - observational and post-marketing surveillance studies

IMS Australia was established in 1961 and is part of the global IMS network with offices in over 100 countries. With over 40 years of experience in Australia IMS is a leading source of Pharmaceutical information and analysis.

Our customers include a wide range of organisations spanning from the Ethical, Self-medication and Biotech industries to medical researchers, public health authorities, and educators.

IMS offers services that include Market Data, Primary/Secondary Research, Forecasting, Training and Management Consulting. These services support our clients in optimizing their portfolios, ensuring successful product launches, managing brands, and improving the effectiveness of sales teams.

To find out more visit our website or contact us on: +61 2 9805 6800.

UltraFeedback is a health-specialist researcher expert in understanding the delivery of health services, with a particular focus on healthsumers and their experiences with a view to improving future service and health outcomes.

Fenwick Gemmell Reid has been providing business development services to the worldwide OTC Healthcare and Personal Care industries for over 20 years. The company specialises in acquisition, partner and technology searches and in assisting clients to enter and develop new markets.

We offer global reach through an extensive network of international contacts.

Please contact either Mike Fenwick or Linda Gemmell, via the website, for an initial discussion without obligation. http://www.fgrconsulting.com/

50 years TGA experience at your service

Archer Emery and Associates provides advice and assistance to companies that import, manufacture or sell medicines.

Paul Archer, Julie Emery and Alan Duff have a wealth of experience in the pharmaceutical industry including a combined 50 years with the TGA. We know and understand TGA legislation, procedures and systems because we helped design them.

Our experience will help achieve your goals quickly and cost-effectively:

• New product concepts
• Relationships with the TGA and Medsafe
• Product and variation applications
• Manufacturing and GMP of medicines
• Scheduling of medicines
• On-the-job staff training and mentoring
• Technical and label review

TCS services cover all aspects of product development required to carry products from the initial concept through to product launch. We are totally devoted to product development, product innovation and improvement.

Our development services include:

• Product formulation and pilot batching. Analytical development --methods and validation
• Stability testing --4 walk-in stability ovens
• Clinical Trial preparation and management
• Dermatological claim substantiation --SPF, instrumental measurement, toxicity testing
• Registered Compounding Pharmacy on site

Our facilities include:

• A modern, well equipped formulating laboratory
• Pilot batching equipment
• Analytical laboratory
• Skin Test Clinic
• Compounding Dispensary
  

Cube is a Sydney-based independent public relations agency working across the health, lifestyle and nutrition arena. We are proud to offer – through our team’s individual and pooled expertise – a truly unrivalled skillset in Australia. Our consultants range from ex-journalists and PR majors to science graduates and medical writers, all determined to be visionary and break from tradition with every project and campaign. And journalists listen to us because our campaigns are credible, intelligent and creative. Cube has extended affiliations within the UK, US and Asia-Pacific PR network.

Visit our new media portal CUBISM, providing our thoughts and perspectives on a range of topics.

You can follow us on Twitter.

Become a ‘fan’ of Cube on Facebook.

health haus Communications is a specialist healthcare agency which brings together over 20 years of client-side healthcare marketing experience with over 20 years of creative consumer PR thinking. This means we tackle problems from opposite ends of the spectrum which results in a different approach, truly creative solutions and outstanding results. More than just a PR agency, the services offered by health haus start at the ‘pointy’ end and include healthcare focused marketing strategies, advice on drug scheduling and rescheduling, strategy workshops and facilitating relationships with stakeholder groups. Independently owned, we are flexible to work the way you want.

Pathway International is a privately owned, Sydney based company offering a comprehensive range of high quality botanical extracts and specialty healthcare ingredients to the Complementary Medicine Industry.

Pathway International is considered as being the leading supplier of standardised botanical extracts with in-house capabilities to formulate products, which can be supported by technical and marketing packages. This allows the sponsor to promote the features and benefits of the formulation with confidence that the claims can be fully supported.

Pathway International exclusively represents leading manufacturers such as Indena (Italy), Horphag (Switz.), Lyc-O-Red (Israel), Kemin Foods (USA), Natural Remedies (India), Cran-Max® (USA) and Pharmachem’s Phase 2™ (USA).

Sabinsa group of companies manufacture and market standardized herbal extracts, phytonutrients and many specialty fine chemicals which find important applications in the areas of Nutritional, Cosmeceutical, Pharmaceutical and Food applications.

Sabinsa has won several awards and accolades in its drive for excellence in the areas of research and marketing of natural products. With a portfolio of 65 national and international patents and with more to be granted, Sabinsa manufactures more than 200 products and the research team strives to develop several more innovative products to cater to the global requirements.

Sabinsa’s tagline “Our Innovation is Your Answer^®” has been proven time and again, with several of its innovative and uniquely crafted products to meet market needs.

50 years TGA experience at your service

Archer Emery and Associates provides advice and assistance to companies that import, manufacture or sell medicines.

Paul Archer, Julie Emery and Alan Duff have a wealth of experience in the pharmaceutical industry including a combined 50 years with the TGA. We know and understand TGA legislation, procedures and systems because we helped design them.

Our experience will help achieve your goals quickly and cost-effectively:

• New product concepts
• Relationships with the TGA and Medsafe
• Product and variation applications
• Manufacturing and GMP of medicines
• Scheduling of medicines
• On-the-job staff training and mentoring
• Technical and label review

Consulting services to the non-prescription medicines and complementary medicine sectors and associated advertising, publishing and public relations organisations.

• Advice on regulatory projects and strategy development
• Advice on labelling and claim compliance
• Advertising and promotional strategy consulting
• Technical writing
  

Engel, Hellyer & Partners has been established for more than 18 years and provides a wide range of technical and regulatory services to the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, nutritional and agricultural/ veterinary industries.

Our team of consultants with over one hundred years of experience provides a personalised service with high standards of quality, ethics and professionalism. We advise on all aspects of regulatory issues including all types of TGA application:

• OTC medicines, sunscreen, herbal
• Vitamin & mineral products
• Prescription medicines
• Medical devices
• NICNAS applications
• NRA applications
• Labelling, promotional material

Pharmaceutical Solutions Limited (PSL) provides Regulatory & Clinical Research services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries across Australasia.

PSL was established in January 2000 and employs a team of experienced professionals in Australia and New Zealand.

Services include:

• Preparing & managing all aspects of regulatory submissions (new & variations) for OTC & Prescription medicines
• Product sponsor (24/7 service)
• Medical device applications
• Strategic regulatory advice
• Labelling, claims and promotional materials
• Compliance and Quality Assurance
• Full service CRO

Sue Akeroyd and Associates are consultants and regulatory strategists, to the therapeutic, personal health care, and food industries; specialising in the regulatory requirements of OTC and complementary medicines, and the food/drug/cosmetic interfaces. SA&A provides highest quality service by maintaining leading edge understanding of regulatory environments, coupled with concomitant investment in extensive resources. SA&A is a member of all relevant trade associations.

Services provided include medicine and medical device Listing or Registration, ARTG record revalidation, TGA, CMEC and NICNAS substance applications/notifications as well as product and claims review, label review (incl. cosmetics, foods) and data sourcing. Training programs are offered for new staff, or management, or specialist topics (eg complementary medicine evidence review). Available for ad hoc and project work.

iLearning Group is an e-learning and technology company focussing on the healthcare industry.

PharmacyClub.com.au is an independent training site for community pharmacy with over 10,000 members and growing. Initially focussed on Pharmacy Assistants, Pharmacy Club will introduce online education for Pharmacists in the first quarter of 2012, offering CPD points and other learning activities

iLearning is currently developing a unique sales aid solution for iPads and the Android platform. iSales Aid is due for release in January 2012.

TorchMedia is Australia’s only media network dedicated solely to the retail environment. We partner with leading retailers to provide our advertisers with high quality advertising formats that communicate to shoppers in a spending mindset.

Covering every major shopping occasion – including Mall, Grocery, Liquor, Petro-convenience and Pharmacy – the TorchMedia network provides advertisers with access to more than 30 million shopper transactions each week, across more than 3000 unique locations nationwide.