I W P C P S^® 5
Fifth International Workshop on Physical Characterization of Pharmaceutical Solids

June 20 – 25, 2004
Radisson SAS Ettlingen, Germany

Based on the experience with the past four international workshops on Physical Characterization of Pharmaceutical Solids in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 held in Lancaster PA, USA and Oxford, UK, and Stamford, USA the IWPCPS-5 will be again designed to provide basic and in-depth understanding of modern physical characterization of pharmaceutical solids. The program is intended to benefit scientists and researchers in the areas of drug discovery, preformulation, formulation, stability testing, product development, product quality control, and analytical services. Workshop participants will be exposed to several analytical approaches of characterizing a solid. They will learn how these approaches can complement each other and may be utilized individually or in concert in the solution of real problems in pharmaceutical development and solid-state chemistry.

The workshop will combine information about modern laboratory techniques to solve pharmaceutical problems and teaching about solid state characterization of pharmaceuticals. It will offer fundamental approaches as well as up-to-date technical information and future outlooks.

Who should attend?
The workshop is designed for scientists, formulators and regulatory personnel from the following areas:

• Pharmaceutical Research and Development
• Ethical and Generic Pharmaceutical Production
• Excipient/Chemicals Production
• Veterinary Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• Food Processing
• Compounding Pharmacists
• Regulatory Agencies
• Academia
• Analytical Equipment Manufacturers
• Analytical Laboratories
  

As an integral part of the workshop the workshop participants are invited to visit the manufacturing and application facilities of:

Bruker AXS
Bruker BioSpin
And Bruker Optics

Please review the preliminary program for Wednesday afternoon.

June 20– 25, 2004
Radisson SAS Ettlingen, Germany

June 20, 2004
Radisson SAS Ettlingen, Germany
Location: Karlsruhe I-III

We are offering short courses on:

X-ray Optics and Instrumentation - for Pharmaceutical Applications: Chairperson: Dr. Arnt Kern, Bruker AXS. Germany and Joerg Wiesmann, Incoatec, Germany 10AM to 12:30PM
Preliminary Topics: X-ray diffraction Instrumentation GLP/GMP related issues Available Optics solutions
Small and Wide Angle X-Ray Scattering: Novel Approaches to the Nano-characterization of Pharmaceutical Solids 1PM to 3:30PM
Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Peter Laggner, Austrian Academy of Science, Austria Sessions: Essential principals and techniques Application examples from pharmaceutical materials Test-drive with original dataset discussion, participant suggestions and interest
Vibrational Spectroscopy (IR, NIR, Raman) in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Analysis, Physics and Process Monitoring 4PM to 6:30PM
Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Siesler, University of Essen, Germany Key Topics: Introduction to the theory and instrumentation of mid-infrared, near-infrared and Raman spectroscopy Microspectroscopy and imaging Applied infrared and Raman spectroscopic analysis of active ingredients and excipients Short introduction to vibrational spectroscopy of polymers used as packaging materials Infrared and Raman spectroscopic investigations of polymorphism phenomena Application of time-resolved infrared and Raman spectroscopy for reaction-monitoring Condensed overview on chemometric evaluation techniques

assa reserves the right to change the faculty and agenda.