AAPS Hosts Eastern Regional Meeting

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Eastern Regional Meeting of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) will be held June 22-23, 2000 at the Hilton Parsippany in Parsippany, N.J. The program will focus on the following topics: drug discovery, pharmaceutical excipients: colors, flavors and starch polymers, and in vitro and in vivo correlations.

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

• High Throughput Synthesis - Is it the Answer to Speed Up Drug Discovery?
• The Influence of Actives on Swelling Properties of Super Disintegrants
• In Vitro Metabolism as a Predictor of In Vivo Drug-Drug Interaction: A FDA Perspective
• The Emergence and Revolution of Biotechnology in Pharmaceutical Development
• Gene Delivery and Antisense
• Expert System: Computer Simulation to Develop Formulation Using Neural Network Approach
• Computer Simulations to Predict Drug Absorption
• Nutraceuticals: Quality and Related Regulatory Issues

Contributed poster presentations will be featured, as well as an exhibit area hosted by industry vendors. For more information on this meeting, including a complete preliminary program, registration fees, and accommodations, visit AAPS Online at www.aaps.org/edumeet/erm.

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