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Thursday 28th June, 2007 IPI headlines at EPIC 2007

Piers Lincoln, Commercial Manager at the IPI presented at recent EPIC Biotech conference in London (21st July), alongside Oxford University, Cambridge University, Imperial College and UCL.

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Wednesday 20th June, 2007 Professor Peter York receives Doctor of Pharmacy award from University of Helsinki

In May 2007, Prof. Peter York was awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree of the University of Helsinki, Finland having been proposed by the Faculty of Pharmacy as their first awardee.

The prestigious award was conferred at a special ceremony which lasted three days. The conferment ceremony included a rehearsal dinner, official ceremony in a hall, banquet, cathedral service, boat trip to an island for a picnic, and concluding ball. During the conferment ceremony, Professor York received a hat (to represent academic wisdom) and a sword (representing sharpness of mind).Hat_and_sword.jpg

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Wednesday 13th June, 2007 IPI hosts The Pharmaceutical Quality Group Seminar

The Pharmaceutical Quality Group (PQG) held their recent seminar for trainee and recently qualified QPs at the IPI earlier this month.

As well as experienced QPs, representatives from the Professional bodies also presented to give their support and help address the issues and concerns raised. All attendees agreed that this meeting provided much information and encouragement for prospective QPs.

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Friday 8th June, 2007 Computer models help the development of skin patches

Article from Manufacturing Chemist – June 2007

Computer model of the permeation of an ion (in yellow) through a transient water pore induced by adding DMSO to a DPPC bilayer system. Water is shown in red and white; lipids, DMSO and K and Cl ions are not shown.

A team of researchers from the University of Bradford, UK, are pioneering the use of computer models to design ways of infusing drugs through the skin – without the pain of needles.

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