An agenda for "Drug Dissolution in Oral Drug Absorption" is provided below for the convenience of conference attendees.

Scheduled for May 23-24, 2023, "Drug Dissolution in Oral Drug Absorption" is a two-day workshop hosted by the University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (M-CERSI) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Time Activity
8:20 – 8:25 a.m. Welcome
James Polli, PhD, University of Maryland, and Kimberly Raines, PhD, FDA
8:25 – 8:30 a.m. Session Overview
Lynne S. Taylor, PhD, Purdue University
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Supersaturation via Acid-Base Interactions
Abu Serajuddin, PhD, St Johns University
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. “Dissolved” Species: Biopharmaceutical Roles and Ways to Measure
Martin Brandl, PhD, Dr. habil, University of Southern Denmark
9:30 – 10:00 a.m. Gastrointestinal Imaging with MRI: Providing Information about Conditions at the Site of Drug Delivery
Werner Weitschies, PhD, University of Greifswald
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. In Vitro Evaluation of Drug Presence in the Micellar Phase of Contents of Upper Small Intestine: Rationale, Challenges, Opportunities 
Christos Reppas, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Predicting Food Effects on Drug Absorption
Anette Müllertz, PhD, University of Copenhagen
11:30 a.m. – Noon

Panel

Moderator:

  • Lynne S. Taylor, PhD, Purdue University

Panelists:

  • Abu Serajuddin, PhD, St Johns University
  • Martin Brandl, PhD, Dr. habil, University of Southern Denmark
  • Werner Weitschies, PhD, University of Greifswald
  • Christos Reppas, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Anette Müllertz, PhD, University of Copenhagen
  • Bhagwant Rege, PhD, FDA
Noon – 12:55 p.m. Lunch
12:55 – 1:00 p.m. Session Overview
Haritha Mandula, PhD, FDA
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Biorelevant In Vitro Testing-Dissolution Method Development Beyond Compendial Approaches
Zongming Gao, PhD, FDA
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. In Vivo Formulation Behavior and Drug Absorption 
Patrick Augustijns, PhD, University of Leuven
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Release Mechanisms of Amorphous Solid Dispersions 
Lynne S. Taylor, PhD, Purdue University
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.

Panel

Moderator:

  • Haritha Mandula, PhD, FDA

Panelists:

  • Zongming Gao, PhD, FDA
  • Patrick Augustijns, PhD, University of Leuven
  • Lynne S. Taylor, PhD, Purdue University
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Break 
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Breakout Sessions A 

  • RTRT to replace in vitro dissolution: best practices to incorporate in vitro dissolution data into modeling
  • Drug dissolution from nano-formulations
  • Non-compendial methods 
  • Drug dissolution from lipid-based formulations 
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Breakout Session Read-Outs 

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Time Activity
8:20 – 8:25 a.m. Welcome
James Polli, PhD, University of Maryland, and Kimberly Raines, PhD, FDA
8:25 – 8:30 a.m. Session Overview
Leah W. Falade, PhD, FDA
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. An FDA Perspective on QC Dissolution Test for Oral Drug Products Containing ASDs 
Kevin Wei, PhD, FDA
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Non-compendial Tools in Early Drug Product Development
Kerstin Schaefer, PhD, B
oehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Corrine Jankovsky, PhD, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.
9:30 – 10:00 a.m. Setting Up Dissolution Studies to Reflect Product Performance in the GI Tract 
Jennifer Dressman, PhD, Fraunhofer Institute of Translational Pharmacology and Medicine
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Considering Free-Drug Concentrations in the GI Tract: Impact of Cyclodextrin and Food 
Shinji Yamashita, PhD, Ritsumeikan University
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Combined Dissolution/Permeation: Input for Rationalized Drug Formulation Development 
Annette Bauer-Brandl, PhD, University of Southern Denmark
11:30 a.m. – Noon

Panel

Moderator:

  • Leah W. Falade, PhD, FDA

Panelists:

  • Kevin Wei, PhD, FDA
  • Kerstin Schaefer, PhD, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • Corrine Jankovsky, PhD, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • Jennifer Dressman, PhD, Fraunhofer Institute of Translational Pharmacology and Medicine
  • Shinji Yamashita, PhD, Ritsumeikan University
  • Annette Bauer-Brandl, PhD, University of Southern Denmark
Noon – 12:55 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Breakout Sessions B

  • Drug dissolution from co-crystals 
  • Ionizable drugs or excipients: buffer capacity considerations
  • Non-compendial testing for ASDs from industry and regulatory perspective
2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Break 
2:15 – 3:15 p.m.

Breakout Sessions C 

  • In vitro approaches to interpret/predict food effects 
  • Drug dissolution from amorphous solid dispersions 
  • Non-USP methods versus regulatory methods: biopharmaceutic risk assessment 
3:15 – 4:00 p.m. Breakout Session Read-Outs 
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Summary 
End of Workshop

Breakout Session Topics

Breakout Sessions (PDF)

Session #1: Drug dissolution from amorphous solid dispersions

Topic Question: What basic and applied laboratory methods provide the best insight into drug dissolution from amorphous solid dispersions?

Lead – Dana Moseson (Pfizer) / Debasis Ghosh (FDA)

Session #2: Drug dissolution from nano-formulations

Topic Question: What in vitro dissolution and dissolution/permeation methods have been most useful for nano-formulations?

Lead – David Curran (GSK) / Anitha Govada (FDA)

Session #3: Drug dissolution from co-crystals

Topic Question: What in vitro dissolution and dissolution/permeation methods have been most useful for co-crystals?

Lead – Abu Serajuddin (St. John's) / Alaadin Alayoubi (FDA)

Session #4: Drug dissolution from lipid-based formulations

Topic Question: What in vitro dissolution methods have been most useful for lipid-based formulations?

Lead – Anette Mullertz (University of Copenhagen) / Leah Falade (FDA)

Session #5: Non-USP methods versus regulatory methods:  biopharmaceutic risk assessment

Topic Question: For various types of products, what non-USP methods have provided enhanced assessment of biopharmaceutic risk compared to regulatory dissolution methods?

Lead – Yi Gao (AbbVie) / Tapash Ghosh (FDA)

Session #6: Non-compendial testing for ASDs from industry and regulatory perspective

Topic Question: For ASDs, what non-USP methods are most useful compared to regulatory dissolution methods?

Lead – Lynne Taylor (Purdue) / Andre Hermans (Merck) / Rajesh Savkur (FDA)

Session #7: Non-compendial methods

Topic Question: Under what conditions has any particular non-compendial method been helpful, and why?  Are such non-compendial methods complementary or potential replacements for compendial methods?

Lead –  Kerstin Schaefer (Boehringer-Ingelheim) / Hansong Chen (FDA)

Session #8: Ionizable drugs or excipients:  buffer capacity considerations

Topic Question: When and how should in vitro dissolution buffer capacity be modified due to ionizable drugs and excipients?

Lead – Rohit Jaini (Pfizer) / Parnali Chatterjee (FDA)

Session #9: RTRT to replace in vitro dissolution

Topic Question: What are the best real-time release testing (RTRT) practices to replace in vitro dissolution testing?

Lead – Hanlin Li (Vertex) / Haritha Mandula (FDA)

Session #10: In vitro approaches to interpret/predict food effects

Topic Question: What in vitro dissolution or dissolution/permeation methods have been shown to anticipate positive, negative, or no food effect?

Lead – Martin Brandl (U of Southern Denmark) / Annette Bauer-Brandl (U of Southern Denmark) / Kimberly Raines (FDA)