Meeting Agenda


Thursday, 9 October 2008

Abbott Ludwigshafen – Lecture Hall Building 11

 

08:00 – 09:00

Arrival, Registration, and Breakfast

 

09:00 – 09:15

Welcome Address
Dr Jörg Breitenbach, Head of SOLIQS, Ludwigshafen, Germany

 

09:15 – 10:00

Compound Suitability and Formulation Stability of Amorphous Dosage Forms
Prof Dr Lian Yu, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA

 

10:00 – 10:45

Polymers for Pharmaceutical Melt Extrusion—Formulation, Process, and Regulatory Aspects
Dr Karl Kolter, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany

 

10:45 – 11:00

Break

 

11:00 – 11:45

Formulation Design of Melt-Extruded Dosage Forms
Prof Dr Jean Paul Remon, Ghent University, Belgium

 

11:45 – 12:30

Pharmaceutical Melt Extrusion With Twin-Screw Extruders
Dipl.-Ing Johannes Donner, Coperion Werner und Pfleiderer GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart, Germany

 

12:30 – 13:45

Meet the Experts—Networking Lunch in the Abbott Cafeteria

 

13:45 – 14:30

Mechanism of Bioavailability Enhancement of Solid Solutions/Solid Dispersions
Prof Dr Martin Brandl, University of Tromsø, Norway

 

14:30 – 15:15

In Vitro/In Vivo Relationships of Melt Extrusion Dosage Forms
Prof Dr Jennifer Dressman, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

 

15:15 – 16:00

The Kaletra® Meltrex® Story: Turning Scientific Challenges into Patient Benefit
Dr Jörg Breitenbach, Head of SOLIQS, Ludwigshafen, Germany

 

16:00 – 16:30

Break

 

16:30 – 18:00

Grand Opening of New SOLIQS Development Facilities

 

18:00

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Reception

 

19:00

Bus Transfer to Dinner in Heidelberg – Return to Mannheim/Ludwigshafen Approximately 23:30
Guest Dinner Speaker: Prof Dr Trevor Jones, King’s College London, England

 
 

Friday, 10 October 2008

Abbott Ludwigshafen – Cafeteria Building 38

 

08:00 – 11:00

Breakfast and Information Session with SOLIQS Experts Tour of SOLIQS/Abbott Facilities

 

Abbott Ludwigshafen – Lecture Hall Building 11

 

11:00 – 11:45

Melt Extrudates as Oral and Parenteral Controlled-Release Dosage Forms: Effects of Formulation and Process Variables
Prof Dr Eric Doelker, University of Geneva, Switzerland

 

11:45 – 12:30

Beyond Poor Solubility: Melt Extrusion Drug Delivery Case Studies
Dr Markus Mägerlein, SOLIQS, Ludwigshafen, Germany

 

12:30 – 13:15

Melt-Extruded Formulations: A Clinician’s View
Prof Dr Hans-Jürgen Stellbrink, Infektionsmedizinisches Centrum, Hamburg, Germany

 

13:15

Closing Remarks, Lunch, and Departures