PION ADVANCED FIBER OPTIC WORKSHOPCourtyard by Marriott, Billerica, MA May 23-25,2016

Alex Avdeef opens the Physicochemical Profiling in Drug Development seminar, speaking on “The importance of knowing the pKaaccurately in physicochemical profiling: dissolution, solubility, permeability, lipophilicity”.

Alex Avdeef and Konstantin Tsinman field questions from the audience.

Alex Avdeef and Konstantin Tsinman

Dave Kwajewski, Haotian Wang, and Itay Speicher

Scott Childs is the second keynote speaker at the opening day seminar.

Scott sharing his presentation titled “Interpreting CocrystalSolubility Data: When Failure is Really Success in Disguise”.

Manuel Sanchez-Felix wrapped up the first day events, giving the closing keynote presentation on Monday, May 23.

Manuel Sanchez-Felix presenting “Physicochemical Sciences in Drug Compound and Formulation Design: Achievements and Future Challenges”.

Manuel Sanchez-Felix and Konstantin Tsinman

Konstantin Tsinman and Dave Kwajewski

Dave Kwajewski

Everyone had a great time at the Kick-off Dinner at the end of day 1.

There were many conversations about the topics that were covered.

Coworkers…

Attendees…

Pion executive management…

Presenters…

Peers within the scientific community…

Everyone met and mingled…

Enjoying good food, drink, and company.

Tuesday Pion Presentations

Dave KwajewskiHaotian WangKonstantin Tsinman

Customer Case Study #1: “Multivariate DoE & Live in-situ Dissolution Monitoring: Strategy for Reverse Engineering Success” —Brent Hilker, CoreRx Inc.

Customer Case Study #2: “Examination of Sample Preparation Parameters with Pion Fiber Optic Spectrophotometer” —Dan Taylor, West Ward Pharmaceuticals

Customer Case Study #3: “Harnessing the Rainbow for Accelerated Formulation Development” —Nicholas Bleeker, Teva Pharmaceuticals

Smaller groups broke out for dinner on Tuesday night.

We managed to keep Scott focused on socializing without playing Keno.

And as all truly good events should end on a positive note… special treats and sweets were served at the final break of the last day.

Thank you for participating in Pion’s 2016

Pion’s Advanced Fiber Optic Training Workshop

We look forward to seeing familiar faces next year as well as bringing in

new attendees, speakers, and experts.

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