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ADVANCED PROGRAM

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2000
10:00-12:30 General Ocular Pharmacology:
MANAGING GLAUCOMA IN THE YEAR 2000 AND BEYOND
Sponsored by: MERCK
Chairperson: V.P. Costa, Sao Paulo SP, Brazil

HALL A

13:50-14:00 Opening Ceremony:

HALL A

14:00-15:00 ACADEMIA INDUSTRY COLLABORATION IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT
Chairperson: R. Neumann, Tel Aviv, Israel

HALL A

15:00-17:00 CLINICAL STUDIES
Chairpersons: R. David, Irvine CA, USA
C.A. Paterson, Louisville KY, USA

HALL A

16:30-17:00 COMMUNICATING RESEARCH DATA

 HALL A

17:00-17:45 THE REGULATORY FACET OF DRUG DEVELOPMENT:
ICH - A SYSTEM IN DEVELOPMENT

Chairperson: W.A. Chambers, Rockville MD, USA

HALL A

18:00-19:00 Roundtable Discussion:
PRESERVING THE FREE SPIRIT OF INNOVATION IN A REGULATED WORLD
Moderator: J.P. Nordmann, Paris, France

HALL A

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2000
08:00-09:15 ANTIOXIDANTS
Chairpersons: T. Hiramitsu, Hamamatsu, Japan
M. Meydani, Boston MA, USA

HALL A

09:15-10:10 HERBAL MEDICINE
Chairpersons: F. Drago, Catania, Italy
D. Balasubramanian, Hyderabad, India

HALL A

10:10-11:30 HERBAL MEDICINE FOR INFLAMMATORY EYE DISEASES
Session Organizer: C.S. Foster, Boston MA, USA

HALL A

11:30-12:15 Company Product Session:
NEW DRUGS BY SENJU
Sponsored by: SENJU PHARMACEUTICALS CO. Ltd

HALL A

12:15-13:30 UVEITIS & INFLAMMATION I
Chairpersons: M.D. De Smet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
M. Zierhut, Tubingen, Germany

HALL A

14:30-15:25 UVEITIS & INFLAMMATION II
Chairpersons: S.R. Thurau, Munich, Germany
R. Proenca, Coimbra, Portugal

HALL A

15:25-16:10 Company Sponsored Session: 
LOTEPREDNOL ETABONATE (LOTEMAX)
Sponsored by: BAUSCH & LOMB Pharmaceuticals 
Chairperson: R. Neumann, Tel Aviv, Israel

HALL A

16:10-18:00 APOPTOSIS: FRONTIERS OF DRUG DISCOVERY
Chairperson: N. Agarwal, Fort Worth Texas, USA

HALL A

08:00-10:45 OCULAR SURFACE DISEASES
Chairpersons: P.A. Asbell, New York NY, USA
M.A. Lemp, Washington DC, USA

HALL
 B

10:45-11:30 Company Sponsored Session:
OCULAR SURFACE DISEASES:

Sponsored by: ALLERGAN, Inc.
Chairperson: C. Baudouin, Bologne, France

HALL
 B

11:30-12:45 BLOOD FLOW (RETINAL ASPECTS)
Chairpersons: A. Harris, Indianapolis IN, USA
S.E. Bursell, Boston MA, USA
A.R. Figueiredo, Lisbon, Portugal

HALL
 B

12:45-13:30 Company Sponsored Session:
CO-REGULATION: CHANGING THE WAY GLAUCOMA IS MANAGED

Sponsored by: MERCK & Co., Inc.
Chairperson: V.P. Costa, Sao Paulo SP, Brazil

HALL
 B

14:30-15:15 Company Sponsored Session:
A NOVEL APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF GLAUCOMA: THE DOCOSANOID DERIVATIVE UNOPROSTONE ISOPROPYL

Sponsored by: CIBA VISION
Chairperson: V. Sanz, Spain

HALL
 B

15:15-17:40 IMAGING
Chairpersons: S. Krupsky, Tel Hashomer, Israel
J.S. Schuman, Boston MA, USA

HALL B

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2000
08:00-10:30 DRUG DELIVERY
Chairpersons: R. Gurny, Geneva, Switzerland
P. Ashton, Watertown MA, USA

HALL A

10:30-12:00 PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR MACULAR DEGENERATION
Chairperson: J.W. Miller, Boston MA, USA

HALL A

12:00-12:45 Company Sponsored Session:
PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY

Sponsored by: Ciba Vision
Chairperson: E.S. Gragoudas, Boston MA, USA

HALL A

12:45-13:30 Company Sponsored Session:
0.5% LEVOFLOXACIN OPHTHALMIC SOLUTION
Sponsored by: SANTEN
Chairperson: T.P. O'Brien, Baltimore MD, USA

HALL A

14:30-16:25 ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY
Chairperson: T.P. O'brien, Baltimore MD, USA

HALL A

16:25-17:55 LOCAL CHEMOTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF OCULAR MALIGNANCIES
Chairperson: J. Pe'er, Jerusalem, Israel

HALL A

08:00-09:45 GLAUCOMA
Session Organizer: W. Stewart, USA
Chairpersons: S. Melamed, Tel Hashomer, Israel
P. Kaufman, Madison WI, USA
W.C. Stewart, Charleston SC, USA

HALL B

09:45-10:30 Company Sponsored Session:
MEDICAL TREATMENT MODALITIES FOR GLAUCOMA
Sponsored by: ALLERGAN, Inc.
Chairperson: S.A. Gandolfi, Parma, Italy

HALL B

10:30-11:15   DISCUSSION GROUP I:
CURRENT AND FUTURE USEFULNESS OF BLOOD FLOW PARAMETERS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF GLAUCOMA

Moderator: J.P. Nordmann, Paris, France

HALL B

11:15-12:35 GENETICS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
Session Organizer: E.C. Si, Alameda CA, USA

HALL B

12:50-13:30  DISCUSSION GROUP II:
CURRENT AND FUTURE USES OF GENETIC THERAPY IN GLAUCOMA MANAGEMENT

Moderator: N. Pfeiffer, Mainz, Germany

HALL B

14:30-16:15 OCULAR NEUROPROTECTION
Session Organizer: L.A. Levin, Madison WI, USA

HALL B

16:15-17:25 THE NEUROPROTECTION FACET OF GLAUCOMA THERAPY
Chairperson: D.A. Lee, Los Angeles CA, USA

HALL B

17:35-18:15 GLAUCOMA DISCUSSION GROUP III:
SUGGESTED STEPWISE THERAPY FOR GLAUCOMA AND OCULAR HYPERTENSION: MEDICAL AND SURGICAL

Moderator: T.J. Zimmerman, Louisville KY, USA

HALL B

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2000
08:00-10:30 RETINA
Chairpersons: A. Kampik, Munich, Germany
J.G. Cunha-Vaz, Coimbra, Portugal
C. Correia, Oporto, Portugal

HALL A

10:30-12:15 ANTI-ANGIOGENESIS
Chairpersons: D. Armstrong, Buffalo, NY, USA
R.J. D'amato, Boston MA, USA

HALL A

13:30-15:30 OCULAR TOXICOLOGY
Chairperson: J.D. Bartlett, Birmingham AL, USA

HALL A

08:00-09:05 BLOOD FLOW (OPTIC NERVE)
Chairpersons: A. Harris, Indianapolis IN, USA
L.E. Pillunat, Hamburg, Germany
O. Geyer, Tel Aviv, Israel

HALL B

09:05-10:05 OCULAR ALLERGY
Chairpersons: M.B. Abelson, North Andover MA, USA
S. Bonini, Rome, Italy

HALL B

10:05-10:50 NOVEL OCULAR ANTIHISTAMINE "EMADINE"
Sponsored by: ALCON Laboratories
Chairperson: M.B. Abelson, North Andover MA, USA

HALL B

10:50-12:30 SURGICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Chairpersons: J.C. Pastor- Jimeno, Valladolid, Spain
P. Abrantes, Portugal

HALL B

13:30-16:00 GLAUCOMA
Chairpersons: L. Metzner-Serra, Lisbon, Portugal
P.A. Netland, Memphis TN, USA
M. Araie, Tokyo, Japan

HALL B

 POSTER SESSION

EXHIBITION HALL

 


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