Past Events

Day One - Wednesday, April 16th
Day Two - Thursday, April 17th

April 16-17, 2008 - Puerto Rico Convention Center
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ExcipientFest Americas 2008 Presentations
Day One - Wednesday, April 16th

Dr. Oksana Klueva - ChemImage Corporation
Utilizing Raman Chemical Imaging to Monitor the Influence of Drug/Excipient Interaction on API Bioavailability in Aqueous Nasal Spray Suspensions

Mr. Lyn Hughes, PhD. - Rohm & Haas
A New Wave in Dissolution Testing

Dr. Steven Wu - Covidien - Mallinckrodt
Magnesium Stearate Dihydrate – A new high performance pharmaceutical lubricant for lubricating powder and making tablets

Mr. Dave Schoneker – International Pharmaceutical Excipient Council (IPEC USA)
The New Paradigm for Excipient Qualification and Supply Chain Control – An update of IPEC’s Activities as it relates to recent incidents of Excipient Adulteration and the technical  needs for Quality by Design

Mr. Alan Guy, PhD - JRS Pharma
Pharmaceutical Excipients: A New Look Into The Crystal Ball

Ms. Kacee Ender – Dow-Wolff Celulosics
A New Hypromellose Excipient for Direct Compression Controlled Release Applications

Ms. Linda Herzog – Mutchler Inc. USA
Supply Chain Integrity in Excipient Distribution – Issues and Answers

Mr. James E. Sullivan – Dober Group
Successful Cleaning of Difficult to Clean Excipients

Mr. Christian Moreton, PhD (FinnBrit Consulting) - DCAT
Excipient Sourcing in a Global Market: How to Avoid Another Panama

Mr. Bodo Fritzschling -Palatinit
Formulation of Fast Disintegrating Tablets using a New Alternative Soluble Filler-binder

Mr. Kazuhiro Obae, PhD - Asahi Kasei
Improving Compactibility and Friability in High-Dose Tablets using Novel Microcrystalline Cellulose - CeolusTM KG-1000

Mr. Manel Alcala, PhD - Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona
From Barcelona to Mayagüez through the ERC: Chemometrics and more.

 
Day Two - Thursday, April 17th

Ms. Elizabeth Plaza & Ms. Vilma Bonilla – PharmaBioServ Puerto Rico
Technology Transfer: Managing to Avoid Pit Falls

Mr. Stephen Levine - Emerson Resources
Pharmaceutical Taste Masking: Review and Presentation of a New Technology

Mr. Yidan Lan, PhD  - BASF Pharma Solutions
A New Excipient for Fast Disintegrating Solid-Dosage Forms

Mr. Gerald Thone, PhD   -  FMC BioPolymers USA
Moisture Activated Dry Granulation – a Low Cost / High Efficiency Approach to Wet Granulation

Mr. David  Klimkowsky - Degussa Rohm Pharma Polymers
Moisture Protection and Taste-Masking with Polymethacrylate Coatings

Mr. Stuart Porter, PhD & Mr. Wayne Camarco - ISP
Predicting Film Coating Performance & Solving Problems using a Formulation Database Created by Statistical DoE

Mr. Joseph Zeleznik - JRS Pharma
Lubrication: A “New” Perspective

Dr. Oksana Klueva - ChemImage Corporation
The Study of Controlled Release Systems using Chemical Imaging

Mr. Sandip Tiwari, PhD - Colorcon
Modulation of Drug Release from Matrices Consisting of Hydrophilic Polymer Blends

Mr. Ashish Joshi, PhD – Roquette Americas A Novel Starch-based Polymer for Aqueous Film Coating: LYCOAT
A Novel Starch-based Polymer for Aqueous Film Coating: LYCOAT® -

Mr. Bill Webb (Eurand) - DCAT
Excipient Qualification Process Used by Pharma Companies-A Comparison vs. FDA Requirement –

Mr. Cecil Propst, PhD - SPI Pharma
Optimizing High-Dose Orally Disintegrating Tablets Using Design of Experiments Methods -


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