Drs. John Patton of Nektar, Igor Gonda of Aradigm, Tomas Landh of Novo Nordisk, Chris Rhodes of Amylin to Speak at iiBIG's Plenary Pane...( NEW YORK Sept. 17 /- iiBIG's New ...)

NEW YORK, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- iiBIG's New Directions for Drug Delivery: Emerging Modes, Novel Science and Profitable Deal Strategies conference is scheduled for October 29-30, 2007, at the Flamingo in Las Vegas, Nevada. The sessions will cover developments in controlled release technologies, nanobiomedicine, siRNa, protein delivery platforms, liposome drug delivery, tumor targeting and other novel applications for oral/nasal/transdermal/injectable and other systemic drug absorption platforms.

The program agenda will feature 2 tracks focusing on cutting-edge science and new technologies and licensing and commercialization strategies. A sampling of topics includes:

-- Future Advances and Developments in Drug Delivery Nanotechnology

-- Deal Structuring Strategies - University Technology Licensing and

Partnerships

-- The History of Controlled Release Systems from the 1960s to the

Present, and their Evolution from Macro to Micro to Nano Scale DDS

-- Combination Products Delivering Insulin

-- Matrix Effects on Monoclonal Antibodies

-- Sustained Delivery of Drugs with DepoFoam(R) Multivesicular Liposomes

-- FDA Patents - Case Study of Transdermal Patches

-- Advances in Oral Delivery Strategies for Vaccines

-- Transdermal Solutions for Therapeutic Applications- New Science to

Bring to Market

-- Rapid Clinical Evaluation of Drug Delivery Technologies

-- Innovation and Success Strategies - Learning and Un-learning from key

players

For complete agenda details, visit: http://www.iibig.com/P0704

An impressive list of chief scientific officers, principal scientists and savvy business development and deal-making experts from a number of biotechnology, drug delivery and specialty pharmaceutical companies are scheduled to present. They include:

-- Erkki Ruoslahti, MD, PhD, Dis
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