Garnet E. Peck Symposium in Industrial Pharmacy
October 20, 2011

This symposium highlighted new developments in pharmaceutical solids: amorphous and crystalline solids. Crystalline solids are ordered arrays of molecules, while amorphous solids lack long-range order. The symposium's presentations covered cutting-edge discoveries for both types of solids, including transformations between crystal forms (polymorphs), the development of novel cocrystals and the design of amorphous forms with enhanced solubility. Speakers came from MIT and the University of South Florida, among others, and from Janssen Research & Development in Belgium.

The symposium was sponsored by the Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy and the College of Pharmacy at Purdue University. The event honored Garnet E. Peck, Ph.D., professor emeritus of the department. Dr. Peck has a record of enduring contributions to the pharmaceutical sciences, including the development of latex-based tablet coatings that have been used in the industry for more than thirty years. The goal was to stimulate interest in the symposium's focus areas and to identify opportunities for new research.

Steve Byrn visits with speakers Bernhardt Trout & Lian Yu		IPPH graduate students & post docs interact at the Peck Symposium luncheon
Speaker Tonglei Li talks with Kinam Park		Dr. Garnet Peck converses with IPPH alumna Holly Bonsignore
IPPH Department Head Liz Topp introduces luncheon speaker		Over 100 guests enjoy lunch at the PMU North Ballroom
Luncheon speaker Dr. Robert Lipper of Back Cove Pharma, LLC, speaks about today's pharmaceutical industry		Professor Rodolfo Pinal listens with speaker Michael Pikal
Dr. Garnet Peck enjoys Robert Lipper's remarks		Guests at the Peck Symposium Luncheon
Amorphous Solids session speakers with Garnet Peck		Crystalline Solids session speakers with Garnet Peck
Over 100 participants attended the Peck Symposium		Lian Yu of the University of Wisconsin-Madison speaks on crystal growth
Bob Lipper of Back Cove Pharma, Maine, greets Marcus Brewster of Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Belgium		Bernhardt Trout of MIT converses with Liz Topp of IPPH
Senior grad student Zohreh Amoozgar interacts with Nawel Khalef of Université Joseph Fourier, France		Grad students and post-docs look at poster exhibit
Speaker Mike Zaworotko of the University of South Florida listens to Greg Knipp of IPPH		Lynne Taylor of IPPH and Tonglei Li of the University of Kentucky enjoy a discussion during a break
IPPH Grad student Yi-Ling Hsieh explains her poster to Marcus Brewster of Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Belgium		Speaker Mike Zaworotko of the University of South Florida presents his work on cocrystals
Mary Speer explains the IPPH Regulatory & Quality Compliance program to a symposium participant		Dr. Garnet Peck interacts with post-doc Sai Sumana Penumetcha