JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore is organising a seminar on 'emerging trends, challenges, and future perspectives in dissolution tests' for all the pharmaceutical professionals engaged in regulatory affairs, marketing, R&D and manufacturing of pharmaceuticals on January 24 and 25 at the college.

The seminar is being organised by the department of pharmaceutics of the college to provide them in-hand experience in dissolution testing which is a critical tool used for the quality control to ensure performance of production lots and in selection of excipients in formulation development.

The workshop aims at familiarization of dissolution test apparatus, performing the dissolution test and physical suitability testing. This seminar will benefit the novice dissolution analyst and those in quality control and assurance, calibration, and metrology and serves for freshers with limited or intermediate dissolution experience.

Dr B Suresh, vice chancellor, JSS University, Mysore, Dr H G Shivakumar, Chairman and principal JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore, Dr P K Kulkarni, convenor, Prof. and Head, Dept. of Pharmaceutics will welcome the eminent speakers for the seminar like, Dr Vinod P Shah, M. Pharm., PhD, scientific secretary and a member of the executive council of International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), adjunct professor at University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA, Dr Suresh Venkataram, M. Pharm., PhD, chief scientific officer, Semler Research Centre Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru.

This workshop provides an excellent opportunity to seek expert advice on current topics: challenges in dissolution method development, trouble shooting dissolution method transfer problems, development and validation of dissolution test, design of a dissolution test, design and calibration of a dissolution test equipment, selection of a dissolution test medium, in vitro in vivo correlations, dissolution testing in the development of solid oral dosage forms DQ, lQ, OQ and PO and regulatory requirements for dissolution testing.

The participant will be able to describe basic principles of dissolution theory and compendial apparatus, perform proper dissolution techniques to conform with USP guidelines, list critical physical parameters associated with apparatus 1 and 2, describe essentials in USP calibration of apparatus 1 and 2, as well as regulatory issues associated with dissolution and GMP guidelines.