Dr Paul Kippax, product manager for diffraction systems at Malvern Instruments, will make a presentation at the 'Nasal Drug Delivery' annual international conference on 14-15 April 2010.
The presentation is entitled: 'Understanding the robustness of operation of nasal-pump-spray devices' and will take place at Le Meridien Hotel, Piccadilly, London.
He will discuss the importance of optimising the formulation and device together when developing nasal-pump systems, in order to achieve effective and reproducible delivery.
The presentation focuses on the use of laser-diffraction particle-sizing techniques for characterising the spray produced by nasal-pump systems.
The conference is aimed at those already involved in nasal-drug delivery and those who wish to understand the potential of this route.
Malvern's presentation will take place at 09:30 on day two.
In his presentation, Kippax will use research carried out using Malvern's Spraytec system to show how the time-resolved droplet-size data obtained using light-scattering techniques can aid understanding of the impact of formulation properties, such as viscosity and device characteristics, on spray atomisation.
Spraytec is a laser-diffraction particle-sizing system designed to address the requirements of aerosol and spray-droplet characterisation across a range of industries and applications.
The Spraytec provides in-situ, real-time droplet measurements in a fully validated package, giving accurate, reproducible results.
