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
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TIME
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TOPIC AND SPEAKER
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8:00 a.m.
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Registration / Continental
Breakfast / Vendor Exhibit
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8:50 a.m.
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Introductory Remarks
Dr. Richard Tschirret-Guth,
Chair, NJDMDG
Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ
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9:00 a.m.
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Topic: Overview of RNAis and use as research tools (Title TBD)
Dr. Pat Sinko
Professor, Ernest Mario
School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University,
Piscataway, NJ
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9:50 a.m.
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ADME Properties of Oligonucleotides
Dr. Richard Geary
Vice President, Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism,
Department of Toxicology and Pharmacokinetics, ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, CA
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10:40 a.m.
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Vendor Exhibit and Coffee Break
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11:10 a.m.
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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
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12:00 Noon
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Lunch and Vendor Exhibit
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1:30 p.m.
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PK/PD Modeling Relevant to Biotech Products
Dr. William Jusko
Professor, School
of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences,
SUNY, Buffalo,
NY
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2:15 p.m.
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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
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3:00 p.m.
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Vendor Exhibit and Coffee Break
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3:30 p.m.
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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
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4:15 p.m.
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Program closure
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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.
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Steering
Committee 2007-2008
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Name
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Company
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E-mail address
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Responsibility
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Richard Tschirret-Guth
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Merck
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Chair, 2007-2008
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Robert Iannucci
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J&J
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Chair-Elect, 2008-2009
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Narendra Kishnani
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Schering-Plough
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Past Chair, 2006-2007
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Karl Frank
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Roche
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Past Chair-2005-2006
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Swapan Chowdhury
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Schering-Plough
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Member, Past-Chair
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Rama Iyer
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BMS
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Member, Past-Chair
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Jo Carlin
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Treasurer
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David Duignan
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Pfizer
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Member
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Mark Kao
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J&J
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Member
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Philip Krieter
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DOV Pharmaceutical
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Member
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Chris Town
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Member
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Steve Smith
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Adolor
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Member
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Ray Weglein
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Member
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Karthick Vishwanathan
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Wyeth
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Member
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Sylvia Zhao
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Roche
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Member
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Elizabeth Quadros
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Pharmacopeia Inc.
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Member
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Lian Zhou
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BMS
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Member
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Imad Hanna
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Novartis
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Member
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Kelvin Chan
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Sanofi-Aventis
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Member
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