The IXth World Conference on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Scientific Program

Meet-the-Expert Sunrise Sessions

Monday, July 28, 2008
07:15 - 08:15
GATC - Genomics Approaches to Therapy for Children - The Pharmacogenomics of Adverse Drug Reactions
Speaker: Bruce Carleton, University of British Columbia
Sponsored by: Child & Family Research Institute

Monday, July 28, 2008
07:15 - 08:15
The Clinical Relevance of Pharmacokinetic Changes in Pregnancy
Speaker: Mary Hebert, University of Washington
Sponsored by: Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D)

Tuesday, July 29, 2008
07:15 - 08:15
An Overview of the Research Value of Administrative Data from Private Drug Plans
Speaker: Jamie Foley
Sponsored by: Brogan Inc.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008
07:15 - 08:15
Pediatric Pain - Clinical Breakthroughs in Pharmacologic Treatment
Sponsored by: Alliance for Better Medicines for Children
Chaired by:
Gideon Koren, Motherisk Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada and Ivey Chair, Molecular
Toxicology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

• Research and Practice Issues in Neonatal Pain Pharmacology
A. Taddio, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
• Pediatric Analgesia and Advances in Topical Analgesia
R.D. Goldman, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada

Wednesday, July 30, 2008
07:15 - 08:15
Perspectives on the Evolution of Modified-release Methylphenidate Dosage Forms for the Treatment of ADHD
Speaker: Dr. Arthur Straughn, University of Tennessee
Sponsored by: Purdue Pharma

Thursday, July 31, 2008
07:15 - 08:15
History of Insulin
Speaker: Michael Bliss, University of Toronto
Sponsored by: The Lilly Foundation

Friday, August 1, 2008
07:15 - 08:15
Human Rights or Cost Containment: Patients Legal Rights to Access Innovative Pharmaceutical
Treatment
Speaker: Amir Attaran, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada