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PPXRD-6 will be held
20-22 February 2007, Barcelona, Spain
Please contact Leah Mooney
for further information.
mooney@icdd.com
Read the summary of PPXRD-5 events

The International Centre for Diffraction Data is proud to present the 5th PPXRD right in the heart of the nation's largest concentration of pharmaceutical R&D facilities, New Jersey, U.S.A. This symposium is designed to offer training and create a forum for the exchange cutting edge ideas among those interested in the combined fields of XRD and the pharmaceutical industry.
Symposium - $1,200 USD - Student price $299 USD
Symposium and Workshop $1,500 USD - Student price - $499 USD |
CALL FOR PAPERS (12MB PDF - right-click to download)
For more information contact:
Leah Mooney, Education Coordinator
ICDD
12 Campus Boulevard
Newtown Square, PA 19073-3273 U.S.A.
Telephone: +610-325-9814/Fax: +610-325-9823
E-mail: ppxrd@icdd.com
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PPXRD-5 Event Schedule
Monday, February 13
Tuesday, February 14
| Time |
Type |
Title of Paper |
Speaker & Affiliation |
| 9:00-9:30 |
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WELCOMING REMARKS & INTRODUCTIONS |
John Faber, International Centre for Diffraction Data, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA |
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XRPD Structural Techniques (Acquisition and Use of XRPD Data, Indexing, Structure Determination, Rietveld Refinement)
Session Chair: Dr. Arnt Kern, Bruker AXS GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 9:30-10:15 |
Invited |
PHARMACEUTICAL POWDER DIFFRACTION: MAKING MOVIES |
Bill David, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Oxfordshire, UK |
| 10:15-10:40 |
Contributed |
STRUCTURE SOLUTION AND QUANTITATIVE X-RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION OF PHARMACEUTICALS |
Gregory Stephenson, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
| 10:40-11:10 |
Break |
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| 11:10-11:35 |
Contributed |
XRD CHARACTERIZATION OF CRYSTALLINITY AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITES |
Luca Lutterotti, Dipartimento Ingegneria dei Materiali e Tecnologie Industriali, Universita' di Trento, Trento, Italy |
| 11:35-12:00 |
Contributed |
CLOSE CONTACT PENALTY FUNCTIONS IN DIRECT SPACE METHODS AND ENERGETIC CONSIDERATION IN STRUCTURE REFINEMENT |
Cikui Liang, Accelrys, San Diego, CA, USA |
| 12:00-1:30 |
Lunch |
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| Afternoon |
Complementary Techniques(DSC, TGA, Hot Stage Microscopy, FTIR, Raman, NMR, SEM, AFM, Light Microscopy, XRF, SAXS, SANS)
Session Chair: Dr. Gregory Stephenson, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
| Time |
Type |
Title of Paper |
Speaker & Affiliation |
| 1:30-2:15 |
Invited |
COMPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES FORTHE CHARACTERIZATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEMS |
Raj Suryanarayanan, University of Minnesota, Minnesota USA |
| 2:15-2:40 |
Contributed |
COMBINED XRD AND RAMAN COMBINATORIAL SCREENING SYSTEM |
Bob He, Bruker AXS, Madison, Wisconsin, USA |
| 2:40-3:05 |
Contributed |
CHALLENGES IN DETECTING CRYSTALLINE PHASE IN AN AMORPHOUS MATRIX |
Martha Davidovich, Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA |
| 3:05-3:35 |
Break |
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| 3:35-4:00 |
Contributed |
NEUTRON POWDER DIFFRACTION WITHOUT RESORT TO DEUTERATION: USE IN MOLECULAR STRUCTURE REFINEMENT |
Kenneth Shankland, CCLRC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Oxfordshire, UK |
| 4:00-4:25 |
Contributed |
COMBINING MICRO X-RAY FLUORESCENCE AND INFRARED IMAGING SPECTROSCOPIES FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF MODEL AND COMMERCIAL PHARMACEUTICAL TABLET SYSTEMS |
Brian Patterson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA |
| Evening (6:00-9:00) Poster Session |
| Title of Paper |
Speaker & Affiliation |
| XRPD PATTERN MATCHING: PROBABILITY BASED VERSUS IMAGE COMPARISON |
Thomas Degen, PANalytical B.V., Almelo, The Netherlands |
| HIGH THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURAL GEOMETRIES MINED FROM THE CSD: HOW TO INTERPRET 3000 HITS IN AN AFTERNOON? |
Arnt Kern, Bruker AXS, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| LOWERING THE LIMITS OF DETECTION OF PHARMACEUTICAL MATERIALS BY POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION |
Brian Litteer, PANalytical Inc., Natick, Massachusettes, USA |
| PDF-4/ORGANICS 2006 REFERENCE POWDER PATTERNS AND THEIR PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATION |
Fangling Needham, ICDD, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA |
| CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PHYSICAL FORM OF THE ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENT IN INTACT FILM-COATED TABLETS BY X-RAY POWDER DIFFRACTOMETRY |
Hiroyuki Yamada, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
Wednesday, February 15
| Morning |
Formulation, Product Development, Drug Delivery and Polymorph & Salt Screening
Session Chair: Dr. Shawn Yin, Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA |
| 9:00-9:45 |
Invited |
EXPLORING POLYMORPHISM OF MOLECULAR MATERIALS USING HIGH PRESSURE - OPENING UP NEW DIMENSIONS IN POLYMORPH SCREENING |
Colin Pulham, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| 9:45-10:10 |
Contributed |
A NOVEL APPROACH OF USING POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT CRYSTALLIZATION/SALT SCREENING |
Shawn Yin, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA |
| 10:10-10:35 |
Contributed |
SIMULATED PXRD PATTERNS AS STANDARD REFERENCES IN PHARMACEUTICAL FORM SELECTION |
Dedong Wu, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Wilmington, Delaware, USA |
| 10:35-11:05 |
Break |
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| 11:05-11:30 |
Contributed |
ADVANCED XRPD SYSTEM FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS |
Vladimir Kogan, PANalytical B.V. & DANNALAB, Almelo, The Netherlands |
| 11:30-11:55 |
Contributed |
RESOLVING POLYMORPH CHEMISTRY IN THE CA-O-P-H SYSTEM |
Timothy Fawcett, ICDD, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 11:55-1:25 |
Lunch |
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| Afternoon |
Con't: Formulation, Product Development, Drug Delivery and Polymorph & Salt Screening
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| Time |
Type |
Title of Paper |
Speaker & Affiliation |
| 1:25-1:50 |
Contributed |
USING ANALYTICAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO ACCELERATE SALT AND POLYMORPH SCREENING |
Raeann Wu, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., East Hanover, New Jersey, USA |
| 1:50-2:15 |
Contributed |
MISCELLANEOUS PRACTICAL ISSUES FOR PXRD IN A QC LABORATORY |
Peter Varlashkin, Metrics, Inc., Greenville, North Carolina, USA |
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Patent and Regulatory Issues
Session Chair: Dr. Peter Varlashkin, Metrics, Inc., Greenville, North Carolina, USA |
| Time |
Type |
Title of Paper |
Speaker & Affiliation |
| 2:15-3:00 |
Invited |
QUESTION-BASED REVIEW - LINKING REGULATORY EVALUATION OF SOLID STATE PROPERTIES TO PHARMACEUTICAL QUALITY |
Andre Raw, Food and Drug Adminstration, Rockville, Maryland, USA |
| 3:00-3:30 |
Break |
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| 3:30-3:55 |
Contributed |
EQUIPMENT QUALIFICATION |
Arnt Kern, Bruker AXS, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 3:55-4:20 |
Contributed |
PRINCIPLES IN CLAIMING AND ENFORCING SOLID FORM PATENTS |
Eyal Barah, SSCI, Inc., West Lafayette, Indiana, USA |
Thursday, February 16
| Morning |
New Frontiers for XRD in Pharmaceutical R&D
Session Chair: Dr. John Faber, International Centre for Diffraction Data, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Time |
Type |
Title of Paper |
Speaker & Affiliation |
| 9:00-9:45 |
Invited |
SYNCHROTRON X-RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION: APPLICATIONS IN MACROMOLECULAR CRYSTALLOGRAPHY |
Irene Margiolaki, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility(ESRF), Grenoble, France |
| 9:45-10:30 |
Invited |
MICRO-SAMPLE X-RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION. APPLICATIONS IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES. |
Joseph Reibenspies, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, USA |
| 10:30-10:50 |
Break |
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| 10:50-11:35 |
Invited |
PAT: ANALYSIS OF PROCESS INDUCED DISORDER OF API BY X-RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION |
Simon Bates, SSCI, Inc., West Lafayette, Indiana, USA |
| 11:35-12:15 |
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Q&A/Closing Remarks |
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Instructors :
Chair: Dr. Jun Han, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
Dr. Detlef Beckers, PANalytical, Almelo, The Netherlands
Dr. Harry G. Brittain, Center for Pharmaceutical Physics, Milford, NJ, USA
Dr. John Faber, International Centre for Diffraction Data, Newtown Square, PA, USA
Dr. Raj Suryanarayanan, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
Dr. Shawn Yin, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
| Morning |
Basic Theories and Concepts (Monday 13 February - 8:15AM - 12PM) |
| Time |
Workshop |
Instructor |
| 8:15 - 9:00 |
Basics of crystal structure and X-ray diffractometry |
Dr. Detlef Beckers |
| 9:00 - 9:45 |
Techniques of Powder X-ray Diffractometry - Instrumentation and Optimization |
Dr. Detlef Beckers |
| 9:45 - 10:00 |
BREAK |
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| 10:00 - 10:55 |
Basics of Pharmaceutical Solids |
Dr. Harry G. Brittain |
| 10:55 - 12:00 |
Round table and Q&A for Basic theories and Concepts |
All instructors |
| Afternoon |
Applications and Case Studies (Monday 13 February - 1PM - 5:30PM) |
| Time |
Workshop |
Instructor |
| 1:00 - 1:35 |
Indexing and structure solution from powder XRD data |
Dr. John Faber |
| 1:35 - 2:45 |
Polymorphs Analysis - Qualitative and quantitative analysis of both API and Finished Products |
Dr. Shawn Yin and Dr. Detlef Beckers |
| 2:45 - 3:00 |
BREAK |
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| 3:00 - 3:50 |
Application of variable temperature and humidity (environmental) PXRD in Characterizing Pharmaceutical solids |
Dr. Shawn Yin and Dr. Jun Han |
| 3:50 - 4:35 |
Characterization of amorphous and crystalline phases by PXRD |
Dr. Harry G. Brittain |
| 4:35 - 5:30 |
Round table and Q&A for Application and Case Studies |
All instructors |
Scientific Organizing Committee
Dr. John Faber, Chair, International Centre for Diffraction Data , Newtown Square, PA , U.SA
Dr. Detlef Beckers, PANalytical , Almelo , The Netherlands
Dr. Harry G. Brittain, Center for Pharmaceutical Physics , Milford , NJ , U.S.A.
Dr. Julien Giovannini , AstraZeneca , Lund , Sweden
Dr. Jun Han, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research , Inc., Cambridge , MA , U.S.A.
Dr. Arnt Kern, Bruker AXS GmbH , Karlsruhe , Germany
Dr. Fangling Needham, International Centre for Diffraction Data , Newtown Square, PA , U.S.A.
Dr. Kenneth Shankland, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon , U.K.
Dr. Peter W. Stephens, State University of New York , Stony Brook , NY , U.S.A.
Dr. Gregory A. Stephenson, Eli Lilly and Company , Indianapolis , IN , U.S.A.
Dr. Raj Suryanarayanan, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , MN , U.S.A.
Dr. Peter G. Varlashkin, Metrics, Inc., Greenville , NC , U.S.A.
Dr. Shawn Yin, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company , New Brunswick , NJ , U.S.A.
Location:
Marriott Somerset
110 Davidson Avenue
Somerset , New Jersey 08873
Tel: +(732) 560-0500
Reservations: +(800) 238-3198
Web: www.marriott.com
For more information on New Jersey visit:
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- Go to www.marriott.com/sosnj
- Scroll down and on the right hand side enter your arrival and departure dates
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- Go to the box labeled Group Code located under the Corporate / Promotional Code box and enter "ICDICDA"
- Select "Find" - and then select our promotional rate of $104 USD
Symposium Format:
One-day optional workshop followed by three-day symposium
Manufacturer Exhibition
Poster Session and reception
The symposium talks will be presented in English.
General Information:
Attire: Attire is informal for most activities
Climate: 42 F
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Accommodations & Travel:
Accommodations:
A block of rooms is reserved for symposium participants at the Somerset Marriott, 110 Davidson Avenue , Somerset , NJ 08873 . U.S.A. . Web site: www.marriott.com, Telephone: +(732) 560-0500, Reservations: +(800) 238-3198. The group rate at the hotels is $104.00 per room plus state and local taxes. To make your reservation, please contact the hotel and reference the group name: PPXRD or International Centre for Diffraction Data to receive the discounted group rate. The deadline for hotel reservations is 22 January 2006. You will not be guaranteed a room after that time. Please contact the hotel for the policy on cancellation of reservations.
Getting to Marriott Somerset , New Jersey U.S.A. :
By Air
Airport: Newark - EWR
Tel: +973-961-6000
Hotel Direction: 28 mi NE
Directions from Airport: Take NJ Turnpike South to Exit 10- I-287 North to Exit 10 ( Easton Ave ) to first light, go left on Davidson Ave
Estimated taxi fare: 80 USD (one way)
By Train
New Brunswick Station (20 mi SE)
By Car
Use this Marriott link to obtain detailed directions from your location to the Marriott Somerset: http://marriott.com/property/mapandnearbyairports/drivingdirections.mi?marshaCode=sosnj
Parking: Complimentary
More Information: Cancellation Policy:
A 50% refund will be issued, if the cancellation is received by the ICDD in writing no later than 15 January 2006. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after that date, however, you may transfer your registration to a colleague with advance notice.
Exhibitor Information:
A commercial exhibition of analytical instrumentation and related products and services is planned during the symposium and during the evening poster session and reception. Organizations interested in exhibiting or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Leah Mooney at mooney@icdd.com or Tel: +610-325-9814.
Sponsorships:
Opportunities for sponsorship are available to increase your presence at PPXRD. These opportunities include sponsoring or co-sponsoring the evening reception and poster session or daily coffee breaks. The sponsor of the evening reception and poster session will receive first choice of exhibit location, banner on the PPXRD web page with link to your web site, link to your web site from our electronic e-mail marketing campaigns and space to place a full-page advertisement in the symposium Book of Abstracts.
READ THE PPXRD-4 SYMPOSIUM SUMMARY
The International Centre for Diffraction Data was proud to present the 4th PPXRD in the spectacular city of Barcelona, Spain located on the Mediterranean Sea. This symposium was designed to create a forum for discussion and the exchange of knowledge and cutting edge ideas among those interested in the combined fields of XRD and the pharmaceutical industry. These pages are maintained for archival purposes - the Symposium was a great success. .
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