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IWPCPS ® -7 Exhibitors





 

I W P C P S® 7
Seventh International Workshop on Physical Characterization of Pharmaceutical Solids

The IWPCPS®-7 will be held June 5 - 10, 2005 in one of the most beautiful places on earth.


Hilton Waikoloa Village, Kona, on Hawaiian's Big Island.

Preliminary Topics
New Topics such as:
  • Bioavailability of Forms
  • Generation of Forms
  • Characterization of Forms
  • PAT – Process Analytical Technology
  • Characterization and Quality Control of Drug Product
  • Dissolution of Forms and Drug Product
General Topics such as:
  • A Modern Pharmaceutical Solids State Laboratory
  • Polymorphs and Solvates
  • Special XRD Applications
  • Modern Thermal Analysis Applications
  • Solid State NMR Applications
  • Amorphous Content _ Determination And Characterization
  • Particle Size Analysis And Processing Effects
  • Morphology And Surface Characterization
  • Drug Product Characterization
  • Characterization And Control Of Dissolution
  • Bio-Pharmaceutics
  • Regulatory Patent Issues
Purpose

The International Workshops on Physical Characterization of Pharmaceutical Solids has a five year history now.

It was held in 2000, 2001in Lancaster PA, USA
In 2003 in Oxford, UK,
In 2004 in Stamford, USA
And in 2005 in Ettlingen, Germany
The IWPCPS®-7 will be held June 5 - 10, 2005 in one of the most beautiful places on earth.

Hilton Waikoloa Village, Kona, on Hawaiian's Big Island.

This is the place where the vulcanose are still active, the orchids bloom, and the water is perfect for any type of water sports activities and the weather is perfect all year round.

The workshop will allow you to learn in a relaxed environment about basic and in-depth understanding of State of the art 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.

Objectives

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
Location and Time
June 5 - 10, 2005

Hilton Waikoloa Village, Kona, Hawaii

Hilton Waikoloa Village™ is located within the Waikoloa Beach Resort area on the southern Kohala Coast on Hawaii's Big Island. Just 18 miles from the Kona International Airport.

Facts about the Hotel:
62 acres of sunny, oceanfront resort
1,240 luxury guest rooms & suites
Unique "Village" destination resort experience
Three freshwater pools: two with waterfalls & waterslides
Four-acre swimming and snorkeling lagoon
Nine distinctive restaurants and eight lounges
Museum walkway featuring over $7 million art collection
World-class Kohala Sports Club & Spa, the Big Island's exquisite destination spa
B Two championship golf courses
Seaside putting course
Eight tennis courts (including our 432-seat stadium court)
And more
Please check the Hilton website for more information under:
www.hiltonwaikoloavillage.com

The Big Island, Hawaii

The Island of Hawaii is the largest island in the Hawaiian chain, with an area twice as big as all the other Hawaiian Islands combined, and is consequently known as "The Big Island." It is as diverse as it is large, with unique natural wonders. Not the least of these is Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano. Kilauea volcano, on Mauna Loa's southern flank, has been continuously erupting since 1983 and every day makes the Big Island even bigger. Hilton Waikoloa Village™ is located at the base of Mauna Kea, whose summit reaches to 13,796 feet (4,205 meters). In fact, when measured from its base on the ocean floor, Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world (31,796 feet/9,691 meters), surpassing Mount Everest (29,035 feet/8,850 meters)!

Short Courses

On June 5 & 8, 2005


We are offering short courses on:

  1. Dissolution Today, June 5

Chairperson: Vivian Gray

  1. Polymorph Screening - Application and Techniques, June 5
  1. X-ray powder diffraction in the pharmaceutical industry, June 8
  • Chair person: Detlef Beckers, PANalytical, The Netherlands
  1. Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Designing Quality In to Pharmaceutical Products, June 9
  • Chair person: Andrew Whitley; Jobin Yvon, Inc.; USA

    Preliminary program:
    • Introduction to Raman, Infrared and Fluorescence Microscopy
    • Mapping - Component Distribution
    • High Throughput Screening - Polymorph Identification
Organizing Committee
Scientific Organizing Committee

Dr. Michiel Van Oort,
Director, GlaxoSmithkline, USA

Dr. Angeline Zakrzewski,
assainternational®, USA

Dr. Frank Leveiller
Director, Astra Zeneca, Sweden

Dr. John Smoliga

Principal Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim
Pharmaceutical Inc., USA.

Dr. Magali Sautel
Solid State Characterization Laboratory Manager
Sanofi Synthelabo, France

Dr. Peter Sieger
Head of Laboratory Analytical Science
Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany

Dr. Marek Zakrzewski
USA

Analytical Instrument Exhibition

 

A five-day commercial exhibition of analytical instrumentation is planned. Interested vendors are encouraged to make space reservation.

Corporations and manufacturers of analytical equipment are welcome to sponsor this unique workshop. Four levels of sponsorship are available. For more information please contact assainternational®.

Job Opportunity Exchange - NEW!

Starting with Starting with our 2004 meeting, assa will be gathering information on positions available with pharmaceutical companies worldwide. Pharmaceutical Companies are encouraged to publish their open positions at the workshop. In Britain assa is cooperating with Reed Scientific. For more information on this opportunity please e-mail workshops@assainternational.com.

Sponsors

Corporations and manufacturers of analytical equipment are welcome to sponsor this unique workshop. Four levels of sponsorship are available. For more information please contact assainternational®.

Presentations

Oral presentations will last 25 minutes including 5 minutes discussion. At the end of each session will be a 30 minutes round table discussion.



assa reserves the right to change the faculty and agenda to accommodate situations beyond its control.