Tuesday, June 17, 2008: 3:20 PM-5:00 PM
Room 4 (McKimmon Conference Center)
Biopharmaceutical Forum 1: Importance of Particle Size, Shape, and Surface Properties for Drug Delivery and Formulation Development
This session is devoted to the key role of the particle properties in discovery and development of new medicines. Various aspects of the drug development process are presented and discussed: from solving problems in solid dosage form development to engineering particles with prescribed geometry and surface properties for controlled drug delivery.
Presider:Rossitza G. Alargova
Organizers:Rossitza G. Alargova
Ping Yeh
3:20 PMIntroductory Remarks
3:22 PMMonodisperse, Shape-Specific Nanobiomaterials for Cancer Therapeutics and Imaging Agents
Joseph M. DeSimone
3:55 PMChallenges in Developing Pharmaceutical Solid Oral Dosage Formulations
Craig Dunbar, William Rowe, Tian Hao
4:28 PMDesign of Pharmaceutical Nanoparticles for Enhanced Therapeutics
Keith P. Johnston, Joshua Engstrom, Jasmine Tam, Andrea Mazuski, Michal Matteucci, Robert Williams

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