Institute for International Research

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Dear Analytical Scientist,

Launched in 2004, Eli Lilly and Pfizer, together with IIR, launched the first event dedicated to Forced Degradation Studies to establish industry standards and best practices. Before this event, analytical scientists performing forced degradation studies had no place to turn for industry advice and tried and true case studies to improve their stability studies.

Scientists, LOOK NO FURTHER!

Now entering its fourth year, The Forced Degradation Studies Event continues to be recognized as THE conference to attend to get connected with your industry colleagues and discover updates and advances. You can not miss this conference if you value forward thinking and continuous improvements for your lab and for your company.

• Don't do it alone! Your industry peers are here to guide you with their expertise-- learn from their successes and failures to advance your degradation studies
• Hear multiple views and success stories of what constitutes successful early and late stage regulatory filings
  
• Analytical scientists are unsure of how to effectively and efficiently perform forced degradation studies and our event shares best practices through case studies
  
• This program is aimed at understanding the science and strategy behind forced degradation studies to help analytical scientists predict method selectivity and develop more accurate methods
  
• With 15+ case studies, this is the conference that provides best practices to help analytical scientists save time & money by avoiding unnecessary testing

Plus! Take an innovative break with our two featured out-of-the-box keynotes with Joseph DiMasi, PhD from the TUFTS CENTER FOR THE CENTER OF DRUG DEVELOPMENT and with Billy Beane, General Manager of the OAKLAND A's. Discuss recent trends in the drug development marketplace by seeing how your research and testing efforts fit in the big picture. Achieve greater success no matter your job functions by learning how to be more effective in managing and leading from projects to teams!

Join our professional gathering of scientists. Collaborate with leading forced degradation experts. Establish efficient testing methods and strategies that you can take back to your lab and apply. We look forward to meeting you in January as we continue to establish industry standards for conducting stress testing on small molecules.

Sincerely,

Tricia Carle
Conference Producer, Pharmaceutical Division
IIR

Valerie Bowling
General Manager, Pharmaceutical Division
IIR

Karen Alsante, PhD
Associate Research Fellow, Analytical R&D, Solid State Characterization
Pfizer Global Research and Development

Steven W. Baertschi, PhD
Research Fellow, Analytical Sciences R&D, Chemical and Structural Characterization Team
Eli Lilly and Company

Allen C. Templeton, PhD
Associate Director, Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry
Merck & Company

P.S. This is the first year we are taking the event to a resort where the facilities allow us to have a larger exhibit area, more room for networking and an opportunity for an evening reception. The resort is less than a 20 minute drive from the airport in the Red Rock area away from the hustle and bustle of the Vegas strip and provides first rate conference and meeting planning facilities.