Invitation to the PAT Conference 2007
Dear Madam, dear Sir,
After two successful PAT Conferences held in 2005 and 2006, we would
like to invite you to the third International PAT Conference
organised by the University of Heidelberg.
The conference is intended to provide an update on how PAT can be
applied in today's pharmaceutical development and manufacture.
The primary goal of PAT is to identify and control quality and
performance attributes of raw and in-process materials and processes to
improve process understanding and ensure consistent quality of the final
product. Macro and micro scale spectroscopic techniques in combination
with multivariate data analysis are powerful methods within the PAT
toolbox. Selection of a specific PAT tool requires a thorough
understanding of the potential and relative advantages of the different
methodologies.
This year's conference programme will review the current status of PAT
and focus on the "Desired State" with a more holistic view on
spectroscopic techniques.
Experts from the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory authorities and
international academia will present topics such as
- FDA's perspectives of the "Desired State"
- Case study of a European PAT submission
- Pros and cons of NIR, IR, Raman and THz spectroscopy
- Sampling strategy and its role in risk management
- Advantages and challenges of imaging techniques
- Multivariate data analysis
- PAT applications in biotechnology.
It is the aim of this extraordinary event to be a platform for
interesting discussions. Here you can meet representatives from
regulatory authorities as well as colleagues from the industry.
It would be a great pleasure for me to welcome you in Heidelberg on
behalf of the Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology.
Dr Gabriele Reich
IPMB, University of Heidelberg