The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7232 p95
18 January 2003

Society summary

Society hosts European conference on PAT

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is to host an international conference for pharmaceutical scientists on the application of process analytical technology (PAT).

The three-day conference, presented jointly by the Society and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists takes place at the Society's headquarters from March 24 to 26. It will examine the application of PAT in achieving new standards of manufacturing excellence and regulatory compliance.

The conference, entitled "The key for achieving new standards of manufacturing excellence and regulatory compliance: process analytical technology", is aimed at senior managers and pharmaceutical scientists concerned with all aspects of the production of pharmaceuticals and senior staff from the regulatory agencies.

The meeting is the eighth Arden House European Conference for pharmaceutical scientists. It mirrors an AAPS conference being held in the same week at Columbia University's Arden House conference centre in New York State's Ramapo Mountains, where the AAPS has held a pharmaceutical technologies conference annually since 1968.

The registration fee, which includes lunches, refreshments, course documentation and VAT, is £1,081 for members of the Society or the AAPS and £1,151.50 for non-members. The closing date for applications is 21 February.

Registration forms can be obtained from Dr J. A. Clements, Room 304, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, 1 Lambeth High Street, London, SE1 7JN (tel 020 7572 2261; fax 020 7572