SCHBMonday, March 26, 2007

8:00 AM-11:48 AM Hyatt Regency McCormick -- 23 A/B, Oral
Interfacing Big Pharma with Emerging Technologies
Organizer:Michael Lefenfeld
8:00 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:05 AMHow to be David against Goliath: Competing with pharma on a shoestring budget
K. Shannon Mrksich
8:35 AMHow to get a fair shake from pharma
Peter Karabatsos
9:05 AMInvesting in emerging technologies: Harris & Harris Group's approach
Daniel B Wolfe
9:35 AMIntermission
9:45 AMAdvancing R&D through modernization of software platforms
Frank Brown
10:15 AMChemistry innovation at Sigma-Aldrich
Christopher D. Hewitt
10:45 AMApplication of emerging technologies in pharmaceutical process research and development: Safe and efficient alternative to alkali metals
Boris Gorin, Kiem Nguyen, Alan Qingbo Lu
11:15 AMNew products for chiral chemistry based on a novel nanotechnology approach
Regina Valluzzi
11:45 AMConcluding Remarks

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The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007