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Inhalation OCTOBER2016 7 Dissolution testing for controlled release products In order to increase patient compli- ance and provide better control for chronically administered therapeu- tic agents, long-term drug delivery systems are being developed. The challenge associated with the design and development of such systems is multifaceted. For instance, confirm- ing the actual release rate of long- term delivery systems is costly and time-consuming but it is a critical quality attribute for such a product. However, since the long-term re- lease data can take several months to obtain, the quality control (QC) product release specification for the dissolution attribute typically only contains a fraction of the actual drug release profile. Therefore, a shorter, discriminating dissolution method is generally utilized to release the drug product. The INTFG is co- sponsoring a symposium that will focus on the challenge associated with development of discriminat- ing, short-term, QC dissolution test methods and their correlation with the actual release rate profiles. The symposium "Dissolution test- ing for controlled release products" will include three speakers: H. Thomas Karnes from VCU, Juergen Siepmann from the University of Lille and Jeff Kindig from Liquidia. They will speak on a range of topics, from relationships between func- tional drug release and QC-based test methods to mathematical mod- eling of diffusion data or dissolution testing for depot/implant devices. This session will be held on Wednes- day, November 16, 1:20-3:40 PM. INTFG annual business meeting In addition to these scientific ses- sions, the INTFG will be holding its annual business meeting on Tues- day, November 15, 4:00-5:00 PM in Room 405/406 of the Colorado Convention Center. The meeting will summarize the INTFG's work throughout the past year, provide a scientific talk in the area of inhala- tion and nasal drug delivery and include the election of new members to the INTFG executive committee. We look forward to seeing everyone at the 2016 AAPS annual meeting and encourage you to get involved in INTFG! For more information, visit the INTFG website at: http://www. aaps.org/Inhalation_and_Nasal_Tech nology and the annual meeting web- site: http://www.aaps.org/annual meeting. To be featured at CPhI, AAPS and DDL Please visit Inhalation's advertisers who will be exhibiting at CPhI, AAPS or DDL. The following web page is updated several weeks before each conference and features information on the products and services the companies will be exhibiting. http://www.inhalationmag.com/digital/INH_ upcoming/INH_new_upcoming.html NEW AT UPCOMING CONFERENCES 2016