7. Dermal / Transdermal Drug Delivery
Course Coordinator: G. Imanidis (Basel)
Faculty Participants: G. Imanidis (Basel), G. Flynn (Michigan), R. Guy (Pharmapeptides/U of Geneva), W. Higuchi (U of Utah), M. Roberts (U of Queensland), A. Urtti (U of Kuopio)
Program:
8:00 - 8:50 AM Lecture 1. The skin barrier and passive transdermal delivery. G Flynn (Michigan)
8:50 - 9:40 AM Lecture 2. Molecular mechanisms of skin permeability and permeation pathways across epidermis (FTIR, DSC, CLSM, Impedance spectroscopy). R. Guy
9:40 - 9:55 AM Break
9:55 - 10:45 AM Lecture 3. Structure/activity relationship of skin permeation enhancers. W. Higuchi
10:45 - 11:15 AM Lecture 4. Structure/permeability relationship of drugs for the skin. M. Roberts
11:15 - 12:15 PM Lunch
12:15 - 1:05 PM Lecture 5. Cutaneous pharmacokinetics and bioavailability (Modeling, methodology). M. Roberts
1:05 - 1:25 PM Lecture 6. The C* Approach. G. Imanidis (Basel)
1:25 - 1:40 PM Break
1:40 - 2:20 PM Transdermal drug delivery by iontophoresis. R. Guy
2:20 - 2:50 PM Insights gained by modeling constant voltage iontophoresis. G. Imanidis (Basel)
2:50 - 3:20 PM Cell culture of keratinocytes as a skin model. A. Urtti
3:20 - 3:50 PM What does the market place teach about transdermal delivery? G. Flynn (Michigan)
3:50 - 4:20 PM Panel Discussion