Pharmaceutical Process Analytics Roundtable

The Pharmaceutical Process Analytics Roundtable (PPAR) is an annual meeting of practitioners of Process Analytical Technology (PAT) in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Past meetings have been hosted by Lilly, Pharmacia, Pfizer, Genentech, Amgen, and Merck. The 2008 meeting is being hosted by Biogen-Idec.

The meeting provides a chance to interact with other colleagues, discuss best practices, learn of new technologies, and identify common needs. The roundtable forum gives a group of approximately 30 participants the opportunity to discuss these important topics in a more informal environment than is generally encountered at conferences. There are no formal presentations, although participants may be asked to give a short topic introduction to kick off various discussion sessions.

For further information, please refer to our Mission Statement.

2008 Group Photo

The steering committee of the Pharmaceutical Process Analytics Round Table meeting is happy to announce the first announcement for the 2008 meeting, hosted by Biogen IDEC, RTP. Details of the meeting are attached below.

Date: October 7-8, 2008
Location: RTP site, North Carolina (fly into Raleigh-Durham airport)
There are no registration fees for PPAR 2008; Travel/lodging expenses are not covered by the host.

As always, registration is required for on-site access. Please use the registration form included in this email (instructions on the form). Due to limited space registration acceptance is at the discretion of the Steering Committee.

The registration deadline is Friday, September 5th, 2008.
Registration form (please return to joydeep.ganguly@biogenidec.com)

This year, the Steering Committee has decided not to ask participants to fill out and submit the typical PAT Survey prior to the meeting - the last few years have provided a baseline reference for PAT activities at various companies, and it was felt that doing the survey every two years would provide more significant data, than doing it yearly.

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Steering Committee

Steve Doherty, Eli Lilly and Company (Pharmacia Host 2002)	Jan Gustafsson, Novo Nordisk
Andrew Lange, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Pfizer Host 2005)	Tina Larson, Genentech (Host 2004)
Duncan Low, Amgen (Host 2006)	Gert Thurau, Merck & Co., Inc. (Host 2007)
Joep Timmermans, Pfizer, Inc.

[Other former hosts: Steve Arrivo, Pfizer (Host 2003) & Rick Cooley, Dionex (Lilly Host 2000)]