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Workshop

Workshop: Oral Drug Delivery - Technology of Today and Tomorrow

Monday, July 14, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
Location: 125

Sponsored By 

Sponsored by: BASF and Colorcon

In this workshop, we bring together a distinguished faculty of experts with significant experience in oral drug delivery. These professionals have navigated the complexities and hurdles of the field, including learning from their own mistakes i.e. “been there, done that”. This unique event offers a valuable opportunity for attendees to learn and discuss the challenges and opportunities in formulating, developing, and manufacturing oral dosage forms, all the while considering the most recent and advanced science and technologies.

The agenda is designed to cover a wide range of fundamental and right up-to-date hot topics, thereby providing a comprehensive understanding of the subject and forthcoming technologies. By the end of the workshop, participants should have a better grasp of where to find resources, expertise, and support in their everyday work. It will be an interactive atmosphere and use real-life cases to illustrate the problems and possible solutions.

9:00 am to 9:45 am: Session I: The Basics of Oral Drug Delivery - Level Setting
10:20 am to 10:40 am: Coffee Break
10:40 am to 11:40 am: Session II: Role of Excipients in Oral Drug Delivery
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm: Lunch Break
1:00 pm to 2:40 pm: Session III: Latest Innovation for Bench Research
3:00 pm to 3:20 pm: Afternoon Break
3:20 pm to 5:00 pm: Session IV: Novel Methods Empowering Oral Drug Delivery

Presentations:

  • 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM EDT
    Welcome and Introductions

    Chair and Speaker: Ali Rajabi-Siahboomi, PhD (he/him/his) – Colorcon, Inc.

    Chair and Speaker: Sandip Tiwari, PhD (he/him/his) – BASF

    Chair and Speaker: Daniel Treffer, PhD (¯\_(ツ)_/¯) – MeltPrep

  • 9:10 AM - 9:45 AM EDT
    Understanding Oral Route for Drug Delivery

    Speaker: Andre Hermans, PhD (he/him/his) – Merck & Co., Inc.

  • 9:45 AM - 10:20 AM EDT
    Designing Oral Drug Delivery Formulation

    Chair and Speaker: Ali Rajabi-Siahboomi, PhD (he/him/his) – Colorcon, Inc.

  • 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM EDT
    Coffee Break
  • 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Current Trends in Complex Oral Formulations & Digital Developments

    Speaker: Rainer Dobrawa, PhD (he/him/his) – BASF Pharma Solutions

  • 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM EDT
    Excipients for MED 3D Printing: A Systemic Approach for Materials Selection in Digital Product Development

    Speaker: Xiaoling Li, PhD – Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy at the University of the Pacific

  • 11:20 AM - 11:40 AM EDT
    SYNT, a Synthetic Polymer Lining, to Unlock the Full Therapeutic Potential of the Small Intestine

    Speaker: Vasu Sethuraman, PhD – Syntis Bio

  • 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Implications of Solution-Phase Phenomena and Nanodroplet Formation Upon Dissolution of Amorphous Dispersions in Aspirated Human Intestinal Fluids

    Speaker: Ahmed Elkhabaz, PhD (he/him/his) – Merck

  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
    Lunch Break
  • 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM EDT
    Driving Efficiency in Oral Dosage Form Development Using AI and Robotics

    Speaker: Christine Allen, Dr. – University of Toronto

  • 1:20 PM - 1:40 PM EDT
    Understanding Commercial CMC in Complex Formulations

    Speaker: Anil Kane – Thermo Fisher Scientific

  • 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Peptides (Exenatide) in Lipid-Based Formulations for the Gut

    Speaker: Vincent Jannin, PhD – Capsugel France SAS / Lonza

  • 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM EDT
    Biological Strategies to Improve the Oral Absorption of Protein and Peptide

    Speaker: Randy Mrsny, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Bath

  • 2:20 PM - 2:40 PM EDT
    Effect of Polymer Type and Drug Loading on the Mechanism of Nano-Species Generation During Dissolution of Amorphous Solid Dispersions of Aprepitant

    Speaker: ARVIND K. BANSAL, Prof (he/him/his) – NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, S.A.S. NAGAR

  • 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    When Mechanistic IVIVC Falls Short: The Case for IVIVR in Oral Drug Delivery

    Speaker: Jim Mullin, MS Chemical Engineering – Simulations Plus, Inc.

  • 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    Afternoon Break
  • 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM EDT
    Formulations Developed with Milligrams

    Chair and Speaker: Daniel Treffer, PhD (¯\_(ツ)_/¯) – MeltPrep

  • 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Using the Dynamic Gastrointestinal Model for Predicting Oral Drug Pharmaco-Kinetics

    Speaker: Anette Müllertz, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Copenhagen

  • 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM EDT
    Predict the Unpredictable - Physiology Driven Testing of Oral Dosages

    Speaker: Grzegorz Z. Garbacz, g.garbacz@physiolution.pl (he/him/his) – Physiolution

  • 4:20 PM - 4:40 PM EDT
    AI / ML Potentials in Oral Drug Design and Development

    Speaker: Vivek Gera (he/him/his) – Leucine

  • 4:40 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    General Q&A and Closing Remarks