The objective of this event is to continue efforts to establish industry standards for conducting stress testing studies on small molecule pharmaceuticals. In 2004 we opened this highly successful forum with an overview of stress testing practices in the pharmaceutical industry and provided a comparative analysis of approaches to stress testing based on an extensive benchmarking study conducted with 20 pharmaceutical companies.
The 2005 program builds upon this by examining different stress testing conditions and techniques in greater depth through industry case studies. Routine and non-routine methods for physical and chemical changes in solid state and soluble conditions are addressed. Particular attention is paid to oxidative and photo stress testing.