17 January 2012

We are pleased to announce that Craig Thomson, Director, Patents at Murgitroyd & Company, will be speaking at an Oral Drug Delivery Meeting organised by Encap Drug Delivery in Edinburgh, Scotland on March 2nd 2012. The meeting will take place at Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh from 9am.

The meeting has been arranged to give attendees the opportunity to hear presentations from leading academic and industrial experts covering a number of topics which will be of interest to those involved in oral drug product development.

Speakers Include:

Professor David Jones
Chair in Biomaterial Science/Director of Education, Queens University, Belfast
“Improving the solubility of poorly soluble drugs using hot melt extrusion”

Vincent Jannin
Pharmaceutical R&D Project Director, Gattefossé
“In-vitro characterisation of lipid-based formulations”

Vic Young
Formulation & Process Development Manager, Encap Drug Delivery
“Liquid fill capsules – Manufacturing and scale-up challenges”

Craig Thomson
Director, Patents, Murgitroyd & Company
“Ensuring collaborations enhance rather than stifle exploitation of new technology”

Graham Buckton
Professor of Pharmaceutics, The School of Pharmacy, University of London
“Amorphous dispersions”

For further information on the event, please contact Leona Dunlop: ldunlop@encapdrugdelivery.com or telephone (+44) (0)1506 448080.

To discuss any IP matter relating to Drug Delivery, please contact Craig Thomson directly at craig.thomson@murgitroyd.com or telephone (+44) (0) 141 307 8400.

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