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 Invited Papers and Presentations

1. A. Adjei, "Pulmonary Delivery of Leuprolide Acetate", Invited Lecture to the Graduate School, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, February 8, 1990.
 
2. A. Adjei, "Pulmonary Delivery of Peptide Drugs: Animal Models, Preclinical Studies, and Clinical Results", Respiratory Drug Delivery II, Brackenridge, Colorado, March 22-26, 1990.
 
3. A. Adjei, "Nasal Delivery Of Peptide Drugs: Case Studies with Leuprolide Acetate", Nasal And Inhalation Drug Delivery Symposium, Princeton, New Jersey, April, 1990.
 
4. A. Adjei, "Justification of Laser Light Scattering Method (Malvern Series 2600c) for Size Analysis in Inhalation Aerosols", AAPS Aerosol Sub-committee Meeting, SmithKline Beecham, King of Prussia, New Jersey, Sept. 11, 1990.
 
5. L. Adjei, D. Lee, and T. Reiland, "Light Scattering Method for Sizing Pharmaceutical Aerosols: Correlation with Impaction Methods", Regulatory Issues in Aerosol Drug Development, University of Kentucky Department of Continuing Education, Crystal City, New Jersey, June 12-14, 1991.
 
6. A. Adjei, "Nasal Absorption of LH-RH Analogs: A Case Study With The Nonapeptide Leuprolide Acetate", Department of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco, Feb. 26, 1992.
 
7. A. Adjei and M. FuLu, "Formulations of LH-RH Analogs for the Palliative Treatment of Endometriosis", Midwest Regional Chapter, American Association of Pharmaceutical Research, Chicago, Marriott-O'Hare, Illinois, May 4, 1992.
 
8. A. L. Adjei and P. J. Carrigan, "Pulmonary Bioavailability of LH-RH Analogs: Some Biopharmaceutical Guidelines", Respiratory Drug Delivery III, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 16-22, 1992 [Also in J. Biopharm. Sci., 3(1/2), 247-254, 1992].
 
9. A. L. Adjei , "Pulmonary Bioavailability of Peptide Drugs: A Case Study with Leuprolide and other LH-RH Analogs", Chelsea College of Pharmacy, The University of London, London, June 8, 1992 [Also presented by special invite at Advances in Delivery of Therapeutic And Diagnostic Agents, Control Release Society Meeting, December 9-11, 1992, Sydney, Australia; and also at International Symposium of Aerosols in Medicine, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, March 30-April 3, 1993].
 
10. A. V. Annapragada, A. L. Adjei, T. J. Hale, "A Review of The Capabilities And Limitations of The Fraunhoffer Diffraction Pattern Analysis Method of Particle Size Distribution Analysis", First International Conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences And Technology, 24th Annual Meeting of The Fine Particle Society, Chicago, IL. August 24-28, 1993.
 
11. P. K. Gupta, M. FuLu, L. Adjei, "Application of Biodegradable Microspheres in Drug Delivery", First International Conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences And Technology, 24th Annual Meeting of The Fine Particle Society, Chicago, IL. August 24-28, 1993.
 
12. A. Adjei, "Pharmaceutical Aerosols, Past, Present, and Future: Perspectives on Peptide and Protein Drug Delivery", Chicagoland Pharmaceutical Discussion Group, Chicago College of Pharmacy, May 19, 1994.
 
13. P. Gupta, A. Adjei, "Recent Developments in Inhalation Drug Delivery", 46th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress" Meeting, Dec. 19-21, 1994, Chandigash, India.
 
14. A. Adjei, “Regulatory Issues Concerning Systemic Delivery Via The Respiratory Tract: Leuprolide as a Demonstration Model”, International Symposium on Aerosols in Medicine, May 15-19, 1995, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
 
15. A. Adjei, "Absorption and Retention of Pharmaceutical Particles from the Lung: Perspectives on Peptide and Protein Drug Delivery", Midwest Regional Chapter, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Annual Meeting, Chicago, Marriott-O'Hare, Illinois, May 22, 1995.
 
16. A. Adjei, “"Pulmonary Delivery of Therapeutic Peptide and Proteins: Pharmaceutical Perspectives ", Fine Particle Society Annual Meeting, Marriott-O'Hare, Illinois, August 21-25, 1995.
 
17. A. Adjei, “Pulmonary Drug Delivery: The Future is Now”, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Miami, Nov. 12-17, 1995.
 
18. A. Adjei, “Inhaled Peptides and Proteins for Systemic Diseases’ Advances in Inhalation Therapy, The National Heart and Lung Institute, Brompton Hospital, The Imperial College, University of London, February 21-23, 1996, England.
 
19. A. Adjei, “Systemic Delivery of LH-RH Analogs via Various Routes of Administration”, Impact of Administration Routes On Effective Drug Delivery, PDD Section, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Annual Meeting, Seatle, Washington, October 27-31, 1996.
 
20. P. Gupta and A. Adjei, “Inhaled Peptides and Proteins for Systemic Diseases’ Biomedical Engineering Society 1996 Annual Fall Meeting, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, October 3-6, 1996.
 
21. A. Annapragada, A. Adjei, F. Muzzio and P. Swanson, “Simulation of Particle Deposition in Geometries Relevant to Inhalation Aerosol Drug Delivery” Biomedical Engineering Society 1996 Annual Fall Meeting, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, October 3-6, 1996.
 
22. “Pulmonary Absorption of LH-RH Analogs”, A. L. Adjei, The Impact of Routes of Administration on Effective Drug Delivery, Annual AAPS meeting, Seatle, WA, Oct. 27-31, 1996.
 
23. A. Adjei, “Systemic Delivery of Macromolecular Drugs: Case Study with GnRH Analogs, Workshop on Lungs, Drugs and Devices, Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences Annual Meeting, Stockholm, November 11-13, 1996, Sweden.
 
24. A. Adjei, J. Sun, F. Zhang, “Use of the Light Scattering Method (Malvern Model 2600c) for Sizing Pharmaceutical Aerosols: Correlation with Impaction Methods”, 5th International Congress on Optical Particle Sizing”, Minneapolis, MN, August 10-14, 1998.
 
25. A. Adjei, “Safety of an Inhaled LH-RH Agonist in Animals and Humans”, Immunological and Biological Aspects of Therapeutic Protein Delivery to the Lungs, Keystone Symposia, March 3-8, 1999, Durango, Colorado.
 
26. A. Adjei, “Systemic Delivery of Biotherapeutics via Lung Kinetics and Modulation of Uptake”, Management Forum, October 10-11, 2000, London.
 
27. A. Adjei, “Non-CFC Aerosol Formulation Science: New Technologies, Patent Landscape, and Proprietary Considerations”, Inhalation Technology Workshop, Annual AAPS Meeting, Indianapolis, October 28, 2000.
 
28. A. Adjei and A. Annapragada, “Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Formulation for Systemic Delivery”, Management Forum, October 4-5, 2001, London.
 
 
Contributed Papers at Conferences Published by Abstract
 
1. A. Adjei, J. Newburger, S. Stavchansky and A. Martin, "Solubility of Theophylline: Effect of Solvent Properties on In Situ Drug Release", Presented at the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences National Meeting, Hollywood, Florida, November 1978.
 
2. A. Adjei, J. Newburger and A. Martin, "Extended Solubility Approach III; Predictions of Caffeine Solubility in Dioxane-Water Mixtures", Presented at the APhA and Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences Meeting, Washington D.C., March, 1980.
 
3. L. Sanathanan, T. Lin, L. Hsu and A. Adjei, "Shelf-Life Assessment of the Pharmaceuticals from Multi-stage Stability", Presented at the Annual American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting, Montreal, Canada, May, 1984.
 
4. A. Adjei, J. Bauer, K. Marsh, D. Mendenhall, "The Development of the Orphan Drug, Panhematin", Presented at the Annual American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting, Montreal, Canada, May, 1984.
 
5. A. Adjei, E. Johnson, R. Doyle, K. Sims, "Formulation Development of A Nonapeptide: In-Vitro and In-Vivo Studies", Japanese-United States Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 1987 [Also published in J. Pharm. Sci., 76(11): PS47, 1987].
 
6. A. Adjei, G. Menon, R. Doyle "Effect of Ion-Pairing on Octanol-Water Partitioning of the Nonapeptide Leuprolide Acetate", Presented at the Biotechnology Session, Western Regional Chapter, AAPS, Reno, Nevada, January 31 - February 6, 1988.
 
7. A. Adjei, E. Johnson, G. Menon, R. Finley, L. Sennello "Effect of Lipophilicity on Nasal Bioavailability of Peptide Drugs", Presented at the Annual American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October 1988.
 
8. G.J. Diaz, E.N. Bush, A.T. Nguyen, H. Nellans, E.S. Johnson, S.K. Love, A. Adjei, J. Greer, F. Haviv, "Development Strategy For Novel LHRH Analogs Based on Pharmacokinetics And In Vitro Potency", Midwest Regional Meeting, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Chicago, May 15, 1989
 
9. M. Vadnere, A. Adjei, and R. Doyle, "Evaluation of Alternate Routes for Delivery of Leuprolide", Disposition and Delivery of Peptide Drugs - FIP Satellite Symposium, Leiden, The Netherlands, Sept. 1-3, 1989.
 
10. A. Adjei, M. Vadnere, G. Menon, J. Garren, P. Moy, S. Rao, "Effect of Ion-Pairing of A Nonapeptide Leuprolide Acetate", American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, October 22-26, 1989 [Also in Also in Pharm. Res. 6(Suppl 9):S-121, Sept. 1989].
 
11. A. Adjei, R. Doyle, J. Garren, M. Vadnere, P. Moy, A. Chun, "Micromeritics of Leuprolide Acetate: Correlation with Pulmonary Bioavailability", American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, October 22-26, 1989; [Also published in Pharm. Res. 6(Suppl 9):S-152, Sept. 1989].
 
12. A. Adjei, D. Sundberg, J. Miller, M. Vadnere, "Bioavailability of Leuprolide Acetate Following Nasal Delivery to Healthy Humans", [American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, November 4-9, 1990].
 
13. J. Garren, K. Marsh, A. Adjei "Pulmonary Delivery of a Poorly Orally Absorbed Renin Inhibitor", Pharmaceutical Research 7(Suppl 9):S-134, Sept. 1990, Abstract PDD 7089 (American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, November 4-9, 1990).
 
14. Y. Qiu, P. Gupta, H. Cheskin, A. Adjei "Pulmonary Bioavailability and Absorption Characteristics of the 5-Lipoxygenase inhibitor, Abbott-79175, in Beagle Dogs” Pharmaceutical Research, 11: s-207, 1994. [Presented at the Annual AAPS meeting, Los Angeles, CA., Nov. 6-10, 1994].
 
15. “Pulmonary Absorption of a 5-Lipoxygenase Inhibitor, Abt-761, Following Intratracheal and Aerosol Delivery to Beagle Dogs”, P. Gupta, Y. Qiu, C. Allexon, V. Wu and L. Adjei, Pharmaceutical Research, s-168. [Presented at the Annual AAPS meeting, Seatle, WA, Oct. 27-31, 1996].
 
16. “Enzymatic Degradation of A-43818 in Rat Intestinal Mucosa”, Y. Zheng, M. FuLu, H. Johnson, L. Adjei and T. Reiland, Pharmaceutical Research, 13(9):S-401. [Presented at the Annual AAPS meeting, Seatle, WA, Oct. 27-31, 1996].
 
17. “Aerosol Delivery of the 5-Lipoxygenase Inhibitor, A-85761, in Dogs” P. Gupta, Y. Zheng, Y. Qiu and A. Adjei, [Presented At the 11th Biennial International Society for Aerosols in Medicine September 23-26, 1997, Sendei, Japan].
 
18. “Aerosol Delivery of the 5-Lipoxygenase Inhibitor, A-79175, in Dogs” A. Adjei, Y. Zheng, Y. Qiu and P. Gupta, [Presented At the 11th Biennial International Society for Aerosols in Medicine September 23-26, 1997, Sendei, Japan].
 
19. “Evaluation of the AERxÔ Pulmonary Delivery System for Systemic Delivery of a Selective D1 Agonist”, F. W. Okumu, R-Y Lee, J. D. Balanchard, D. Cipolla, C. M. Woods, P. M. Lloyed, J. Okigawa, I. Gonda, S. J. Farrr, R. Rubsamem, A. L. Adjei, R.J. Bertz . [American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences Annual Meeting, San Francisco, PDD-2714, November 14-19, 1998].
 
20. “Pulmonary Delivery of ABT-431”, Y. Zheng, L. Adjei, P. K. Gupta and H. Cheskin [Presented at the Nasal And Pulmonary Drug Delivery Symposium, American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences Annual Meeting, San Francisco, PDD-2261, November 14-19, 1998].
 
21. “A Reproducible, Sensitive, Single Spray Quantitation Method for Triamcinolone Acetonide Pressurized Metered Dose Inhaler (pMDI) Using the Breath Coordinated Inhaler (BCI)”, James F. Tanguay, John Z. Sun, Akwete L. Adjei [Presented at the Respiratory Drug Delivery (RDD7) Symposium, Tarpon Springs, May 14-18, 2000].
 
22. The Breath Coordinated Inhaler (BCI): A New Pulmonary Drug Delivery Device For Pressurized Metered Dose Inhalers, F. Zhang, P. Genova*, J. Tanguay, J. Cronin, F. Sexton, A. Cutie, W. Jewett, A. L. Adjei [Presented at the Respiratory Drug Delivery (RDD7) Symposium, Tarpon Springs, May 14-18, 2000].
 
23. A New, Stable, Improved pMDI Formulation of Triamcinolone Acetonide (TAA) as an Alternative to the Commercial Comparator, John Z. Sun, James F. Tanguay, Anthony J. Cutie, & Akwete L. Adjei [Presented at the Respiratory Drug Delivery (RDD7) Symposium, Tarpon Springs, May 14-18, 2000].
 
24. New Developments in Macromolecular Drug Delivery Using the pMDI, Yaping Zhu, Simon Stefanos, P. Genova, Akwete L. Adjei  [Presented at the Respiratory Drug Delivery (RDD8) Symposium, Tucson, Arizona, May 12-17, 2002].
 
25. Time-Action Profile of a New Pulmonary Insulin Applied with a Metered-Dose Inhaler, Amy Buchwald, Mark McGovern, Eugenio A. Cefali, Lex Adjei, Perry Genova, Christoph Kapitza, Tim Heise, Lutz Heinemann, Marcus Hompesch, [Presented at the 4th Conference of Retrometabolic Drug Design Symposium, Palm Coast, Florida, May 11-14, 2003]
 
 
26. Time-Action Profile of a new Pulmonary Insulin Applied with a Metered-Dose Inhaler. Amy Buchwald PhD, Mark McGovern MD, Eugenio A. Cefali PhD, Lex Adjei PhD, Perry Genova PhD, Christoph Kapitza MD, Tim Heise MD, Lutz Heinemann PhD and Marcus Hompesch MD.  [Practical Approaches to Nasal and Pulmonary Drug Delivery II, February 9-11, 2004 Delray Beach (FL-USA)].
 
 
27. PULMONARY DELIVERY OF INSULIN USING THE ASTHMA PLATFORM MODEL  Perry Genova PhD, Amy Buchwald PhD, Mark McGovern MD, Eugenio A. Cefali PhD, Lex Adjei PhD, Christoph Kapitza MD, Tim Heise MD, Lutz Heinemann PhD, Marcus Hompesch MD, Diabetic Technology, San Francisco, November 3-4, 2003
 
28. Pulmonary Delivery of Insulin using the Asthma Platform Model,  Perry Genova PhD1, Amy Buchwald PhD2, Mark McGovern MD2, Eugenio A. Cefali PhD2, Lex Adjei PhD2, Christoph Kapitza MD3, Tim Heise MD3, Lutz Heinemann PhD3 and Marcus Hompesch MD3 [Respiratory Drug Delivery IX in Palm Desert, California, April 25-29, 2004]
 
29. An investigation of the solubility of recombinant human insulin in tetrafluoroethane propellant and aqueous media, Inayet Dumanli, Ph.D., Dominick Larosa, Yaping Zhu, Ph.D., and Akwete Adjei, Ph.D. [Respiratory Drug Delivery IX in Palm Desert, California, April 25-29, 2004]
 
30. A Simple Analytical Model to Estimate the Impact of Propellant Evaporation on the Change of Formulation Concentration in a pMDI Canister or in a Batch Manufacturing Formulation Tank, Lei (Frank) Zhang, Ph.D. (Schering-Plough Research Institute) and Akwete L. Adjei, Ph.D. (Kos Pharmaceuticals) [Respiratory Drug Delivery IX in Palm Desert, California, April 25-29, 2004]
 
31. Kos Inhaled Insulin Dosed with a Metered Dose Inhaler as Efficacious as Lantus® In Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Sulfonylureas or Metformin; Amy Buchwald, Lex Adjei*, Phil Simmons*, Michaela Hausmann*, Sibylle Dellweg*, Tim Heise*, and Lutz Heinemann*. Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA and Profil Institut Für Stoffwechselforschung GmbH, Germany [34th Annual Meeting of the American College Clinical Pharmacology, Doubletree Hotel in Rockville, Maryland, September, 11-13, 2005]
 
32. A modulated DSC study on recombinant human insulin in solid-state, Inayet Dumanli, Yaping Zhu, and Lex Adjei [American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Annual Meetng, Memphis, Nov. 3-8th, 2005]
 
33. Characterization of recombinant human insulin using capillary electrophoresis, Xiaofeng Meng, Yaping Zhu, Simon Stefanos and Lex Adjei, [American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Annual Meeting, Memphis, Nov. 3-8th, 2005]
 
34. Need for Better Alignment between OINDP Capabilities and FDA DDU Requirements; Lex Adjei; David Cipolla; Clarie D’Abrue-Hayling; Sarvajna Dwivedi; Kristi Griffiths; Niels Hartvig; Colin Hunter; Michael Golden; Douglas Lee; Stefan Leiner; Stefan Mueller; Svetlana Lyapustina; Bo Olsson; Dennis Sandell and Bruce Wyka. Submitted to ISAM Journal, January 22, 2006.
 
35. Characterization of Automated Wasting Station Parameters Influencing Through-Life Dosing Uniformity Performance of a pMDI,  Kou Vang, Lynn Krebs, Christopher M. Shelton, Steven Pilewski, Sam Shum, Lex Adjei [Respiratory Drug Delivery X, Boca Raton Resort and Club, Boca Raton, Florida, April 23-27, 2006]
 
36. Determination of Extractable Formaldehyde in Metered-dose Packaging Components by HPLC-MS", Anulfo Valdez, Frances Amegayibor, Stephen Ampofo, Yaping Zhu and Lex Adjei; Poster presentation at the 54th Annual American Society for Mass Spectrometery (ASMS) Conference in Seattle, WA (May 28th - June 1, 2006)