Award Lectures (AL, 60 min)

Plenary Lectures (PL, 50 min)

Key Communications (KC, 30 min)

Short Communications (SC, 20 min)

Posters (PO)

Workshops on Wednesday (short contributions by participants)

Drug Substances
Polymorphs, hydrates, solvates, salts, enantiomers, molecular compounds, complexes;
Screening methods for the selection of the most favorable drug substances;
Physico- chemical characterization;
Chemical stabilities and kinetics in respect to temperature, oxygen, water, solvents and chemical reactants;
Physical stabilities, transformation scheme and kinetics in respect to temperature, pressure, mechanical forces, light;
Solubility and the dissolution rate in respect to pH;
Chemical and enantiomeric impurities,
Physical impurities in respect to the solid state impurities and to the degree of amorphicity
 

Excipients and Polymers
Characterization and compatibility

Drug Products
Manufacturing, aging, and release;
Solid dosage forms, solid dispersions, semi-solid forms, liquid forms, microemulsions, encapsulations, controlled release systems, freeze dried forms

Site-specific Drug Delivery
Interactions drug-receptor, transport and diffusion mechanisms

Methods of Physical Chemistry and Instrumentation
Thermodynamics, thermal analysis classical and modulated versions, calorimetry, spectroscopical methods such as IR and Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction methods (temperature and humidity resolved), NMR methods specially solid-state NMR, microscopy,
moisture sorption analysis, rheology, new techniques;
Instrumental procedures and properties such as calibration and calibration standards, sensitivity, thermal resolution; validation procedures.