Poorly Soluble Drugs
How can we improve dissolution, solubility and bioavailability?

15th - 16th April 2009, The Lakeside Centre, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

 

Programme:   [Wednesday] [Thursday]

Wednesday 15th April
10.00   Setting the Scene, aims of workshop and introduction

Yvonne Perrie, Aston University
Thomas Rades, University of Otago, New Zealand


10.10   The role of biopharmaceutical properties in defining formulation strategies for poorly soluble drugs

Balvinder Vig, Bristol-Meyers Squibb

10.50   The principles governing solubility and bioavailablity

Juergen Siepmann, Lille, France

11.30   Coffee
12.00   Predicting solubility from stuctures

John Delaney, Syngenta


12.40   Formulation considerations - Salt Selection

Barbara Conway, Aston University

13.20   Lunch
14.20   Increasing solubility by crystal engineering and co-crystal formulation

Tomislav Friscic, University of Cambridge


15.00   Improving the dissolution properties of poorly soluble drugs using hot melt extrusion

Gavin Andrews, Queens University, Belfast

15.40   Coffee
16.10   Increasing the solubility using solid solutions

Thomas Rades, University of Otago, New Zealand


16.50   Close
19.00   Evening Dinner

     
Thursday 16th April
09.30    Pharmaceutical applications of Cyclodextrins: Basic science and formulation development

Thorsteinn Loftsonn, Reykjavik, Iceland


10.10   CMC, toxicology and marketed drug development of Cyclodextrins

Marcus Brewster, Johnson & Johnson, Belgium

10.50   Coffee
11.20   Increasing the solubility using lipsomes

Yvonne Perrie, Aston University


12.00   Delivering low solubility drugs using solid lipid nanosuspensions

Heike Bunjes, Carolo-Wilhelming University, Germany

12.40   Lunch
13.40   Increasing solubility using micelles and microemulsions

Jayne Lawrence, King's College London


14.20   Polymeric bioavailability enhancers

Ijeoma Uchegbu, University of London

15.00   Coffee
15.20   Early formulation considerations for poorly soluble drugs

Kathryn Hill, AstraZeneca


16.00   Testing formulation for poorly soluble drugs

Mike Pollit, Merck


16.40   Final Discussion and Close
 

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