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6th Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Dermopharmazie
(GD) (Society for Dermopharmacy) in Hamburg between 20 and 22 March 2002
Information
opportunities from all sections of Dermopharmacy
From 20 till 22 March,
the 6 th Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Dermopharmazie (Society
for Dermopharmacy) will be held in the Hamburg University. The extensive
opportunity for information on the occasion of this meeting includes lectures,
workshops and a satellite symposium referring to topics from the sectors
extemporaneous preparations, dermopharmaceutic chemistry, quality assurance,
pharmaceutical technology, dermobiopharmacy, dermatopharmacology, dermatotherapy
and dermocosmetics. The scientific head of the meeting is incumbent on professor
Dr. med. Martina Kerscher, Hamburg, and professor Dr. Rolf Daniels, Brunswick,
a dermatologist and a pharmaceutical technologist.
The scientific main program of the meeting will take place on 21 March between
9.30 o'clock a.m. and 5.30 o'clock p.m. It will commence with a basic lecture
by professor Dr. med. Erwin Schöpf, Freiburg, the honorary president
of the Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft (German Dermatological Society).
He will deal with the question of the future significance of biotechnology
and tissue engineering within dermatology.
Later in the morning, lectures concerning pharmaceutic-chemical and biopharmaceutical
topics will be part of the program. They will treat new preservatives on
peptide and polypeptide basis, quality risks of dermopharmaceutical primary
materials, lipid nanoparticles for cutaneous applications, the question
of liberation and permeation of hydrocortisone from pharmacopoeia bases
as well as studies relating to dermatopharmacokinetics with regard to skin
equivalents.
The afternoon is marked by dermocosmetical and dermatotherapeutical subjects.
In the lecture block dermocosmetics, experts from industry, contract research
institutes and the dermatological clinic will inform about the experimental
backing up of effectiveness claims for cosmetics, the development of a novel
cream preparation for the care of dry skin, the relevance of daily light
protection and new active principles of sun protection. The lectures relating
to Dermatotherapy will cover registration-relevant problems with dermatics,
the dermatopharmacology of Dexpanthenol, the effectiveness of Ciclopirox
for the seborrhoeic eczema, indications of preparations with povidone-iodine
as well as problems of the skin lipid regeneration after application of
antiseptic hand wash solutions.
Workshops concerning Extemporaneous
Preparations and Sun Protection
The main program of the meeting forms the frame for two workshops. On 20
March already between 1 and 5 o'clock p.m., a workshop will take place organized
by the GD-department Extemporaneous Preparations under the title "The
practice-oriented prescription in the 3rd millenium". The program of
this workshop is to address both the prescribing dermatologist and the pharmacist
concerned with the preparation of prescriptions. Dealt with are the guidelines
developed under the responsibility of the GD referring to the magistral
prescription, prescriptions at the limit of the freedom of therapy as well
as questions concerning the therapeutical concept, standardization, the
quality of the starting materials, preservation and economic efficiency
of prescription drugs. Furthermore, the participants will get information
in the form of practical examples in order to avoid incompatibilities.
On 22 March from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 o'clock p.m. the GD-department Dermocosmetics
invites to a workshop that will treat different aspects of "sun protection".
Discussed will be the biological effects of UV-radiation, the status of
the standardization of methods for sun protection factor testing, a new
procedure for the testing of the UVA protection, legal provisions for sun
protection filters as well as special demands relating to a dermocosmetic
sun protection. Moreover, an overview about the cosmetic light protection
agents in the market will be presented.
Satellite symposium, poster show
and numerous other interesting events
In the evening of 20 March, the Industrieverband Körperpflege- und
Waschmittel e.V. (IKW) (Industrial Association for Personal Hygiene and
Detergents), since recently cooperation partner of the GD, will organize
a satellite symposium entitled "Cosmetics - effective and safe".
In the course of this event, held at the Elysee-Hotel from 7 o'clock p.m.
on, experts from the cosmetics industry will inform about the contents of
the cosmetics legislation in view of the latest amendments, about strategies
for the ensuring of cosmetical preparations as well as methods for the effectiveness
proof of cosmetic preparations. In a subsequent panel discussion in which
besides the lecturers also the general manager of the IKW, Dr. Bernd Strömer
and the GD president Dr. Joachim Kresken will take part, among other subjects,
the special features of cosmetic preparations designated as "Dermocosmetics"
will be discussed.
Further topics of the Annual Meeting will be a poster show and the possibility
of visiting a contract research institute for dermocosmetics in Schenefeld.
Moreover, a press conference and the regular ordinary general meeting of
the GD will be held. In the extended pauses there will be the possibility
for conversations and an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas. An evening
event on 21 March in the restaurant "Historischer Gasthof Anno 1750"
(Historical Inn of 1750) in the traditional Hamburg brewery Gröninger
will offer distraction from the meeting
| Call for Papers
On the occasion of the 6th Annual Meeting of the GD, a scientific
poster show will take place. Persons having the intention to present
a poster are kindly asked to send their information as well as a
one-page abstract to the following e-mail address until 1 February
2002 at the latest:
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