POLYMonday, August 20, 2007

1:25 PM-5:00 PM Westin Boston Waterfront -- Otis, Oral
Polymer Science of Everyday Things
Polymers Deliver
Organizers:Kenneth J. Wynne
Ann Beal Salamone
David Bott
Official:Robert S. Moore
Presiding:Anthony J Ryan
1:25 PMIntroductory Remarks
1:30 PMOsmotic drug delivery: The science and engineering behind blood pressure tablets and other osmotic pharmaceuticals
Avinash G Thombre
2:00 PMPatches: Hormone/pain control/nicotine
Jen-Chi Chen
2:30 PMPolymers delivering benefits to our daily lives
Michael Drzewinski, Michael J. Jurek
3:00 PMIntermission
3:30 PMPrinciple of OROS® technologies and successful development of various OROS® products
Liang C. Dong, Paddy Shivanand
4:00 PMThe role of silicone elastomers in treatments for obesity
Christopher W. Widenhouse
4:30 PMUsing polymers to improve the delivery of drugs
Randall J. Mrsny

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The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007