IPAC-RS 2008 Conference

IPAC-RS' 2nd Inhalation & Nasal Drug Products Conference “Doing the Right Thing” in the Changing Culture of Design and Development of Inhalation and Nasal Drug Products: Science, Quality, and Patient-Focus will be held on Monday-Wednesday, 22-24 September 2008 in North Bethesda, Maryland, USA, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center.

The Conference will bring together international speakers and panelists to review scientific and regulatory trends and approaches for implementing Q8, Q9 and Q10 (Quality-by-Design and associated initiatives, e.g. post approval change management). Practical aspects of implementing these initiatives will also be addressed in the poster session.

Many inhalation and nasal products are drug-device combination products with associated complexity. The experiences gained with these products may be applied to other combination products as well as to broader pharmaceutical drug and medical device products. The Conference will include an interactive session addressing the design of medical devices especially for device-drug combinations in the US, Europe and other regions. Designing and manufacturing device-drug combination products present unique challenges and opportunities for ensuring a responsible, sustainable business environment. The Conference will have an entire session focused on “Green Chemistry”, “Green Manufacturing” approaches and their respective lessons learned.

Keeping in mind the ultimate user of pharmaceutical products – the patients – the Conference will give the floor to representatives of patient advocacy groups so both industry and regulators hear first-hand about the needs, wish-lists, and experiences of patients for whom these products are being developed and produced.

As with the 2006 Conference, the IPAC-RS 2008 Conference aims to stimulate constructive dialogue between the OINDP industry and regulators; and explore and promote best scientific and regulatory practices that could be applied to OINDP.  

Preliminary Program

Please check our website for the Preliminary Program.

Registration

To register, please go to: www.signmeup.com/60398.


Hotel Registration

Hotel registration for the IPAC-RS 2008 Conference is now open at: http://cwp.marriott.com/wasbn/ipacrs/.

Call for Posters

Conference organizers are inviting abstract submissions for posters as described in the Call for Posters . If you are interested in presenting a poster, please send an informative abstract to dede.godstrey@dbr.com before June 1, 2008 , with the words "Poster Abstract for IPAC-RS Conference" in the subject line.