Pharmacy News Article

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech Business Week In an effort to remove barriers and embrace collaborations to get therapeutics to patients faster, pharmaceutical and biotech companies will listen to more than 25 drug delivery technology presentations, ranging from novel delivery devices to formulation technologies at the 2nd Annual PODD: Partnership Opportunities in Drug Delivery conference, October 1-2, 2012, at the Boston Park Plaza hotel in Boston, MA (see also The Conference Forum).

The PODD program is designed to introduce emerging and enabling drug delivery technologies to help pharmaceutical and biotech drug formulators obtain better clinical outcomes for patients. The PODD event features keynote addresses by two leading scientists in drug delivery, Dr Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor, MIT, and Dr. Stephen Oesterle, Senior Vice President for Medicine and Technology, Medtronic.

Dr Barbara Lueckel, Global Business Development Director, Roche returns as the PODD Chairperson. Dr. Lueckel found the inaugural PODD event served as a platform to facilitate innovative collaborations, noting that, "The panels provided an opportunity to gain further insights into companies' thinking on drug delivery partnering and to engage panelists into additional discussions." She also said, "I am glad we will see more panel discussions in 2012."

Keywords for this news article include: Biotechnology, The Conference Forum.

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