Industrial Liaison Program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology presents a short course entitled:

"CONTROLLED RELEASE TECHNOLOGY: POLYMERIC DELIVERY SYSTEMS

FOR DRUGS, PESTICIDES, AND FOODS"

Dates: June 4-7, 1984

Chairman: Professor Robert Langer, MIT

Other Speakers: Dr. Frank Harris, University of Akron Dr. Jorge Heller, SRI International Dr. Marcus Karel, MIT Dr. Nicholas Peppas, Purdue University Dr. Frank Szoka, University of California

Location: Vienna, Austria

Contact: Maria Clara V. Suva Martin Industrial Liaison Program Tel: (617) 253-2691; TELEX: 921473

Attendence Fee: Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) Members — $700.00, Non ILP Members — $900.00.

Topics: Fundamental Principles of Controlled Drug Release; Pharmaceutical Ap­plications; Agricultural Applications; Pesticides; Food Applications; Fab­rication Technology of Controlled Release Systems; Liposomes; Microen­capsulation; Polymer Technology for Release Systems and Diffusion of Drugs in Polymers.

Abstract: Controlled release systems improve the ways in which chemical or drugs are administered. Normally, a chemical is administered in a high dose only to have to repeat that dose several hours or days later. This is not economical and sometimes results in damaging side-effects. Thus, increasing attention has been focused on methods of giving drugs continuously for prolonged time periods and in a controlled fashion by incorporating the drugs within polymers.

The program will explore recent advances in controlled release technology and cover polymers systems as they relate to achieving appropriate design of controlled release formulations.