Welcome to the North Jersey ACS Drug Metabolism Discussion Group

Our mission: We are dedicated to fostering a continued discussion on the scientific advances in drug metabolism among the industrial and academic community. We sponsor multiple meetings each year at which world renowned scientists give presentations. The format of these meetings range from dinner presentations and mini-symposiums to our annual 1-2 day fall symposium.

2006 Fall Symposium and Vendor Exhibition

Upcoming:

2008 Spring Symposium

Date: May 7, 2008

Details: TBA


Last year:

2007 Fall Symposium and Vendor Exhibition

sponsored by the

North Jersey ACS

Drug Metabolism Discussion Group

“Current Topics in Drug Metabolism
and Pharmacokinetics”

Somerset Plaza Hotel

Somerset, New Jersey

October 4, 2007

Program

TIME

TOPIC AND SPEAKER

8:00 a.m.

Registration / Continental Breakfast / Vendor Exhibit

8:50 a.m.

Introductory Remarks

Dr. Richard Tschirret-Guth, Chair, NJDMDG

Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ

9:00 a.m.

Topic: Overview of RNAis and use as research tools (Title TBD)

 Dr. Pat Sinko

 Professor, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

9:50 a.m.

ADME Properties of Oligonucleotides

Dr. Richard Geary

Vice President, Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism, Department of Toxicology and Pharmacokinetics, ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, CA

10:40 a.m.

Vendor Exhibit and Coffee Break

11:10 a.m.

PK/PD Modeling of Small Molecules in Drug Discovery: Value and Applications

Dr. Zheng Yang

Discovery Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Pharmaceutical Candidate Optimization, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ

12:00 Noon

Lunch and Vendor Exhibit

1:30 p.m.

PK/PD Modeling Relevant to Biotech Products

Dr. William Jusko

Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences,

SUNY, Buffalo, NY

2:15 p.m.

In Silico ADME/Tox: from Enzyme Inhibition to Nuclear Hormone Receptors

Dr. Sean Ekins

Senior Vice President, Computational Biology, Arnold Consultancy & Technology LLC, Jenkintown, PA

3:00 p.m.

Vendor Exhibit and Coffee Break

3:30 p.m.

Prediction of Metabolic Clearance and DDI Potential from in Vitro Data

Dr. Brian Houston

Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University

of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

4:15 p.m.

Program closure


Registration:

Pre-registration fee is $125 (by Sept. 27, 2007).

Pre-registration fee for students is $25 (by Sept. 27, 2007).

Registration fee at the door is $150 (Checks only, $50 for students).

     Please plan to pre-register as a group, as coordinated by a member of the NJACS DMDG steering committee from your organization (see list at end).

       Alternately, individual pre-registration may be done by contacting Elizabeth Quadros ().

       Payments by personal or company checks.  Credit cards are not accepted. 

       Checks should be made payable to:  NJ Drug Metabolism Discussion Group. 

       Please also visit our website: http://www.njacs.org/drugmet.html

 

Exhibitors:

       Please contact Philip Krieter () for information concerning exhibits

 

Directions to the Somerset Plaza Hotel:  (Phone: 732-560-0500)

 

From the New Jersey Turnpike:

Exit 10 to Interstate 287 North.  Follow 10 miles to Exit 10 (527 New Brunswick-South Bound Brook).  Easton Ave towards South Bound Brook to first light, make left (Davidson Ave.)

 

From New York City:

Lincoln Tunnel to N.J. Turnpike South.  Follow N.J. Turnpike directions mentioned above.

 

From Route 287:

If traveling North:

Exit 10 (527 New Brunswick-South Bound Brook).  Follow sign towards Bound Brook, to light make left (Davidson Ave.)

If traveling South:

Exit 10 (527 New Brunswick).  Left on Easton Ave., to light, make left (Davidson Ave).

 

From the Newark Airport

 

Take NJ Turnpike South to Exit 10- I-287 North to Exit 10 (Easton Ave) to first light, go left on Davidson Ave. Hotel immediately on left.

 

Steering Committee 2007-2008

Name

Company

E-mail address

Responsibility

Richard Tschirret-Guth

Merck

Chair, 2007-2008

Robert Iannucci

J&J

Chair-Elect, 2008-2009

Narendra Kishnani

Schering-Plough

Past Chair, 2006-2007

Karl Frank

Roche

Past Chair-2005-2006

Swapan Chowdhury

Schering-Plough

Member, Past-Chair

Rama Iyer

BMS

Member, Past-Chair

Jo Carlin

 

Treasurer

David Duignan

Pfizer

Member

Mark Kao

J&J

Member

Philip Krieter

DOV Pharmaceutical

Member

Chris Town

 

Member

Steve Smith

Adolor

Member

Ray Weglein

 

Member

Karthick Vishwanathan

Wyeth

Member

Sylvia Zhao

Roche

Member

Elizabeth Quadros

Pharmacopeia Inc.

Member

Lian Zhou

BMS

Member

Imad Hanna

Novartis

Member

Kelvin Chan

Sanofi-Aventis

Member

 

Meetings & Symposia are held at the Marriott Hotel in Somerset, NJ.

In addition to our annual Fall Symposium, we try to sponsor 1-2 smaller meetings or mini-symposia in the Spring and Summer.


Last year's 2006 Fall Symposium:

Proceedings (pdf)

• Slides from talks (pdf):


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