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FIP Diary/Calendar

The following is a list of conferences and congresses organised by non-profit organisations. This diary is updated and published every two months and is printed in the International Pharmaceutical Journal - the journal of FIP. Requests for inclusion in the list should be made by email to Jacobine Grootens, IPJ Executive Editor at jacobine@fip.nl giving details of when and where the event will take place, the subject of the conference or congress and the name and address of the person or organisation from whom further information can be obtained.

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This list dated March 16, 1999.

15-26 March 1999

International Ph.D. Course – Advanced Structural Chemistry and Molecular Modelling, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark (Contact: Pia Sjelle or Marianne W. Jørgensen at the Ph.D. Administration, the Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Universitetspartken 2, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark; Email: pisj@mail.dfh.dk or mwj@mail.dfh.dk or http://www.dfh.dk/edu_inf/phd_cour.htm).

16-19 March 1999

Pharmatsiya ’99 – St. Petersburg Pharmaceutical & OTC Exhibition, St. Petersburg, Russia (Contact: International trade & exhibition group, Byron House, 112A Shirland Road, London W9 EQ, United Kingdom).

22-23 March 1999

Global Pharmacovigilance, Apply European Regulations and Standards and Incorporate Epidemiology principals to Harmonize ADR Reports, Washington D.C., USA (Contact: The Center for Business Intelligence (CBI), USA; Email: center_for_business_intelligence@cbinet.com or http://www.cbinet.com/wconnect/wc.dll?CBEvent~ListEvents~SECTOR~PHA~PharmaceuticalEvents).

24-26 March 1999

Latin American Bio/Pharmaceuticals Business, Clinical, Regulatory and Operational Strategies to Position Yourself for Profit in This 26 Billion Dollar Emerging Market, Miami, FL, USA (Contact: The Center for Business Intelligence (CBI), USA; Email: center_for_business_intelligence@cbinet.com or http://www.cbinet.com/wconnect/wc.dll?CBEvent~ListEvents~SECTOR~PHA~PharmaceuticalEvents).

28-30 March 1999

Second Annual Conference on Vaccine Research: Basic Science-Product Development-Clinical & Field Products, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (Contact: Kip Kantelo, NFID/VRC, 4733 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA; Email: kkantelo@aol.com or http://www.nfid.org/conferences/vaccine99).

29-30 March 1999

AAPS Workshop on Stability Practices in the Pharmaceutical Industry – Current issues. Arlington, VA, USA (Contact: AAPS, 1650 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2747, USA; Email: pr@aaps.org or http://www.aaps.org).

30 March – 4 April 1999

The 5th International Conference on Solar Energy and Applied Photochemistry (SOLAR '99) and the 2nd International Workshop on Environmental Photochemistry, (ENPHO '99), Cairo, Epypt (Contact: Professor M. S. A. Abdel-Mottaleb, Photoenergy Center, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt; Email: http://www.photoenergy.org or Solar@photoenergy.org).

5-11 April 1999

22^nd European Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (EPSA) Annual Congress – Career opportunities for pharmacists and promoting pharmacy as a multidisciplinary profession, Malta (Contact: The Secretary, EPSA ’99 RC, University of Malta, Msida, Malta. Email: rc.epsa99@usa.net or http://www.waldonet.net.mt/epsa99/epsa99.htm).

6-9 April 1999

Flavours – Their Creation, Definitions and Use, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Contact: The Center for Professional Advancement, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 316A, 1012 GM Amsterdam, The Netherlands or USA Address: Box 1052, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816-1052; Internet: http://www.cfpa.com).

8-10 April 1999

Second AAPS Frontier Symposium: Membrane transporters and drug therapy, Bethesda, MD, USA (Contact: AAPS, 1650 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2747, USA; Email: pr@aaps.org or http://www.aaps.org).

11-14 April 1999

International Congress on Clinical Pharmacy - Documenting the value of clinical pharmacy services, Orlando, Florida, USA (Contact: American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), Department 1370, P.O. Box 419263, Kansas City, Missouri, USA 64193-1370).

13-15 April 1999

Vitafoods International Exhibition and Conference on Functional Foods and Natural M, Geneva, Switzerland (Contact: Exhibition and Conference Marketing, Vitafoods International Ltd, McLaren House, St. Georges Road, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3JE, United Kingdom; Email: vitafoods@cornwall.net or http://www.vitafoods.co.uk).

19-20 April 1999

Preparing Clinical Protocols and Managing Clinical Investigations, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Contact: The Center for Professional Advancement, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 316A, 1012 GM Amsterdam, The Netherlands or USA Address: Box 1052, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816-1052; Internet: http://www.cfpa.com).

19-21 April 1999

Stability Testing of Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, United Kingdom (Contact: Dr. J.A. Clements, Room 403, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN, United Kingdom; Email jclements@rpsgb.org.uk ).

19-23 April 1999

International Ph.D. Course – Receptor Structure and Function, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark (Contact: Pia Sjelle or Marianne W. Jørgensen at the Ph.D. Administration, the Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Universitetspartken 2, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark; Email: pisj@mail.dfh.dk or mwj@mail.dfh.dk or http://www.dfh.dk/edu_inf/phd_cour.htm).

21-23 April 1999

The Mechanics of Preparing INDs and NDAs and FDA Regulations, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Contact: The Center for Professional Advancement, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 316A, 1012 GM Amsterdam, The Netherlands or USA Address: Box 1052, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816-1052; Internet: http://www.cfpa.com).

25-30 April 1999

Seventh European Congress of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics (ECBP); Fifth Congress of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Sciences (EUFEPS) – Mechanistically-based drug design and development: Integrating the biological revolution, Jerusalem, Israel (Contact: The Secretariat, 1999 Jerusalem ECBP and EUFEPS Congress, P.O. Box 50006, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel; Email: ecbp.eufeps99@kenes.com).

26-27 April 1999

cGMP and Quality Issues for Biopharmaceuticals, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Contact: The Center for Professional Advancement, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 316A, 1012 GM Amsterdam, The Netherlands or USA Address: Box 1052, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816-1052; Internet: http://www.cfpa.com).

26-29 April 1999

Pharmaceutical Watersystems, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Contact: The Center for Professional Advancement, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 316A, 1012 GM Amsterdam, The Netherlands or USA Address: Box 1052, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816-1052; Internet: http://www.cfpa.com).

28-29 April 1999

Assay Development and Validation for Biopharmaceuticals, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Contact: The Center for Professional Advancement, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 316A, 1012 GM Amsterdam, The Netherlands or USA Address: Box 1052, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816-1052; Internet: http://www.cfpa.com).

29-30 April 1999

AAPS Western Regional Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA (Contact: AAPS, 1650 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2747, USA; Email: pr@aaps.org or http://www.aaps.org).

29-30 April 1999

Design and Management of Pharmaceutical/Biotech R&D Alliances, R&D Portfolio Strategies, Contract Negotiations, Financing and Managing Across Corporate Boundaries, Cambridge, MA, USA (Contact: The Center for Business Intelligence (CBI), USA; Email: center_for_business_intelligence@cbinet.com or http://www.cbinet.com/wconnect/wc.dll?CBEvent~ListEvents~SECTOR~PHA~PharmaceuticalEvents).

2-5 May 1999

Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa conference and Annual General Meeting – Opportunities for the new millennium, Cape Town, South Africa (Contact: The Conference Convenor, P.O. Box 26039, Arcadia 0007, South Africa. Email: sapj@tn.co.za).

3-4 May 1999

3^rd Symposium on Analysis of Peptides, Stockholm, Sweden (Contact: Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, P.O. Box 1136, S-111 81 Stockholm, Sweden; Email: academy@swepharm.se or http://www.swepharm.se/English/).

3-7 May 1999

International Ph.D. Course – Drug Delivery, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark (Contact: Pia Sjelle or Marianne W. Jørgensen at the Ph.D. Administration, the Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Universitetspartken 2, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark; Email: pisj@mail.dfh.dk or mwj@mail.dfh.dk or http://www.dfh.dk/edu_inf/phd_cour.htm).

6-7 May 1999

Biosensor Technologies in Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Discovery, San Diego, CA, USA (Contact: IBC, 225 Tumpike Rd., Southborough, MA 01772-1749, USA; Email: reg@ibcusa.com or www.ibcusa.com/2309).

9-12 May 1999

3^rdInternational Conference, co-organised by DIA and PIPMG, Barcelona, Spain (Contact: Dr. A.F. Wenzel, CCPharma, c/o P.SS.T, Pharma Scientific Services Team, Radspielerstr. 6, D-81927 München, Germany; Email: P.SS.T@t-online.de or http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ccpharm/CCPsmall.jpg or http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ccpharm/Wenzel.htm.

11-14 May 1999

Drugstore ’99 – International pharmaceutical & OTC exhibition, Almaty, Kazakhstan (Contact: International trade & exhibition group, Byron House, 112A Shirland Road, London W9 EQ, United Kingdom).

16-18 May 1999

Canadian Pharmacists Association 87^th Annual Conference, London, Ontario, USA (Contact: Wendy Eligh, CMP, Conference Manager, Canadian Pharmacists Association, 1785 Alta Vista Dr., Ottawa, ON K1G 3Y6, Canada; Email: meetings@cdnpharm.ca).

17 May 1999

AAPS Midwest Regional Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA (Contact: AAPS, 1650 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2747, USA; Email: pr@aaps.org or http://www.aaps.org).

17-19 May 1999

Validation of Solid Dose Pharmaceutical Products, Cobham, Surrey, United Kingdom (Contact: Dr. J.A. Clements, Room 403, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN, United Kingdom; Email jclements@rpsgb.org.uk ).

22 May – 3 June 1999

24^th Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Refresher Course, Antalya and Istanbul, Turkey (Contact: Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (New South Wales Branch), P.O. Box 162, St. Leonards, NSW Australia 2065; Email: refsec@psa.org.au).

23-24 May 1999

Computerized Clinical Trials, Apply Sophisticated Internet/Intranet Technology for Data Collection and Trial Management, Washington D.C, USA (Contact: The Center for Business Intelligence (CBI), USA; Email: center_for_business_intelligence@cbinet.com or http://www.cbinet.com/wconnect/wc.dll?CBEvent~ListEvents~SECTOR~PHA~PharmaceuticalEvents).

23-26 May 1999

Course on Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Modeling: Concepts and applications, Buffalo, New York, USA (Contact: Sandra Wheaton, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research and Department of Pharmaceutics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA; Email: wjjusko@acsu.buffalo.edu).

3-5 June 1999

International Seminar on the Active Ingredient from synthesis to medicinal product, Montpellier, France (Contact: Société Française des Sciences et Techniques Pharmaceutiques, 5 Rue Basse des Carmes, Paris 5^ème, France).

7-10 June 1999

6^th Intermediate Level Workshop on Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Data Analysis: Hands-on Workshop using WinNonlin, Cambridge, United Kingdom

(Contact: Dr. J.A. Clements, Room 403, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN, United Kingdom; Email jclements@rpsgb.org.uk or the Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, P.O. Box 1136, 111 81 Stockholm, Sweden; Email: academy@swepharm.se or http://www.swepharm.se/English/).

10-11 June 1999

International Meeting – XV Helsinki University Congress of Drug Research, Helsinki, Finland (Contact: Sinikka Kesseli-Pulkkinen, The Finnish Centre for Continuing Pharmaceutical Education, Pieni Roobertinkatu 14c, FIN-00120 Helsinki; Email: sinikka.kesseli-pulkkinen@salnet.fi).

10-11 June 1999

AAPS Eastern Regional Meeting, Parsippany, NJ, USA (Contact: AAPS, 1650 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2747, USA; Email: pr@aaps.org or http://www.aaps.org).

13-18 June 1999

9th International Conference on Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Verona,

Italy (Contact: NIRS-99 Istituto Sperimentale Lattiero-Caseario, Via

Lombardo N°11, 20075 Lodi, Italy).

20-25 June 1999

Controlled Release Society 26^th International Symposium on Controlled Release of Bioactive Materials, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Contact: CRS Administrative Headquarters, 1020 Milwaukee, Ste. 335, Deerfield, IL 60015, USA; Email: crs@crsadmhdq.org or European Office: School of Pharmacy, University of Geneva, 30, quai E. Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland; Email: Daphne.Romy@pharm.unige.ch).

21 June 1999

AAPS Southeast Regional Meeting, Durham, NC, USA (Contact: AAPS, 1650 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2747, USA; Email: pr@aaps.org or http://www.aaps.org).

24-25 June 1999

Genomics and Post Genomics, Paris, France (Contact: Ludovic Drye, Institut Pasteur Euroconferences, 28 rue du Docteur, Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France; Email: ldrye@pasteur.fr or http://www.pasteur.fr/conf/euroconf.html).

30 June – 2 July 1999

Advanced Course in Analytical Validation and Regulatory Issues, York, United Kingdom (Contact: Dr. J.A. Clements, Room 403, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN, United Kingdom; Email jclements@rpsgb.org.uk ).

19-23 July 1999

Pharmacokinetics for the Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Scientist – Introductory course. Presented by the University of Malta and the University of Minnesota, University of Malta, Malta (Contact: Jean Killick, International Office, Foundation for International Studies, St. Paul Street, Valletta VLT 07, Malta; Eamil: jkil@um.edu.mt or http://www.um.edu.mt/news/pharmaco.html).

26-27 July 1999

Pharmacokinetics for the Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Scientist – Intermediate course. Presented by the University of Malta and the University of Minnesota, University of Malta, Malta (Contact: Jean Killick, International Office, Foundation for International Studies, St. Paul Street, Valletta VLT 07, Malta; Eamil: jkil@um.edu.mt or http://www.um.edu.mt/news/pharmaco.html).

12-23 August 1999

45^th International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation Annual Congress, London, United Kingdom (Contact: IPSF, P.O. Box 84200, 2508 AE The Hague, The Netherlands; Email: ipsf@fip.nl).

16-20 August 1999

38^th International Congress on Alcolhol, Drugs and other Dependencies, Vienna, Austria (Contact: ICAA, Case Postale 189, CH 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland; Email: icaa@pingnet.ch).

2-10 September 1999

Dissolution and Dissolution Testing Specifications, London, United Kingdom (Contact: Dr. J.A. Clements, Room 403, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN, United Kingdom; Email jclements@rpsgb.org.uk ).

5-10 September 1999

World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences – Facing challenges and achieving success, Barcelona, Spain (Contact: FIP Congresses & Conferences, P.O. Box 84200, 2508 AE The Hague, The Netherlands; Email: m.vanboldrik-swakhoven@fip.nl).

12-15 September 1999

International Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, Beijing, China (Contact: Mr. Wu Shaoyuan, CICCST/AIMECS’99, No. 86 Xueyuan Nan Road, Beijing 100081, P.R. China; Email: sywu@public3.bta.net.cn or http://www.ciccst.org.cn/aimecs99).

13-15 September 1999

AAPS Workshop on Cheminformatics in Drug Discovery, Arlington, VA, USA (Contact: AAPS, 1650 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2747, USA; Email: pr@aaps.org or http://www.aaps.org).

13-16 September 1999

The British Pharmaceutical Conference, Cardiff, United Kingdom (Contact: Dr. J.A. Clements, Room 403, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN, United Kingdom; Email jclements@rpsgb.org.uk ).

26-28 September 1999

Lipid and Surfactant Disperse Systems: Fundamentals, design, formulation, production, Moscow, Russia (Contact: Dr. J.A. Clements, Room 403, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN, United Kingdom; Email jclements@rpsgb.org.uk or APGI, Rue Jean Baptiste Clément, 92296 Châtenay Malabry Cedex, France; Email: apgi.apgi@cept.u-psud.fr ).

27-28 September 1999

Biologicals Beyond 2000 – Challenges for quality standards in an evolving field, Strasbourg, France (Contact: Dr. C. Le Tarnec, Public Relations, European Department for the Quality of Medicines (EDQM), Council of Europe, 226 Avenue de Colmar, BP 907, F-67029 Strasbourg Cedex 1, France; Email: info@mail.pheur.org or http://www.pheur.org).

29 September 1999

Biologicals Beyond 2000 – Satellite symposium on veterinary biologicals, Strasbourg, France (Contact: Dr. C. Le Tarnec, Public Relations, European Department for the Quality of Medicines (EDQM), Council of Europe, 226 Avenue de Colmar, BP 907, F-67029 Strasbourg Cedex 1, France; Email: info@mail.pheur.org or http://www.pheur.org).

29 September – 1 October 1999

Bio International ’99, London, Great Britain (Contact: FIP Congresses and Conferences, P.O. Box 84200, 2508 AE The Hague, The Netherlands; Email: mireille@fip.nl).

3-8 October 1999

Joint Meeting: 3^rd Congress of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics – EACPT. 4^th Jerusalem Conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences and Clinical Pharmacology – JC4, Jerusalem, Israel (Contact: EACPT-JCA Secretariat, P.O. Box 50006, Tel Aviv 61500, Isreal; Email: eacpt3.jc4@kenes.com).

10-12 October 1999

Drug Delivery for the Third Millennium, Pisa, Italy (Contact: Prof. Franco Alhaique, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy; Email: alhaique@caspur.it).

11-13 October 1999

Tabletting Technology, Cambridge, United Kingdom (Contact: Dr. J.A. Clements, Room 403, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN, United Kingdom; Email jclements@rpsgb.org.uk ).

14-16 October 1999

E.S.C.P. 28th European Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy, Berlin, Germany (Contact: International Secretariat, European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (E.S.C.P.), Theda Mansholtstraat 5b, 2331 JE Leiden, The Netherlands. Email secretariat@escp.nl or Homepage http://www.escp.nl).

21-22 October 1999

Water, Environment and Health, Paris, France (Contact: Ludovic Drye, Institut Pasteur Euroconferences, 28 rue du Docteur, Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France; Email: ldrye@pasteur.fr or http://www.pasteur.fr/conf/euroconf.html).

26-27 October 1999

Traditional Chinese Medicine, London, United Kingdom (Contact: Dr. J.A. Clements, Room 403, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN, United Kingdom; Email jclements@rpsgb.org.uk ).

14-15 November 1999

AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition, New Orleans, LA, USA (Contact: AAPS, 1650 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2747, USA; Email: pr@aaps.org or http://www.aaps.org).

15-17 November 1999

Biotechnology Processes: Applications, implications and regulatory issues, Cobham, United Kingdom (Contact: Dr. J.A. Clements, Room 403, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN, United Kingdom; Email jclements@rpsgb.org.uk ).

25-28 November 1999

The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia 24^th Federal Conference, Perth, Western Australia (Contact: Mr. P. Tenni, Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, Curtin University of Technology; Email: www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/dept/pharmacy/shpaconf/ or at motive@vianet.net.au).

29 November – 1 December 1999

Asian Conference and Exhibition of Controlled Release, Hong Kong (Contact: CRS Administrative Headquarters, 1020 Milwaukee, Ste. 335, Deerfield, IL 60015, USA; Email: crs@crsadmhdq.org or European Office: School of Pharmacy, University of Geneva, 30, quai E. Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland; Email: Daphne.Romy@pharm.unige.ch).

1-4 December 1999

International Congress on Frontiers in Pharmacology and Therapeutics in 21^st Century (ICPT-21). In conjunction with the Annual Conference of the Indian Pharmacological Society, New Delhi, India (Contact: Dr. S.K. Gupta, Prof. & Head, Secretary General, Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029, India; Email: skgupta@medinst.ernet.in or http://members.delphi.com/pharmacology).

7-10 December 1999

Industria ’99, Moscow, Russia (Contact: International Trade & Exhibitions Group, Byron House, 112A Shirland Road, London W9 2EQ, United Kingdom. Email: healthcare@ite-exhibitions.com).

12-17 December 1999

5^th US-Japan Symposium on Drug Delivery Systems, Maui, Hawaii, USA (Contact: Mrs. Connie Beal, MIT E25-342, 45 Carlton St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Email: cjbeal@mit.edu or CRS Administrative Headquarters, 1020 Milwaukee, Ste. 335, Deerfield, IL 60015, USA; Email: crs@crsadmhdq.org.

10-13 February 2000

3^rd International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics (ISOPP), Lisbon, Portugal (Contact: 3^rd International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics, P.O. Box 50006, Tel Aviv, 51600 Israel; Email: isopp@kenes.com or http://www.kenes.com/isopp/).

5-7 April 2000

6^th Symposium on Controlled Drug Delivery (CDD), Noordwijk aan Zee, The Netherlands (Contact: Iddo Bante, Secretary 6^th CDD, managing Director BMTI; Email: I.Bante@BMTI.utwente.nl or http://www.utwente.nl/bmti/cdd/cdd.html).

16-20 April 2000

Millennial World Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA (Contact: FIP Congresses & Conferences, P.O. Box 84200, 2508 AE The Hague, The Netherlands; Email: m.vanboldrik-swakhoven@fip.nl).

17-19 May 2000

World Congress on Unit Dose Drug Packaging, Alicante, Spain (Contact: Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos, Jorge Juan 8-2º, 03002 Alicant, Spain; Email: j.ronda.000@recol.es).

14-17 June 2000

2^nd International Symposium on Microdialysis in Drug Research and Development, Stockholm, Sweden (Contact: the Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, P.O. Box 1136, 111 81 Stockholm, Sweden; Email: academy@swepharm.se or http://www.swepharm.se/English/).

7-8 July 2000

Controlled Release Society Workshops, Paris, France (Contact: CRS Administrative Headquarters, 1020 Milwaukee, Ste. 335, Deerfield, IL 60015, USA; Email: crs@crsadmhdq.org or European Office: School of Pharmacy, University of Geneva, 30, quai E. Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland; Email: Daphne.Romy@pharm.unige.ch).

7-13 July 2000

Controlled Release Society 27^th International Symposium on Controlled Release of Bioactive Materials, Paris, France (Contact: CRS Administrative Headquarters, 1020 Milwaukee, Ste. 335, Deerfield, IL 60015, USA; Email: crs@crsadmhdq.org or European Office: School of Pharmacy, University of Geneva, 30, quai E. Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland; Email: Daphne.Romy@pharm.unige.ch).

27 August – 1 September 2000

FIP World Congress of Pharmacy 2000, Vienna, Austria (Contact: FIP Congresses and Conferences, P.O. Box 84200, 2508 AE The Hague, The Netherlands; Email: m.vanboldrik-swakhoven@fip.nl).

3-8 September 2000

Biotechnology 2000; 11th Internationally Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition, Berlin, Germany (Contact: Mrs. Renate Strauss and Dr. Voker Rosenbaum, Dechema e.V., c/o 11th IBS, Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25, D-60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Email: tagungen@dechema.de or http://dechema.de/biotechnology2000).

23-24 June 2001

Controlled Release Society Workshops, San Diego, CA, USA (Contact: CRS Administrative Headquarters, 1020 Milwaukee, Ste. 335, Deerfield, IL 60015, USA; Email: crs@crsadmhdq.org).

23-27 June 2001

Controlled Release Society 28^th International Symposium on Controlled Release of Bioactive Materials, San Diego, CA, USA (Contact: CRS Administrative Headquarters, 1020 Milwaukee, Ste. 335, Deerfield, IL 60015, USA; Email: crs@crsadmhdq.org).