The 4th Annual Drug Delivery Conference 2008

Examining novel techniques for drug delivery and alliance management to maximise your business potential from 29th-31st January 2008, London.

Drug delivery has changed. We are now looking at ways of enhancing CNS delivery through nasal administration, the role nanotechnology can play in targeted drug delivery and more novel delivery systems, such as PEGylation platforms. These technological advances allow increased delivery to target sites, maximise drug absorption and extend drug action. By considering the commercial effects of new emerging technology now, you will increase viability of your products, business relationships and investments for the future. To do this you will no doubt have to answer questions such as, do I choose new technology or a proven approach? Should I reposition as a speciality pharma? At what stage do I apply drug delivery to development projects?

Key presentations from industry leaders such as:
- Dr Hans Lindner, Head Drug Product Development & Industrialisation, Schwarz Pharma
- Dr Frank Grams, Global Head of Drug Delivery Partnering, Roche
- Dr Joel Richard, Director, Pharmaceutical Development, Merck-Serono
- Dr Stefan Bassarab, Director of Pharmaceutical Development, Boehringer-Ingelheim
- Dr Tim Sparey, Associate Director, Merck
- Matthew Roe, Senior Director, Genzyme
- Alan Palmer, CEO, Pharmidex
- Dr Sebastian Kaerger, Principal Scientist, Novartis
- Dr Oliver Stauch, F-Hoffman La Roche

This 2-day event being held on the 30th to the 31st of January 2008, will highlight the successful real-life strategies for improving business development, increasing value from collaborative partnerships and achieving commercialisation in today’s market. Now in its fourth year Visiongain’s Drug Delivery Systems conference will enable you with an understanding of novel delivery systems, emerging drug delivery technologies and different partnership models, preparing you for 2007 and beyond. Whether you are a solution provider, prospective partner or an investor, the 4th Annual Drug Delivery Systems conference will address the topics you care about, and provide you with the answers you need to speed your decision making process.

By attending this conference you will:

- Examine ways to de-risk when delivery technology is applied in early development.

- Analyse how to smoothly transfer from research to development by pre-formulation and analytical support.

- Consider how to find the appropriate device development partner.

- Gain an understanding of how to effectively apply emerging technologies to your products.

- Evaluate how to prepare to evolve from a drug delivery to a speciality pharma company and forming new partnerships with big pharma.

- Explore practical methods for pre-clinical assessment of the efficacy, toxicity and mechanism of action of selected polymers


Key Themes to be considered are:

- Gain an overview of the latest trends in methods of drug delivery.

- Hear about the latest technologies and use this information to understand how to meet the key unmet needs in the drug delivery sector.

- Discuss innovative methods for identifying profitable candidates for product development.

- Extending a product’s life cycle by drug reformulation and novel methods of drug delivery.

- Maximising ROI on products by understanding how the issue of drug delivery and reformulation inter-relates with discovery, and applying this knowledge to early stage consideration of drug development.

- Understand the regulatory issues regarding drug delivery.

- Gain advice on how to make successful regulatory submissions, convincing the payer of the efficacy and safety of novel drug delivery avenues.

- Learn to identify successful outsourcing partners through criteria developed by industry experts.

- Best practice advice on managing a drug delivery alliance, with recommendations on contractual arrangements, aligning business goals and making the most of shared strengths.

- Network with key industry players, forming business-critical relationships and alliances.

To learn more about this conference, or to book your place at it, please contact Nini @ Visiongain Ltd