Preliminary Scientific Programme


The key segments in the programme will be broken down into seven
sessions, each with lectures and discussions. Each day is concluded with Round Table Questions and Answers. Currently the Preliminary Scientific Programme contains the following topics. The Organiser reserves the right to adjust or change the programme as necessary.


Thursday, September 20, 2001

Opening of the Conference – 08:30
Dominique Duchêne, EUFEPS President, Paris, FR

Welcome and Introduction
Michel Veillard, Paris, FR

Selection of drug candidates for standard development:
The materials design approach
– 08:45 – 17:10

Session I Setting the scene: What does rational design imply?
Moderator: Franck Leveiller, Paris, FR

  • The biopharmaceutical assessment of NCE candidates
    Gordon Amidon, Ann Arbor, MI USA
  • The manufacturability assessment of drug materials and drug
    delivery systems
    Staffan Folestad, Molndal, SE

Session II From medicinal chemicals to pharmaceuticals
Moderator: Francis Schuber, Strasbourg, FR

  • Solid state: The missing link
    Franck Leveiller, Paris, FR
  • Solid properties relevant in salt selection
    Danielle Giron, Basel, CH
  • Polymorph prediction: Myth or reality?
    Angelo Gavezzotti, Milan, IT


Session III Biopharmaceutical assessment of pharmaceutical
materials: Part I
Moderator: Per Artursson, Uppsala, SE

  • The relevance of physico-chemical determinants
    Manfred Kansy, Basel, CH
  • The in vitro dissolution testing of candidates
    Christos Reppas, Athens, GR


Session IV Biopharmaceutical assessment of pharmaceutical
materials: Part II
Moderator: Gordon Amidon, Ann Arbor, MI USA

  • How to generate an early estimate of the absorbable dose fraction
    in human?
    Per Artursson, Uppsala, SE
  • Animal models and relevant preclinical formulations
    Anna-Lena Ungell, Molndal, SE
  • In vitro predictions and the biopharmaceutical classification index
    Brian Henry, Sandwich, UK


Round Table Questions and Answers – 17:10 – 17:50
Moderators: Gordon Amidon; Per Artursson; Franck Leveiller; Francis Schuber; Michel Veillard
Contributions from all other conference speakers and moderators.


Friday, September 21, 2001

Non-Standard development of drug candidates: The drug delivery systems design approach – 08:30 – 15:50

Session V Drivers for drug delivery design
Moderator: Graham Buckton, London, UK

  • Decision making for standard versus non-standard development
    processes
    Michel Veillard, Paris, FR
  • Process engineering as a major contributor to drug materials design
    and/or drug delivery systems design
    Michel Baron, Albi, FR
  • Physical characterisation as a driver for drug delivery design
    Graham Buckton, London, UK


Session VI Drug delivery systems opportunities to overcome
pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical limitations
Moderator: Henning Kristensen, Copenhagen, DK

  • Cyclodextrins as a tool to overcome solubility, dissolution,
    permeation and stability limitations
    Dominique Duchêne, Paris, FR
  • Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems to overcome solubility,
    dissolution, permeation and stability limitations
    Caitriona O’Driscoll, Dublin, IR
  • Timed release drug delivery systems to overcome PK/PD limitations
    Ubaldo Conte, Pavia, IT
  • The transfer of emphasis from drug materials to drug delivery
    systems development: The multidisciplinary approach
    Henning H. Blume, Oberursel, DE


Session VII How to reconcile sciences, development processes and regulatory aspects: Translating sciences into specifications and quality control management
Moderator: Agnès Artiges, Strasbourg, FR

  • The USA viewpoint
    Ajaz Hussain, Rockville, MD USA
  • The European viewpoint
    Henning Kristensen, Copenhagen, DK


Round Table Questions and Answers – 15:50 – 16:30
Moderators: Agnès Artiges; Graham Buckton; Ajaz Hussain;
Henning Kristensen; Michel Veillard

Contributions from all other conference speakers and moderators.


EUFEPS Decennial Anniversary and Gala Cocktail
To conclude the celebration of the Decennial Anniversary, all attendees
are cordially invited to a short ceremony starting at 4:30 pm on Friday 21st that follows the scientific programme. After the Anniversary Addresses, there will follow a cocktail reception at 6:00 pm.

Please indicate on the Registration Form whether it is intended to participate in the post-meeting celebration.

The present Conference on Rational Design of Drug Materials and Drug Delivery Systems is organized on the EUFEPS Decennial Anniversary in
conjunction with its Member Societies.


 


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