AAPS Hosts Midwest Regional Meeting

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) will be held May 22, 2000 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Chicago, Ill. The program will focus on six joint symposiums under the topics, “Product Development,” “High Throughput Screening,” “Problematic Drugs,” “Botanical Supplements,” “Evolving Technology,” and “Drug Delivery.”

Contributed poster presentations will be featured, as well as an exhibit area hosted by industry vendors.

A sampling of topics from this year’s AAPS Midwest Regional Meeting include:

• Functionality Testing of Excipients
• High Throughput Screening for Human Bioavailability and Metabolism
• Changing Strategies for Toxicity Evaluation in New Drug Discovery
• Strategies for Increasing the Bioavailability of Drugs with Poor Membrane Permeability
• Today’s Market for Medicinal Botanicals
• Development of Secretin as a Treatment for Autism
• The Oral Use of Low Dose Interferon to Treat Various Diseases Including Sjogren’s Syndrome
• Practical Problem Solving Via the Prodrug Approach

For more information on this meeting, including a complete preliminary program, registration fees, and accommodations, visit AAPS Online at www.aaps.org/edumeet/mrm.