Delegates to RDD Europe 2013, which takes place May 21-24, will notice familiar features from past iterations of the event alongside several innovations designed to enhance the meeting experience. The most obvious familiar element of RDD Europe 2013 is the location, the Intercontinental Hotel in Berlin Germany, which also hosted RDD Europe 2011. Co-organizers RDD … [Read more...] about RDD Europe returns to Berlin
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Inhalation Asia 2013
With the rapid growth of OINDP research and manufacturing throughout Asia over the past few years, a group of inhalation specialists from the UK, Australia, India, and China decided recently that the time was right for a new conference dedicated to pulmonary and nasal drug delivery in the region. The group, which includes Philippe Rogueda, Jag Shur, James Tibbatts, … [Read more...] about Inhalation Asia 2013
ISAM 2013 offers unique opportunities
The 19th Congress of the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine (ISAM) will take place April 6-10 in the city known as the “Southern Part of Heaven”: Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Organizers expect that up to 350 OINDP specialists from academia, the pharmaceutical industry, and medicine will attend the congress and/or the three optional pre-conference … [Read more...] about ISAM 2013 offers unique opportunities
DDL 23 — Day 3
DDL 23 concluded on Friday, December 7 with a final plenary talk and podium session, the announcement of contest winners, and news about next year's DDL meeting. Rob Price of the University of Bath presented the first talk of the day, titled "Evaluating the effects of formulation and device design on in vitro comparability of dry powder inhalers." in which he … [Read more...] about DDL 23 — Day 3
DDL 23 — Day 2
The second day of DDL 23 got underway with an invited talk from OINDP consultant Steve Nichols who reviewed the state of the inhaled drug market in 2012 with a promise to answer the question, "Is there much happening in the inhaled area at the moment?" Among the collaborations announced during 2012, Nichols pointed out, there were more licensing deals than mergers, … [Read more...] about DDL 23 — Day 2
DDL 23 — Day 1
Meeting chair Gary Pitcairn started off DDL 23 with the announcement of some attendance statistics: just under 500 attendees have registered for this year's meeting, with 35% of them from pharma companies, 17% from academia, and 48% from "service industries." Attendees from Europe make up 88% of the total, with 6% from North America, and another 6% from the rest of … [Read more...] about DDL 23 — Day 1
2012 AAPS annual meeting
The 2012 annual meeting of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, which took place from October 14-18 at the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago, drew a number of inhalation and nasal specialists for the focus group meeting, poster sessions, symposia, and exposition. During the Inhalation and Nasal Technology Focus Group (INTFG) business … [Read more...] about 2012 AAPS annual meeting
DDL 23 organizers anticipate record attendance
The organizers of Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL) 23, which will take place December 5-7 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in Edinburgh, UK, are preparing to accommodate a record number of attendees. Committee members Mark Hammond and Ben Forbes say that they expect more than 500 OINDP specialists at DDL this year, a mark the meeting just missed in … [Read more...] about DDL 23 organizers anticipate record attendance
Gateway Analytical to host INTFG Fall Symposium
Contract particle characterization specialist Gateway Analytical has announced that it will host the 2012 Inhalation and Nasal Technology Focus Group (INTFG) Annual Fall Symposium on September 7, 2012 at the Pittsburgh North Marriott in Cranberry, PA. The 2012 symposium, titled "Excipients for Pulmonary Delivery--Challenges and Opportunities," will feature … [Read more...] about Gateway Analytical to host INTFG Fall Symposium
Young designers re-imagine the inhaler
Entries submitted to several student inhaler and medical device design contests over the past year envision some radical changes in inhaler design. These concepts, created by students who range in age from primary school through college, provide some insight into the students' priorities when it comes to inhalation devices -- all of the inhalers they created emphasize … [Read more...] about Young designers re-imagine the inhaler