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On day 1 of DDL 24, attendees gathered in the Pentland Auditorium of the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, where they were welcomed by conference chair Gary Pitcairn. In his opening remarks, Pitcairn noted that attendance had broken the 500 mark for the first time in the meeting's history. Following Pitcairn's remarks, OINDP consultant and Affiliate … [Read more...] about DDL 24 — Day 1

On the first day of the Inhalation Drug Symposium 2013 held November 8-9, 2013 in Nanjing, China, a group of five inhalation medicine specialists proposed the formation of a new organization to be called the the Inhalation Drug Delivery Association (IDDA), according to chairs Anny Shen and Shuguang Hou. The approximately 90 meeting participants, which included … [Read more...] about New Chinese inhaled drug delivery association forms

Anyone who left the 2013 AAPS Annual Meeting after the first couple of days missed most of the highlights for OINDP specialists. The meeting, which took place November 10-14 in San Antonio, TX, saved most of the inhalation and nasal drug delivery events for the final two days. During the Monday-Wednesday exhibition, the majority of the exhibitors with products or … [Read more...] about 2013 AAPS Annual Meeting

Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) that administers prescription drug programs for more than 100 million Americans, has announced the exclusion of more than a dozen popular OINDPs from its 2014 national preferred drug list. The exclusion means that many of the patients whose benefits are administered by Express Scripts would have to pay full retail … [Read more...] about Largest pharmacy benefit manager in US excludes popular OINDPs from 2014 formulary

Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL) 24 will take place December 11-13 2013 in the recently expanded Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), and organizers from the Aerosol Society say that they are eager to make good use of the EICC's new facilities. After a multi-year construction project, the EICC has opened new exhibit and meeting spaces, providing … [Read more...] about DDL 24 to take advantage of expanded conference space

Jolyon Mitchell has long been a leading voice in OINDP development and analysis through numerous publications and through service to multiple organizations, including … [Read more...] about A Q&A with Jolyon Mitchell — Part 3

Jolyon Mitchell has long been a leading voice in OINDP development and analysis through numerous publications and through service to multiple organizations, including … [Read more...] about A Q&A with Jolyon Mitchell — Part 2

Weeks after the conclusion of RDD Europe 2013 in Berlin, organizers RDD Online and Aptar Pharma are still wrapping up logistical loose ends and analyzing delegate feedback, says Pierre Carlotti of Aptar Pharma. OINDP specialists from 29 countries attended the meeting, with an increase in European delegates, especially from Southern and Eastern Europe, and a slight … [Read more...] about Looking back at RDD Europe 2013

Jolyon Mitchell has long been a leading voice in OINDP development and analysis through numerous publications and through service to multiple organizations, including … [Read more...] about A Q&A with Jolyon Mitchell — Part 1

Despite most delegates having partied past midnight at the previous night's gala dinner, the 8:30 a.m. session on "Designing Devices for the Marketplace” Day 3 of RDD Europe 2013 was very well attended. Presentations in the session covered design issues for both patient and regulatory concerns, including discussions of the Asthmapolis monitoring system, the … [Read more...] about RDD Europe 2013 — Day 3