Symposium Report: The Waters Bioanalysis World Tour: Insights Into The Next Decade of Regulated Bioanalysis

Abstract

International Pharmaceutical Federation Pharmaceutical Science World Congress and American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposition, New Orleans, LA, USA, 15 November 2010. Continuing the Waters Corporation Bioanalysis World Tour, an evening symposium was held aboard the Creole Queen (New Orleans, LA, USA) on 15 November 2010 as part the combined International Pharmaceutical Federation Pharmaceutical Science World Congress and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposition. The symposium was chaired by Warren Potts (Waters Corporation, MA, USA) and Stephen Lowes (Advion BioServices Inc., NY, USA). The symposium looked to the future, with three expert speakers focusing on the next 10 years of regulated bioanalysis. Walter Korfmacher (Merck, NJ, USA) discussed the use of high-resolution MS in discovery absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME); Gary Schultz (Advion BioServices Inc.) covered integrated solutions for the future of bioanalysis and Paul Rainville (Waters Corporation) spoke about microfluidic exact-mass LC–MS/MS analysis for small-molecule biomarker and pharmaceutical quantitation. Following the presentations, all the speakers took questions from the audience and continued lively discussion over a dinner reception.