21st ISAP Educational Workshop
Introduction to PK/PD Modeling of Anti-Infective Agents
San Francisco, California, September 2009

Workshop 49-03
Friday, September 11, 2009, 8:30 am - noon

In cooperation with the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC)

• Conveners: Vincent Tam, PhD; Univ. of Houston, TX
  Alexander Vinks, PharmD, PhD; Univ. of Cincinnati, OH
• Goals and Format
• Credits

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) have now become essential tools for determining the appropriate use of currently available anti-infective agents as well as for accelerating the development of new drugs.  While this is now more and more recognized by Academia, Industry and Regulatory Agencies (see the ISAP / FDA and ISAP / EMEA workshops held in 1999, there is presently a lack of training into these disciplines.  Accordingly, ISAP has endeavoured to launch educational activities in this context.  The aim is to train people professionally involved in development or in the use of antiinfective drugs in the basic and applied aspects of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, showing how these sciences have emerged over the last 20 years and how their influence has grown. 

• Objectives:
  • MIC based PK/PD modeling in vitro and in animals
  • PK/PD based on kill curves
  • Population PK/PD of anti-infective agents
  • Monte Carlo Simulations
  • Integration of preclinical and clinical PK/PD
• Intended Audience: Drug development specialists, pharmacologists, medical microbiologists, infectious diseases specialists, and others interested
• Level: Advanced
• Prerequisites: A basic understanding of PK/PD relationships

The workshop are informal and each part will consist of a 15-20 minutes talk followed by a 10 minutes "Questions & Answers" period.  Every participant will be encouraged to ask questions (there are no stupid questions !!).  

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