Innovative therapeutics: from molecules to medicines. 27 June-7 July 2004, Parma, Italy

The Socrates Intensive Programme offers annual courses focusing on the specific aspects of innovative therapeutics. The 2004 meeting was coordinated by the University of Parma and covered various subjects in the field of advanced drug delivery and pharmaceutical technology, including sessions on biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, polymers, oral delivery, colloidal vectors, peptide and protein delivery, vaccines, oligonucleotide delivery, gene delivery, non-conventional routes of administration, and a graduate student symposium. The meeting had a highly interactive character and provided a unique opportunity for young scientists to present and discuss their work in an international setting.