Anti-Bacterial Drug Conference to Focus on New Antibiotic Discovery & Clinical Agents, and Resistance, on March 15-16,2000, in New Jersey

Princeton, N.J. (PROTEXT) - Pharmaceutical industry advancesin the discovery and development of novel antibiotic agents andbetter understanding of the mechanisms of resistance, will beaddressed in depth on March 15-16, 2000 at the Hyatt RegencyHotel in Princeton, NJ, announces Strategic Research Institute. The conference, the fifth in the series, will featurepromising clinical agents including oxazolidinones,glycylcyclines, carbapenems, quinolones, ketolides,everinomycins, and lipopeptides. Additionally, novel discovery approaches such as efflux pumps,genomic targets, PK/PD modeling, glycopeptides and beta-lactamaseinhibitors will be presented. A most vexing problems facing researchers developing new drugsis increasing resistance to existing antimicrobial agents; thishas heightened the urgency the industry faces to bring to marketeffective, safe antibiotics, and is covered in depth. Presenters include Rw Johnson, Wyeth Ayerst, Hoechst MarionRoussel, Abbott Labs, Schering Plough, Intrabiotics, Cubist,Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Pfizer, Merck andSmithKline Beecham, and Microcide, among others. Dr. George Drusano of the Albany Medical College shall presentthe keynote address entitled "Pharmacokinetic/PharmacodynamicAlternatives in Antimicrobial Clinical Trials." To request the agenda and/or register, please E-mail your nameand full mailing and E-mail addresses to Camille Coward ofStrategic Research Institute, at ccoward@srinstitute.com or callMark Alexay at 212-967-0095, extension 232. ots Original TextService: Strategic Research Institute Internet:http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Mark Alexay of StrategicResearch Institute (USA) 212-967-0095, ext. 232 Web site:http://www.srinstitute.com

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