• Program Highlights
• Onsite Press Room
• For More Information/Press Registration
• Credentials for Press Registration
• Hotel Information

All accredited press are invited to cover the 2001 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 21-25 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. This is the premier meeting place for more than 8,000 pharmaceutical scientists from around the world where you can reach the scientists that are conducting the latest pharmaceutical research! Programming will consist of 70 educational sessions, including symposia, short courses, roundtable discussions, and 2,000 contributed papers presented in both poster and podium format. Check back here frequently for updates on press conferences and other events to be held onsite at the AAPS Annual Meeting Press Room.

• Sunday, Oct. 21, 4:30 pm-6:30 pm-Opening Session features keynote speaker Donald P. Francis, M.D., D.Sc., President and Co-Founder of VaxGen, Inc. Dr. Francis' efforts to call attention to the AIDS threat were chronicled in the book and movie And The Band Played On, journalist Randy Shilts' account of the early years of the AIDS epidemic.
• Monday, Oct. 22, 8:30 am-12:00 pm-Plenary Session provides insight into state of the art technologies, the information created by these technologies, and the context in which drug development progresses in the ever more sophisticated regulatory environment.
• Monday, Oct. 22, 1:30 pm-5:00 pm-Symposium entitled "Analysis and Pharmaceutical Quality of Biotechnology Derived Products: From Development to Production" discusses current analytical and bioanalytical techniques for the analysis and quality considerations of biotechnology-derived products in the laboratory and production settings.
• Monday, Oct. 22, 1:30 pm-5:00 pm-Symposium entitled "Genomics: Impact on Drug Discovery and Marketing in the New Millennium" provides an overview of the emerging field of pharmacogenomics and its impact on drug discovery and marketing.
• Monday, Oct. 22, 1:30 pm-5:00 pm-Symposium entitled "Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Issues in the Elderly" includes a regulatory perspective from the FDA on the design and conduct of clinical studies in the elderly.
• Tuesday, Oct. 23, 1:30 pm-5:00 pm-Symposium entitled "Role of Drug Transporters in the Brain" will have important implications for the treatment of serious CNS disorders and providing new strategies in drug design, delivery and targeting to the brain.
• Wednesday, Oct. 24, 7:00 am-8:15 am-Open Session entitled "Pediatric Rule: Mandating Clinical Trials in Children: Is it Time to End the Guesswork in Dose Selection for Children?" explores how the pharmaceutical industry and regulatory authorities are working together to answer the questions: what are the dose selection criteria in pediatrics and where are we heading?
• Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm-Roundtable entitled "Current Oversight of Gene Therapy-Is It Adequate?" discusses how gene therapy is different from other types of medicine, and whether the oversight that was developed for other types of medicine is adequate for gene therapy.

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AAPS will host a Press Room in Room A-214 of the Colorado Convention Center. Please feel free to use this room for your interviews, phone calls, faxes and a quiet place to do reading and research. AAPS staff will be happy to assist you in setting up interviews with scientists attending the meeting. AAPS staff can also provide you access to key AAPS spokespersons including AAPS President Ronald Borchardt and AAPS President-Elect Diane Burgess.

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Click here for up-to-date AAPS Annual Meeting program details.
For details on press registration or additional meeting information, contact Debbie Werfel at 703-248-4743, WerfelD@aaps.org or Jim Greif at 703-248-4744, GreifJ@aaps.org . To preschedule an interview with a scientist presenting research at the meeting, contact Stephanie Lamenta, Nixon Group, at 305-573-9955, lamenta@nixongroup.com .

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Proper credentials are required to receive a press pass for the AAPS Annual Meeting. These credentials include: a recognized press card, a current National Association of Science Writers (NASW), Canadian Science Writers Association (CSWA), International Science Writers Association (ISWA), or Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) membership card, a business card clearly showing media affiliation and position (such as editor, writer, producer, reporter, etc.), or a letter on official letterhead from an editor of a publication or a producer of a program certifying that you are covering the meeting for their respective organization. Spouses and other guests of journalists cannot register as press and must pay the regular registration fee. Ad sales representatives, publishers and others must register through the AAPS Meetings Department and pay the registration fee.

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Click here to use the AAPS Housing Bureau. There are a limited number of rooms available, so make your reservation today!

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