2008 Pittcon Final Program - Pittcon Web Archives

Conferee Networking Sessions
Monday, March 3, 2008, 8:30-10:30 a.m.
Analytical Chemistry Outsourcing in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Facilitator: Brian P. Axe, Eli Lilly & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 225
This Conferee Networking Session has been suggested in order to discuss topics on outsourcing of analytical chemistry in
the Pharmaceutical Industry. The goal of this session is for conferees to establish an outsourcing network among various
colleagues in the industry to share experiences and lessons learned. Various topics will be suggested ranging from
outsourcing best practices to intellectual property concerns.
New Faculty Initiating Competitive Research Programs
Facilitators: B. Jill Venton, University of Virginia and Paul Bohn, University of Notre Dame . . . . . . . . Room 226
This networking session will present an opportunity for pre-tenure faculty members from research institutions to meet and
discuss strategies for success. Areas of interest will include everything pertaining to starting and sustaining a research
program.
Management and Certification of Reference Standards
Facilitators: Shawn Dressman, U.S. Pharmacopeia and Karen Williams Phinney, National Institute of Standards and
Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 227
You will have an opportunity to actively participate and exchange ideas and experiences among various academic and
industrial experts on Reference Standards. Keys to success are education/knowledge, continuous improvement,
collaboration and innovation. This will be an informal session where you will be able to learn from other industries and
institutions, and you will be able to share ideas among the global reference standards/material management teams.
New LC and MS Technologies for Rapid Information Generation in Pharmaceutical Development
Facilitators: Bryan Castle and Todd Gillespie, Eli Lilly & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 231
The use of liquid chromatography (LC) and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) within the area of
pharmaceutical analysis will be addressed. Areas of discussion could include new product development in instrumentation
and software as well as anything else of mutual interest.
Monday, March 3, 2008, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
HPLC-MS User’s Forum
Facilitators: Arindam Roy, Covidien and Mike Lee, Milestone Development Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 225
This informal session will encompass new instrumentation, equipment and methods in LC-MS developed during the past
year. We will try to solve problems and discuss impurity analysis in pharmaceuticals as well as any other topic of mutual
interest.
Capillary Electrophoresis in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Facilitator: David Y. Chen, University of British Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 226
Capillary electrophoresis (CE) has become a robust, sensitive and environmentally friendly, analytical technique that can
be used as a principal method for pharmaceutical analysis and pharmaco-kinetics. New applications and the use of CE will
be discussed.
Electronic Nose & Tongue Instruments for Smell and Taste Analysis
Facilitator: Jean-Christophe Mifsud, Alpha M.O.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 227
This networking session will bring an opportunity to discover the latest improvements of E-Nose and E-Tongue instruments
and to discuss applications such as quality control, batch consistency, quantification of concentrations, product
development, and process monitoring, etc.
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