Join us, October 20-23, 2024 at the Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah for the world’s premier gathering of pharmaceutical scientists. Simulations Plus will be exhibiting, be sure to stop by and meet our team in booth #1831!

Don’t Miss Out! Save the Date for Rx to Rock: Live Experience. Join us for live music, food, drinks, and karaoke!

Date: Tuesday, October 22nd
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm MDT
Location: Salt Lake C at the Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City, UT

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This is your opportunity to connect face-to-face with our experts. Reach out and schedule time to speak with our team, to discuss your next project.

• Daniela Amaral Silva, Scientist II
• Fiona Plait, Scientist I
• Jasmina Novakovic, Principal Scientist
• Maxime LeMerdy, Associate Director, Research and Collaborations
• Priyata Kalra, Senior Scientist
• Haiying Zhou, Ph.D., Senior Director, Simulation Technologies
• Suvarchala Avvari, Scientist II
• Daniel O’Connor, Senior Director, Business Development
• Dan Szot, Chief Revenue Officer
• Peter Kilford, Associate VP, Software Business Development
• Nate Musser, Director of Alliance Management
• James Mullin, Senior Principal Scientist
• Grace Fraczkiewicz, Executive Director, Simulations Studies
• Deanna Mudie, Ph.D., Senior Principal Scientist
• Noam Morningstar-Kywi, Pharm.D., M.S., Scientist II
• Viera Lukacova, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer
• Scott Q. Siler, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer
• Sandra Suarez Sharp, Ph.D., President, Regulatory Strategies

In-Booth Presentations

Monday, October 21st
11:00 AM
Title: Predicting Oral Absorption Potential of Drug Product Formulations using GastroPlus® and DDDPlus™
Presenters: Deanna Mudie, Senior Principal Scientist & James Mullin, Senior Principal Scientist

12:00 PM
Title: GPX™ Automation: A 10.2 functionality to empower scientists with automated workflows for efficient drug development process innovation
Presenter: Priyata Kalra, Senior Scientist

1:00 PM
Title: Simulations Plus External PBPK Collaborations
Presenter: Maxime Le Merdy, Associate Director, Research and Collaborations

2:00 PM
Title: Model-Informed Drug Development
Presenter: Jasmina Novakovic, Principal Scientist

Tuesday, October 22nd
11:00 AM
Title: Model Master File in the Context of Long Acting Injectables
Presenters: Daniela Amaral Silva, Scientist II

12:00 PM
Title: GPX: A new era of DDI predictions
Presenter: Viera Lukacova, Chief Science Officer

1:00 PM
Title: Transporter-Mediated DDIs: Regulatory Guidance, PBPK Modeling
Presenter: Suvarchala Avvari, Scientist II

Career Development Opportunities

Tuesday, October 22nd
7:00-8:30 AM
Mentoring Breakfast
Salt Lake AB | Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City
Mentor: Heather Squire, Business Development Director

1:30-2:30 PM
*NEW* Mock Interview Program
Career Dev. Center | PharmSci 360 Solution Center
Interviewer: Heather Squire, Business Development Director

3:00-4:00 PM
Career Center Presentation: Practical Tips for Using GenAI in Biomedicine
Presenter: Priyata Kalra, Senior Scientist
Date/Time: Tuesday October 22, 2024/3:00-4:00 PM MT
Location: Career Center, Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Wednesday, October 23rd
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
*NEW* Mock Interview Program
Career Dev. Center | PharmSci 360 Solution Center
Interviewer: Heather Squire, Business Development Director

Can’t Miss Presentations!

Special Poster Session: 

Title: Enhanced PBPK-Based In Vitro to In Vivo Extrapolation Method to Support the Development of Pulmonary Drug Products
Presenter: James Mullin, Senior Principal Scientist
Date/Time:  Tuesday, October 22, 2024/12:30 – 1:25 PM MT
Location on Exhibit Floor: Poster Forum #8, Exhibit Hall 1 and A-D
Monitor #: 47
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Title: Integration of Gut Microbiome Metabolism in a PBBM-PBPK Model: Its Impact on the Sulfasalazine Absorption
Presenter: Fiona Plait, Scientist I
Date/Time: October 21, 2024/10:30 – 11:30 AM MT
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Title: Dermal PBPK Model for Psoriatic Skin: Clobetasol Propionate Case Study
Presenter: Jasmina Novakovic, Principal Scientist
Date/Time: October 21, 2024/3:30 – 4:30 PM MT
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Title: Delineating the Role of Transporters in the Absorption and Disposition of Digoxin Using the Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling
Presenter: Suvarchala Avvari, Scientist II
Date/Time: October 22, 2024/9:30 – 10:30 AM MT
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Title: Mechanistic In Vitro Oral Absorption Model to Predict Mucosal Permeability of Oral Cavity Drug Products
Presenter: Priyata Kalra, Senior Scientist
Date/Time: October 22, 2024/9:30 – 10:30 AM MT
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Title: Mechanistic Model of In Vitro Intraoral Absorption of Buprenorphine for the Buccal and Gingival Mucosa
Presenter: Priyata Kalra, Senior Scientist
Date/Time: October 22, 2024/2:30 – 3:30 PM MT
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Title: Orforglipron Weight Loss and Nausea Accurately Simulated with OBESITYsym
First Author: Celeste Vallejo, Scientist II
Presenter: Scott Q. Siler, Chief Science Officer
Additional Authors: Zackary Kenz, Principal Scientist; Scott Q. Siler, Chief Science Officer
Forum number: 10—Preclinical, Clinical, and Translational Sciences
Assigned poster number: W0930-10-57
Date/Time: October 23, 2024/9:30 – 10:30 AM MT
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Title: Using PBPK to Establish In Vitro In Vivo Relationship for Budesonide Delayed Release Oral Drug Product
Presenter: Daniela Amaral Silva, Scientist II
Date/Time: October 23, 2024/12:30 – 1:30 PM MT
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Title: Integrating bioaccessibility data from the SurroGUT™ tiny-TIMsg advanced in vitro gastrointestinal model into a physiologically based biopharmaceutics model (PBBM) of a BCS class IV compound to predict pharmacokinetic (PK) performance
Presenter: Vanessa Mancini, Scientific Advisor at InnoGI Technologies
Date/Time: October 23, 2024/11:30 AM MT
Assigned poster number: W1130-07-40
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Title: Biorelevant dissolution testing in tiny-TIMsg to improve predictivity of food effect on oral delivery of BCS class II compound
Presenter: Lieke van den Elsen, Project Manager at InnoGI Technologies
Date/Time: October 22, 2024/12:30 PM
Assigned poster number: T1230-10-57
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Title: Evaluating Food Effects in Oral Drug Delivery Using a combination of PBPK Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Presenter: Nairuti Mehta, Scientist II at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Date/Time: October 21, 2024/9:30-10:30 AM MT
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah