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USP Annual Scientific Meeting 2008–An Overview

Quality of Manufactured Medicines, Quality of Food Ingredients and Dietary Supplements

September 24–26, 2008
Westin Crown Center • 1 East Pershing Road

Kansas City, MO

USP invites you to get involved... The USP Annual Scientific Meeting 2008 is your opportunity to directly contribute to USP's standards&–setting processes. Through interaction with USP's scientific staff, member of the Council of Experts and its Expert Committees and your scientific colleagues. Learn about the standards we are implementing. This year's meeting will have an even greater focus on the future of standards development and we invite you to engage in discussions that , you will help establish standards, setting priorities and shape USP quality requirements.

Preliminary Topics for this year's Annual Scientific Meeting are:

  • Track I: Quality of Manufactured Medicines: Impurities
  • Track II: Quality of Manufactured Medicines: General Notices and Process Topics
  • Track III: Quality of Manufactured Medicines–General Chapters and Performance Testing–Microbiology Topics
  • Track IV: Quality of Manufactured Medicines: Drug Products
  • Track V: Quality of Food Ingredients and Dietary Supplements
  • Track VI: Quality of Dietary Supplements
  • Special Topic: Quality of Veterinary Drugs

Who Should Attend:

  • USP–NF and USP Reference Standards Users
  • Scientists focusing on chemistry, microbiology, drug substances, packaging, veterinary drugs, food ingredients, and dietary supplements
  • Government
  • Academia and association representatives
  • Regulatory Affairs personnel
  • R&D and QC personnel
  • Lab supervisors/managers
  • Compendial Affairs personnel
  • Statisticians
  • Technical consultants

Additional Opportunities for 2008!

  • Informational Webinars – find out about a specific topic before you register
  • Roundtable Discussions with a Speaker

Continuing Education Credits

Extension Services in Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This meeting has been approved for a maximum of 16.0 hours (1.6 CEUs) of pharmacy continuing education credit. Statements of Credit will be mailed within 30 days of receipt of materials documenting participation in this program (verified attendance as well as completion of a program evaluation). Universal Program Numbers: 073–999–08–061–L04–P through 073–999–08–069–L04–P

The Universal Program Numbers for these continuing education programs are 073–999–07–105–L04 through 073–999–07–109–L04.

Meeting Materials/Summary/Presentations

All registrants will receive a detailed Program, CD Rom and Workbook on site at the meeting. The 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting Summary will be available within one month following the meeting at the USP Web site at http://www.usp.org.