Haslam Special Topics in Formulation Series (2025)

In Memory of John L. Haslam

Functional Pharmaceutical Excipients

Simons Laboratory Auditorium, Room 100
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
May 29 & 30, 2025

The 'Special Topics in Formulation Series' is sponsored by the John L. Haslam Fund for Formulation Education and Research in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the KU Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

Series Lecturer

Bruno Hancock

Partner at Aleurites LLC
Co-Editor for the Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients
USP Expert Panel on Excipients
Former Head of the Global Materials Science Group at Pfizer Inc., Merck Frosst & Co.

Tentative Schedule

Day	Agenda Item
Thursday, May 29 - AM Session	Bruno Hancock (Keynote Speaker) -Excipient Taxonomy for the 21st Century Lipid-Based Drug Delivery Systems for Challenging APIs USP and the Role of Public Standards in Assuring
Thursday, May 29 - PM Session	Advancements in Drug Production Development: Excipients and Algorithm-Based Tools Arginine Glutamate as a Novel Excipient for Viscosity Reduction Excipient Identification
Friday, May 30 - AM Session	Bruno Hancock (Keynote Speaker) -Basic Principles of Materials Science with Application to Pharmaceutical materials Physical and Mechanical Properties of Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Their Performance in Dosage Forms Mitigation of Polysorbate Degradation in Biologics Formulations in Reducing Trace Metal Contamination in Histidine & Sucrose
Friday, May 30 - PM Session	Cyclodextrin Based Excipients Reception - KU Innovation Park

About John L. Haslam

Colleagues described John as a hands-on, tireless inquisitor whose curiosity led to all kinds of formulations and drug delivery systems and devices as well the ability to make and modify the equipment necessary to analyze the performance of these dosage forms and systems. His contributions to young scientists, as he patiently worked with graduate students in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, was exemplary of the giving person that he was.

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