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On Day 2 of RDD Europe 2013, the focus was primarily on regulatory issues. Prior to sessions titled “Weighing the Evidence in Support of Bioequivalence,” “Orphan Drugs: Opportunities and Regulatory and Clinical Challenges,” and “Harmonizing the Clinical Requirements for LABA/ICS Combinations in the USA and Europe,” however, the day opened with a “Posters on the … [Read more...] about RDD Europe 2013 — Day 2

On the morning of May 22, one of the organizers of RDD Europe 2013, Peter Byron, opened the meeting by welcoming approximately 470 delegates back to Berlin. According to Byron, 87% of the delegates come from the pharmaceutical industry and 10% are academics, plus a small number of regulators. Delegates have arrived from more than 31 countries, with almost 70% from … [Read more...] about RDD Europe 2013 — Day 1

In addition to scientific sessions, Day 3 of ISAM 2013 included awards presentations and the organization's general assembly meeting. During the awards ceremony, Bill Bennett presented the Jurai Ferin award to Patrice Diot of the University Hospital of Tours, France. Along with the certificate of recognition, Diot received the gift of a balloon trip over the Loire … [Read more...] about ISAM 2013 Day 3

The first session of Day 2 of the 2013 ISAM Congress concerned “Aerosol Deposition at the Extremes: Exploring the Limits with Novel Methodologies,” and the most extreme study presented looked at “Aerosol Deposition in Reduced Gravity.” Chantal Darquenne of UCSD described experiments conducted in large part aboard NASA's parabolic aircraft to study questions related to … [Read more...] about ISAM 2013 Day 2

On the first full day of the International Society of Aerosol Medicine (ISAM) 2013 Congress, Congress Chair Bill Bennett welcomed approximately 330 delegates to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Many of the delegates had already attended ISAM events on Saturday, including three pre-Congress workshops and a welcome reception. More than 50 people … [Read more...] about ISAM 2013 Day 1

Delegates to RDD Europe 2013, which takes place May 21-24, will notice familiar features from past iterations of the event alongside several innovations designed to enhance the meeting experience. The most obvious familiar element of RDD Europe 2013 is the location, the Intercontinental Hotel in Berlin Germany, which also hosted RDD Europe 2011. Co-organizers RDD … [Read more...] about RDD Europe returns to Berlin

With the rapid growth of OINDP research and manufacturing throughout Asia over the past few years, a group of inhalation specialists from the UK, Australia, India, and China decided recently that the time was right for a new conference dedicated to pulmonary and nasal drug delivery in the region. The group, which includes Philippe Rogueda, Jag Shur, James Tibbatts, … [Read more...] about Inhalation Asia 2013

The 19th Congress of the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine (ISAM) will take place April 6-10 in the city known as the “Southern Part of Heaven”: Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Organizers expect that up to 350 OINDP specialists from academia, the pharmaceutical industry, and medicine will attend the congress and/or the three optional pre-conference … [Read more...] about ISAM 2013 offers unique opportunities

DDL 23 concluded on Friday, December 7 with a final plenary talk and podium session, the announcement of contest winners, and news about next year's DDL meeting. Rob Price of the University of Bath presented the first talk of the day, titled "Evaluating the effects of formulation and device design on in vitro comparability of dry powder inhalers." in which he … [Read more...] about DDL 23 — Day 3

The second day of DDL 23 got underway with an invited talk from OINDP consultant Steve Nichols who reviewed the state of the inhaled drug market in 2012 with a promise to answer the question, "Is there much happening in the inhaled area at the moment?" Among the collaborations announced during 2012, Nichols pointed out, there were more licensing deals than mergers, … [Read more...] about DDL 23 — Day 2