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Welcoming over 600 attendees to the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, conference chair Gary Pitcairn opened the meeting on December 9, 2015 by noting the 20% increase in attendance from DDL 25 and suggesting that next year's meeting might attract even more delegates, especially since the organizing committee has decided to halve the registration cost for … [Read more...] about Observations from DDL 26

The 2015 Annual meeting of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists took place October 25-29 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. Attendance numbers for the meeting were not released, but the exposition hall was noticeably smaller than at past meetings, and the smaller crowd was the subject of numerous conversations. Fewer … [Read more...] about 2015 AAPS Annual Meeting in Review

Approximately 450 OINDP experts gathered May 5-8 in Antibes, France for the 10th anniversary iteration of RDD Europe, which featured scientific presentations and posters, a series of workshops, a technical exhibition, and numerous networking opportunities. Organized by RDD Online and Aptar Pharma, RDD Europe began in Paris in 2005, with about 300 OINDP specialists … [Read more...] about Looking back at RDD Europe 2015

By Paul Kippax, Product Group Manager, Malvern Instruments Optimizing a dry powder inhaler (DPI) to achieve the desired emitted dose and aerodynamic particle size distribution (APSD) can be made significantly faster and easier by using data acquired by laser diffraction and morphologically directed Raman spectroscopy (MDRS) as a supplement to cascade impaction … [Read more...] about Complementary particle characterization techniques for faster DPI development

Since 2000, developers of immediate-release oral drugs have been able to request waivers of in vivo bioequivalence studies based on the FDA's Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS). Now a workshop sponsored by the AAPS Inhalation and Nasal Technology Focus Group, the USP, and the FDA will explore whether the same type of classification system can be developed … [Read more...] about Upcoming workshop asks whether a biopharmaceutical classification system for inhaled drugs is possible

DDL 25 conference chair Gary Pitcairn opened the Silver Anniversary edition of Drug Delivery to the Lungs by welcoming approximately 550 attendees to the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. With the meeting's rapid growth in attendance over the past few years, it has now eclipsed RDD as the largest meeting of OINDP specialists held annually. At the end of … [Read more...] about DDL 25 in review

Twenty-five years after its first meeting in a Glaxo Group Research lecture theater, the Aerosol Society's annual Drug Delivery to the Lungs conference marks its silver anniversary with DDL 25, taking place December 10-12 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Unlike the past few years, when symposia conducted by associated groups occupied the Wednesday … [Read more...] about DDL celebrates its 25th anniversary with a look to the future