Invited talks: Excipients: innovation, regulation, sustainability

09:00-09:40 Overview on sustainability supply of lipid-based excipient
Laurent Schubnel, Gattefossé, France
09:40-10:20 Hilopro - A High Concentration, Low Viscosity , Subcutaneous mAb Delivery Platform
Sathyabalan Murugesan, Bhami Research Laboratory, India
10:20-11:00 Development of excipient monographs from a manufacturers perspective
Michael Radius, Lipoid, Germany

Invited talks: What’s new in nanotechnology and drug targeting?

09:00-09:40 Harnessing Hyaluronic Acid-Conjugates for Improved Glioblastoma Local Immunotherapy
Alessio Malfanti, University of Padova, Italy
09:40-10:20 Langerhans cell targeting via the skin for immune modulation
Robert Wawrzinek, Cutanos, Austria
10:20-11:00 Extracellular vesicles for drug delivery
Florence Gazeau, University Paris Diderot, France

Short talks: Pharmaceutical manufacturing and engineering

09:00-09:20 Downstream processing and in vivo assessment of amorphous Abiraterone Acetate Dispersome® formulations
Jumana Merchant, Zerion Pharma A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
09:20-09:40 Microdynamic flowability: a novel approach to powder flow analysis
David Blanco, University of Helsinki, Finland
09:40-10:00 Potentialities of lipid-based microspheres and microcapsules obtained by prilling in the field of personalized dosing
Claire Delmas, Université Paris Saclay, France
10:00-10:20 FDmix - a flow-optimized nanoparticle manufacturing platform across all flow ranges
Bernhard Bobusch, FDX Fluid Dynamics, Berlin, Germany
10:20-10:40 Fill finish operation and protein aggregation - what can we learn from a small scale?
Milica Stankovic-Brandl, Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH, Graz, Austria
10:40-11:00 Process characterization of freezing and thawing in drug substance bottles – a case study
Sarah Peláez, ten23 health, Basel, Switzerland

Short talks: Advanced Drug Delivery Systems

09:00-09:20 Enkephalins and enkephalinase inhibitors in squalene nanoparticles: a synergistic approach for chronic pain treatment
Lucas Prades, University of Paris Saclay, France
09:20-09:40 Electrospun Nanofibers for Ocular Drug Delivery
Finnya Nienau, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
09:40-10:00 Expandable gastroretentive system for effective management of diabetes
Marco Uboldi, University of Milano, Italy
10:00-10:20 3D Printed Dual-Mechanism Drug Delivery Device: Merging Convection-enhanced and Iontophoretic Delivery Methods
Hanxiang Li, University College London, United Kingdom
10:20-10:40 Injectable thermosensitive hydrogel for local and controlled delivery of siRNA polyplexes to ovarian cancer ascites
Cristina Casadidio, Univeristy of Utrecht, Univerisity of Camerino, The Netherlands/Italy
10:40-11:00 Enzyme-responsive NPs: Enhancing endolysins’ ability to eradicate Staphylococcus aureus biofilm
Mariana Blanco Massani, University of Innsbruck, Austria

APV award session

Plenary lecture

12:00-13:00 3D-Bioprinted cancer models for target discovery, drug development, and personalized therapy
Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, Cancer Biology Research Center, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Invited talks: Innovative manufacturing procedures

15:00-15:40 End-to-end mechanistic and hybrid models of integrated and continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing processes
Christian Glaser, Siemens, Austria
15:40-16:20 3D Printing for advanced drug delivery
Atheer Awad,University of Hertfordshire, UK
16:20-17:00 Digital pharmaceutics – case studies of how it can support formulation development
Martin Kuentz, University of Applied Sciences & Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland

Invited talks: Delivery of proteins and peptides

15:00-15:40 Development of inhaled proteins
Nathalie Heuzé-Vourc’h, INSERM, Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, France
15:40-16:20 Stability of antibody drugs on the rocky road from the hospital pharmacy to the oncology ward
Hristo Svilenov, University of Ghent, Belgium
16:20-17:00 The boon and bane of polysorbate 20/80 for protein formulations: current status
Patrick Garidel, Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany

Short talks: Modelling and simulation

15:00-15:20 Molecular dynamics simulations of drugs solubilization into mixed bile salt/phospholipid micelles
Fatmegyul Mustan, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
15:20-15:40 Machine Learning-Assisted System of Models for Optimization of Directly Compressed Tablets Development Processes
Mohammad Salehian, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
15:40-16:00 CFD modeling of the hydrodynamics in the flow-through dissolution apparatus (USP 4)
Pracha Bunyawanichakul, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhonnayok, Thailand

Short talks: Continuous manufacturing

16:00-16:20 Novel Concepts for Processing an Automation of Pharmaceutical End-to-End Manufacturing
Lisa Kuchler, Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH, Graz, Austria
16:20-16:40 Integrated continuous twin-screw granulation - process investigation, scale-up and monitoring with artificial neural network-based soft sensors
Petra Záhonyi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
16:40-17:00 Evaluating the benefits of continuous wet granulation process, not requiring a subsequent drying step
Thorsten Cech, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Short talks: Nanoparticles and Vesicles I

15:00-15:20 Innovative siRNA-based lipid nanoparticles decorated with PEG alternatives (PNVP and PNMVA) to circumvent dilemma and immunogenicity
Manon Berger, University of Liege, Belgium
15:20-15:40 Ovarian accumulation of nanosized drug delivery systems – what matters?
Henrike Lucas, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
15:40-16:00 Structural Insights, Uptake Mechanisms and Stability of Nanostructured Lipid Carriers for Advanced Drug Delivery
Ramona Jeitler, University of Graz, Austria
16:00-16:20 Mucosa penetrating peptide functionalized liposomes for local drug delivery to the esophagous
Silvia Franzè, University of Milan, Italy
16:20-16:40 Controlling PEG-b-PTMC Polymersome Size through Microfluidic-Assisted Self-Assembly: Advancing the Understanding of Polymersomes Self-Assembly Mechanisms
Angela Mutschler, University of Bordeaux, France
16:40-17:00 Cholesterol-Modified Hyaluronic Acid Nanogels for Solubility Enhancement and Sustained Release
Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Asahi Kasei Corp., Fuji-Shu, Japan