World's largest scientific society to hold ACS ProSpectives conference on ADMET in May

ACS has gathered many of the world's leading ADMET (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity) experts to present research in such technical areas as absorption, in vitro metabolism, computational approaches, bioanalysis, physical property measurement and in vivo pharmacokinetics. This conference is designed to help participants examine their organization's ADMET approaches in the context of the world's most successful ADMET programs.

A feature of the program will be presentations by experts from the ADMET strategic management perspective. They will discuss real-world issues, such as dealing with applications strategies and infrastructure issues.

Rod Cole, of Millennium Pharmaceuticals, and Tim Olah, of Bristol Myers Squibb, are chairs for the conference.

ACS ProSpectives is a series of small conferences for senior-level industry scientists. Each conference examines a field's important topics through presentations by its foremost researchers.

Space is limited for these meetings. Attendance at the conferences is limited to 200 or fewer to facilitate easy interaction among the speakers and those attending. From 20-25 leading experts in each field participate in a given conference. The conferences are in addition to the Society's two national meetings and its eight to ten regional meetings held every year.

Other conferences in the series for the remainder of 2003:

Combinatorial Chemistry: New Methods, New Discoveries
Anthony Czarnik, editor, Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry; Michael Organ, York University, Canada; A. Ganesan, University of Southampton, UK
Lansdowne Conference Center
Leesburg, Va.
September 21-24, 2003

Integrating Proteomics into System Biology
Ruth Van Bogelen, Pfizer; Eric Neumann, Beyond Genomics Lansdowne Conference Center
Leesburg, Va.
Nov. 9-12, 2003

Further details about the conferences, including instructions on how to register and arrange lodging, are available on www.acsprospectives.org. This site will be updated regularly with the latest information about upcoming ACS ProSpectives conferences.

(EDITOR's NOTE -- News media wishing to attend the conferences should contact Michael Bernstein at 202-872-6042 or at m_bernstein@acs.org).