Ed Bilsky presents and chairs sessions at World Pharma Congress

Bilsky142Edward Bilsky, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and vice president for Research and Scholarship, recently gave a presentation and chaired several scientific sessions at the World Pharma Congress, which was held June 4-6, 2013, in Philadelphia.

His primary talk, titled "Dual Targeting _ Agonist/∂ Antagonist Opioid Analgesics," provided an update on an opioid drug development project that his laboratory collaborates on with colleagues at Southern Research Institute.

Bilsky also chaired sessions on "Novel Approaches for Opioid Analgesics," "Imaging in Pain Therapeutics Development,” and a roundtable discussion on animal models and predictive validity.

The World Pharma Congress focuses on covering the latest preclinical strategies and technologies for driving better predictions. Building on its experience covering pain and analgesics, drug targets, high-throughput screening, lead optimization, ADME and drug safety, the event attracts elders from the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, as well as academic and clinical participants.

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