title: The AAPS National Biotechnology Conference.
abstract: Leading off the event, specialized workshops with panels of experts were conducted that brough together students and scientists to the current advances in their specialty. Delivery of therapeutics across the blood-brain barrier for the treatment of neurological conditions such as pain, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease is a field of great development with an expanding aging population of patients. Manoj Rajadhyaksha, Pfizer, Inc. and Saileta Prabhu, Genentech, Inc., brought together a panel describing the anatomy of the CNS and improvements in drug delivery. The conference that followed expanded upon the current approaches.
authors: Genentech, Inc. South San Francisco, CA, USA. mkenrick@gene.com
authors: Margaret
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authors: Kenrick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000378:metabolism; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D006801:Humans