C.A.C.O.-Bay Area: the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Of
the California Analytical Chemists Organization (C.A.C.O.)

Registration for the following events is open.

CACO Workshop (Full Day):

Preclinical Development (Safety, CMC, DMPK & clinical plans) and IND Filing:

The nuts, bolts, and best practices for small molecules

Major Sponsors: Absorption Systems (morning), BD (afternoon) & Avantium (lunch time)

Speakers: Cuiping “Tracy” Chen, Ph.D.; Linval Depass, Ph.D.; Jeff Etter, Ph.D.; Jim Wei, Ph.D.
Date/Time: Feb. 26, 2009; 8:45 AM – 5:00 PM (Full day)
Venue: Foster City Crowne Plaza (Crowne Plaza, 1221 CHESS DRIVE, Foster City, CA 94404)
Fee: $75 online (color handout optional $20 extra);  Those between jobs only pay for handout cost.

    To register, click on Event Registration on left.

    $200 at the door (no lunch available)

Deadline: Feb. 18.

Vendor show: register by clicking the Event Registration  button on the left.

For workshop outline and speaker bios, click here.

CACO-BAADME Workshop:

Physicochemical properties and Preformulation Support for Discovery Studies

Major Sponsor: Avantium

Speakers: Dr. Shelley Rabel Reiley, Dr. Minli Xie
Date/Time: Jan. 26, 2009; 12:45 PM – 5:30 PM (lunch starts at 11:30)
Venue: Foster City Crowne Plaza (Crowne Plaza, 1221 CHESS DRIVE, Foster City, CA 94404)
Fee: $50 online (color handout optional $10 extra)

    To register, click on Event Registration on left.

    $120 at the door (no lunch available)

Deadline: Jan 18.

Vendor show: register by clicking the Event Registration  button on the left.

For workshop details, click here.

For information and suggestions, click to contact our programs chair.

2009 Seminar Luncheon Dates (to become a major sponsor, click here):

Feb 13: “Strategies to Evaluate the Blood-Brain Barrier in Drug Discovery and Development”
    Speaker: Xingrong Liu, Ph.D., Dept. of DMPK, Roche
    Major sponsor: Waters

May 15: “Prodrugs – How, when and why”
    Speakers: Matthew Wright, Ph.D.; Adrian Ray, Ph.D., Dept of DMPK, Gilead
    Major sponsor: CellzDirect / Invitrogen

Sept 18: “Drug Physical Form and its Importance in Drug Candidate Development”
    Speaker: Michael Brandl, Ph.D., Dept of Pharmaceutics, Roche
    Major sponsor: Avantium

Dec 04: “Use of Nano Particle Technology to Enhance Performance of Pharmaceutical Products”
    Speaker: Niels Ryde, Ph.D., Elan Drug Technologies
    Major sponsor: ACD
 

2009 Wrokshops:

        Visit the workshop page: Click here.

We welcome suggestions for topics and speakers. Click here to contact our programs chair.

To join CACO-Bay Area or for other information, please click on the tabs on the left.