Mission Statement
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Explore the pharmaceutical, biological, regulatory, and medical
issues associated with drug development in veterinary medicine.
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Facilitate the exchange of information regarding current and future
technologies as they apply to animal use in drug development.
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Develop the relationship between Veterinary and Human Health
development by identifying synergistic opportunities for cross learning and providing the forum for discussion.
2008 APT Focus Group Goals
- Submit a proposal for Sunrise Session/Roundtable discussing curriculum for Animal Health in Pharmacy schools.
- Submit at least two proposals for 2009 AAPS annual meeting.
- Collaborate with another focus group or section on at least one proposal for 2009 NBC.
- Ensure APT website is updated.
- Collaborate with our primary sections, other FGs, and other sections to develop programming.
- Establish goals for the Educational Subcommittee.
- Improve communication with the listserv and establish an e-news letter - six month frequency.
- Develop a survey to understand the needs of the membership.
- Establish a social hour at the end of the primary section's meeting.
About the APT Focus Group
AAPS Newsmagazine Article, September 2006
Upcoming Seminars/Events
2008 AAPS National Biotechnology Conference
June 22-25, 2008
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, Canada
2008 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition
November 16-20, 2008
Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, GA
Meeting Minutes
2006 APT Focus Group Business Meeting Slides
2005 APT Focus Group Membership Meeting Minutes
November 8, 2004 - APT Annual Meeting Minutes
Steering Committee Members
Krishan Kumar, Ph.D.
, Chair
Executive Director
Pharmaceutical product Development
Merial Ltd.
631 US Route 1 South
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
Phone: 732-729-5850
FAX: 732-729-5708
AAPS Section Affiliation: APQ
Krishan is Executive Director of Pharmaceutical Product Development, Merial Research and Development, based in North Brunswick NJ. He works on variety of formulations (solids, semi solids, solutions, suspensions, injectables etc.) for veterinary medicines with special interest in controlled release products.
Area of Interest for focus group development:
Promotion of the veterinary pharmaceutical science by organizing educational seminars and symposiums and publishing articles.
Jay C. Brumfield, Ph.D.
, Chair Elect
Associate Director - Pharmaceutical Sciences
Schering-Plough Research Institute
556 Morris Avenue
MS S7-B3-3249
Summit, NJ 07901
Phone 908-473-4530
Fax 908-473-5830
AAPS Section Affiliation: APQ
Jay is an Associate Director in the Pharmaceutical Sciences department at Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health. His expertise is analytical development, spanning discovery support through product registration and life cycle management/ marketed product support for Animal Health, Human Health prescription, OTC, and generic products.
Area of Interest for focus group development:
Establishing connections between professionals with a shared interest in veterinary pharmaceutics and technologies. Promoting educational programming focused on topics of special interest to the animal health community, and raising awareness of career opportunities in the animal health field.
Bob Albright
Fort Dodge Animal Health
Princeton, NJ
Current Position:
Principal Research Scientist in Discovery Formulations at Fort Dodge Animal Health in Princeton, NJ. Primary responsibility is preformulation & formulation support for small molecules in both Discovery and Clinical Development Area of interest for focus group development: Promotion of pharmaceutical sciences within veterinary medicine and applying pharmaceutical processes/technologies to develop novel delivery systems for domestic and commercial animal species.
Sandra M. Sims, Ph.D.
, Past Chair
Pharmaceutical Development Consulting, LLC
9922 Wexford Dr.
Portage, MI 49024
Phone: 269-267-7290
FAX: 269-324-7898
AAPS Section Affiliation: PDD, PT
Sandi founded Pharmaceutical Development Consulting, LLC and
provides formulation development consulting services to small and
medium size pharmaceutical start-up companies. Her experience
encompasses sterile and solid oral dosage form development for
humans and veterinary medicine from discovery through product
approval and launch.
Area of interest for focus group development:
Increasing membership and participation in the focus group by
developing programming that fits the needs of both the
veterinary medicine and animal pharmacology/technology aspects
of the focus group.
Pamela Boner
Carol A. Davis, Ph.D.
Davis Consulting and Training
410 Evergreen Court West
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 217-384-2860
FAX: 217-244-1652
AAPS Section Affiliation: PPDM
Carol is a private consultant and serves as a Senior Scientific
Advisor in the Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology Division,
Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary
Medicine at the University of Illinois. She has over 20 years
experience in analytical method development as the former
Director of the Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology and Endocrine
Laboratory at the university. Her specialties include method
development, quality control and quality assurance, HPLC,
immunoassay development, radioisotopes, pharmacokinetic modeling,
and species differences in drug disposition (ADME).
Area of Interest for focus group development:
Promote the exchange of ideas between scientists in the human and
veterinary disciplines to improve our understanding of comparative
biomedical science and species differences in drug disposition
through development of joint workshops and symposia. Development
of educational opportunities and visiting lectureships to targeted
audiences (pharmacy, veterinary, graduate students in the
pharmaceutical and related sciences) to promote awareness of the
challenges facing veterinary pharmaceutical scientists and
scientists interested in comparative biomedical sciences.
Grace V. Gowda
AAPS Section Affiliation: RS
Muhammad Delwar Hussain
AAPS Section Affiliation: PPDM
Laura Letendre, Ph.D.
Marilyn N. Martinez, Ph.D.
Senior Biomedical Research Scientist
Rockville, MD
(301) 827-7577
AAPS Section Affiliation: RS
Marilyn is a Senior Expert Scientist with the Food and Drug
Administration, Center of Veterinary Medicine. Her specialty is
pharmacokinetics. Area of interest for focus group development:
the development and application of in-vitro methods (dissolution
for oral products, release testing for parenteral products) to
support assessments of product bioavailability in veterinary
species; improved understanding of interspecies differences in
ADME processes and impact drug development and regulation, and the
fostering technology sharing between human and veterinary scientists.
Sunil Narishetty
333 Portage Road, Kalamazoo 49001
Phone: 269-833-3454
Current position and responsibilities: Principal Scientist in
Discovery Formulations within VMRD Global Discovery for Pfizer
Animal Health, based in Kalamazoo. Responsibilities include
preformulation & formulation support for small molecules and
vaccines.
Area of interest for focus group development:
Promotion of pharmaceutical sciences within veterinary medicine
and applying pharmaceutical processes/technologies to develop oral
vaccines.
Amit K. Sharma
University of Nebraska Medical Center
3828 Jones St. #209
Omaha, NE 68105
Phone: (402) 305-0541
AAPS Section Affiliation: BIOTEC
Viswatej Vemulapalli
Mercer University
3224 Regency Apts. Apt#221
Mercer University Drive
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: (570) 713-9773
AAPS Section Affiliation: PDD
Past FG Chairs
Todd P. Foster (1999 - 2001)
Carol Davis (2001 - 2003)
Steven Brown (2003-2005)
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Links to Animal Health Webpages
A. General Sites
American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (AAVPT)
Animal Health in Australia
Animal Health Institute Online
Aquaculture Health Page
Aquaculture Online
AquaNIC
National Institute of Animal Health (Japan)
NetVet Veterinary Resources
Office International des Epizooties (OIE)
Pig Disease Information Center
World Health Organization
B. State Links
Illinois Department of Agriculture's Animal Health and Welfare
Indiana's Board of Animal Health
Maryland Department of Agriculture's Animal Health Section
Massachusetts Dept. of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Health
Minnesota Board of Animal Health
Mississippi's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Nebraska Dept. of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Industry
New Jersey Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Animal Health
South Dakota Animal Industry Board
Texas Animal Health Commission
Virginia Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Service's Animal Health and Welfare
Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture's Division of Animal Health
C. Company Websites
3M Animal Care
Alchera Bio
Alpharma
Bayer
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
The Butler Company
Durvet, Inc.
Elanco
Fort Dodge
Hartz Mountain Corporation
Intervet, Inc
Merial
Novartis
Pfizer
Schering-Plough
Vedco, Inc.
Vineland Laboratories
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