North Carolina Combination Products Meeting
04/09/2009 09:00:00 AM - 04/09/2009 05:00:00 PM
Conference is state’s first to address merging of drugs, devices, biologics
Combination Products include everything from coated stents, pre-filled syringes, inhalers with drugs, medicated patches, nanoparticles and viruses as drug delivery vehicles to tumors, miniaturized implants, computerized devices, and organs and other tissue grown on biodegradable and implantable scaffolds.
It is a coming-together of engineering, medical devices, biotechnology and pharmaceutical sciences. This important new business sector will be the focus of a statewide meeting on Thursday, April 9, at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s headquarters in Research Triangle Park from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Deadline to register : Monday April 6th, 2009
To see full program and register, please visit website
www.ncbiotech.org/news_and_events/events/calendar.php?mode=view&id=850.
Highlights of the meeting:
- • Learn about companies currently developing such products
• Hear from the FDA on regulatory guidance
• Opportunities for sponsored research at NC Universities
• Network with over 100 researchers and entrepreneurs
• Update on the $2.5M Advanced Medical Technologies initiative
• Participate in the discussion for future of Combination Products for NC
The agenda includes talks from major academic researchers and representatives of companies involved in discovering and developing combination products across North Carolina.
Registration, at $50 for corporate participants and $40 for academics, includes materials, meals and an informal reception at the end of the day. Banner Pharmacaps, a global polymer-based drug-delivery and specialty-pharmaceutical company from High Point, North Carolina, is the gold sponsor for the conference.
Sponsorship or exhibitor information is available from Pamela Gaster at the Biotechnology Center, (919) 541-9366 or pamela_gaster@ncbiotech.org.
