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Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences | Volume 8
March 26-27, 2018 | Orlando, USA
World Summit on
Healthcare & Hospital Management
&
International Conference & Exhibition on
Biologics and Biosimilars
Bio-similar nutraceuticals:
The nutraceuticals market is
growing significantly. They are forecasting about $176 Billion
market size by 2020. The significant increase in the market
size is creating pressure on the naturally available ingredients
used in nutraceuticals. Hence, people are exploring possibility
of using genetically modified materials to be used in place of
natural materials. No one has ever studied or reported about
the usefulness of this material since these were not available
in the early times. This is more challenging in the traditional
medicine systems such as Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic
medicines. These products, many of which are based on natural
plants and have lot of traditional processes before the product
reaches the patients. With the advent of genetically modified
natural products, will they exactly behave the way the natural
products are behaving or different? When you use these
genetically modifiedmaterials in nutraceuticals, herbal drugs or
natural products are you really comparing apples with apples or
you are comparing apples with oranges. This presentation will
cover the challenges for such products and a need for global
standardization process for nutraceuticals and their ingredients.
Speaker Biography
Yashwant Pathak completed his education M.S., Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Technology
from India and EMBA and MS Conflict Management from Sullivan University, USA.
He is Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at the newly launched College of Pharmacy,
University of South Florida. Tampa, Florida. With extensive experience in academia
and industry, he has over 150 publications research papers, abstracts, chapters and
reviews, 7 books in Nanotechnology and drug delivery systems, 6 in Nutraceuticals and
several books in cultural studies. His areas of research include drug delivery systems,
nanotechnology applications in pharmacy and Nutraceuticals. He has travelled
extensively over 80 countries and is actively involved with many Pharmacy colleges in
different countries.
e:
ypathak1@health.usf.eduYashwant Pathak
University of South Florida Health, USA
Bio-similar nutraceuticals, herbal drugs and natural medicines: Challenges and solutions