PAGANZ 11

POPULATION APPROACH GROUP

in AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

7th-9th February 2011

University of Auckland

New Zealand

Organised by

Dept of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology

University of Auckland

Contact details

Nick Holford

Dept Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology

University of Auckland

When

The dates are Monday 7th - Wednesday 9th February 2011

Who should attend?

The PAGANZ meeting is the Australasian forum for scientists with a research and professional interest in the use of the population approach in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. A strong focus of this meeting is the application of population modelling and simulation techniques in the experimental, clinical and regulatory settings of drug development.

This meeting is designed for scientists and clinicians working in basic or clinical pharmacology research, pharmaceutical industry, regulatory bodies and postgraduate students. The meeting combines a hands on workshop led by leaders in the field and a one day scientific meeting giving researchers the opportunity to present and discuss their own work. This is a very informal meeting and in the past has been very productive in helping and guiding researchers in this important area of pharmacology and drug development.

PAGANZ Workshop (1.5 days)

The courses will consist of lectures and hands-on exercises at a computer. During the hands-on exercises, tutors will be available for consultation and assistance. The Beginners Course for NONMEM and the Intermediate Course will be conducted as parallel sessions. Attendance at the Intermediate Course requires experience with the conduct of at least one population approach analysis.

The beginners course will introduce the theory and practice of population modelling with NONMEM.

The intermediate course covers:

1. Optimal designs for model discrimination (1/2 day)

2. Simulating large models (1/2 day).

3. Missing data (1/2 day).

PAGANZ Scientific Meeting (1.5 days)

The PAGANZ meeting will include a symposium highlighting recent advances in the application of the population approach to pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in different clinical settings and in drug development. The symposium speakers will include international and local experts in the field and presents a unique opportunity for Australasian scientists to see the best in action. Sessions will be dedicated to free communications and discussions providing a forum for researchers to present their work and receive feedback and advice from their peers in an informal setting.

Poster or oral abstract submission

Deadline for abstract submission is 31st January 2011.

Instructions: Abstracts may be posted via the 'Register/submit abstract' link to the left. After signing into your profile, the 'post new abstract' link at the bottom will take you to the submission form. Abstracts may be copied and pasted as formatted text from Word or submitted as HTML. You must also select on this form your preference for either a poster or oral presentation. Abstracts may be edited or removed after submission using the same form via your profile until the start of the meeting. Abstracts received by the submission date will be included in the printed conference proceedings. Abstracts that are received or modified after the submission date but before the start of the meeting will not be printed but will become part of the online conference proceedings.

Destination

Auckland is the centre of the Southern Hemisphere pharmacometric universe.

Getting there

The meeting will be held in School of Medicine, 85 Park Road, Grafton. Auckland International Airport is about 18 km south of the School of Medicine. The fare from the airport to the city by taxi is about $60 depending on the time of day.  Alternatively, there is an airport Airbus Express.  

Venue

Workshops and Scientific meeting will be held in the Lewis Lecture theatre (2nd floor, School of Medicine) and the MDC computer lab (2nd floor, School of Medicine).

Registration

Accommodation

Please arrange your own accommodation.