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California Analytical Chemists Organization (CACO)

About Us:

The California Analytical Chemists Organization (CACO) is a non-profit professional organization of scientists and other professionals in analytical chemistry, mass spectrometry, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, and related fields, working in diverse organizations such as biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industry, instrumentation and analytical product suppliers, universities, government laboratories and contract research organizations. Currently we have about 3000 members in the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Diego Area.

Mission Statement:

The mission of CACO is to promote the exchange of scientific and technical ideas, and to provide educational and growth opportunities in the fields of analytical chemistry, drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics, and related disciplines. We foster interactions and disseminate information through seminar luncheons, targeted workshops (short courses), expert forums, vendor shows, and job opening announcements.

Event Calendar:

All of our scheduled events are listed below.  Click on the links in the Status column to register. For further meeting details, click on the meeting name, speakers’ names, or the “Registered Vendors” link, and the information will appear as a balloon in 1-2 seconds.

 

StatusDateTimePlaceEventNameMajor SponsorSpeakersEventType

>>Registered Vendors
3/10/2010 1245 - 1730
Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza
ADME Sciences as Applied to Assessing Safety Testing (MIST)
(1)XenoBiotic Laboratories
Scott Obach (Pfizer)
Workshop/Expert Forums

>>Registered Vendors
3/12/2010 1100 - 1330
San Diego: Embassy Suites-La Jolla
The Application of Dried Blood Spots for Quantitation of Xenobiotics - Pre-Clinical DMPK New Directions
(1)Alturas Analytics, Inc.
Chester Bowen
Seminar luncheons

>>Registered Vendors
4/19/2010 1245 - 1730
Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza
Drug Transporters: Interpretation and Application of the International Transporter Consortium Whitepaper and Draft FDA Guidance
(1)Qualyst, Inc.
Joseph Polli (GSK), Caroline Lee (Pfizer), Harma Ellens (GSK), Xiaoyan Chu (Merck)
Workshop/Expert Forums

>>Registered Vendors
4/20/2010 1245 - 1730
San Diego: Del Mar Marriot
Drug Transporters: Interpretation and Application of the International Transporter Consortium Whitepaper and Draft FDA Guidance
(1)Optivia Biotechnology
Joseph Polli (GSK), Caroline Lee (Pfizer), Harma Ellens (GSK), Xiaoyan Chu (Merck)
Workshop/Expert Forums

>>Registered Vendors
5/14/2010 1245 - 1730
Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza
Modern NMR technologies for trace compound analysis: metabolites, impurities, and degradants
(1)XenoBiotic Laboratories
J. Pease (Roche), R. Subramanian (Amgen), S.Khera (AMgen), et al.
Workshop/Expert Forums

>>Registered Vendors
5/21/2010 1100 - 1330
Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza
Pharmacokinetic Assessment of Antibody Therapeutics by LC-MS/MS
Hendrik Neubert, Pfizer
Seminar luncheons

>>Registered Vendors
6/10/2010 845 - 1730
Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza
Solid Oral Dosage Forms: Theory, Formulation Strategies & Case Studies for clinical developments (Full-day; Jointly with U of P)
B.R. Jasti, X. Li, R. Nyshadham, R. Mahalingam
Workshop/Expert Forums

>>Registered Vendors
8/2/2010 1245 - 1730
Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza
Pharmacokinetic Modeling: Simulation Platforms for In Vitro–In Vivo extrapolation (IVIVE) and Physiological Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling
(1)BD Biosciences
Harvey Wong, PhD (Genentech); Matt Wright, PhD (Gilead); Natilie Hosea, PhD (Pfizer); Jane Kenny, PhD (Genentech)
Workshop/Expert Forums

>>Registered Vendors
9/17/2010 1100 - 1330
Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza
Utility of nanowire technology in oral drug delivery
Professor Tejle Desai, UCSF
Seminar luncheons

>>Registered Vendors
12/3/2010 1100 - 1330
Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza
Excipients in drug formulation (Jointly with AAPS-BADG)
(1)AAI Pharma
TBA
Seminar luncheons
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More Detailed Info...

Local Chapters:

 

We currently have the following two local chapters under the CACO umbrella, though other local chapters may be established in the future. The upcoming events are shown in the Event Calendar table.

Please click on the following links to go to the website of the chapter of your interest, where you can sign up for the free membership and mailing list, and register for the upcoming events.

 

The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (CACO-San Francisco Bay Area)

The San Diego Chapter (CACO-San Diego)

CACO Governing Board:

 

Shichang Miao (ChemoCentryx, Inc.), President

Robyn Rourick (Genentech, Inc.), Secretary

Helen Yeo (Roche), Treasurer

Dave Toman (Elan)

Sam Sperry (Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)

Jennifer Yang (Ardea)

Contact us:

 

Email: CACO@CACO-CA.org

Mailing address: PO Box 2342, South San Francisco, CA 94083-2342.

 

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