Recently Held Meetings...
Aquaculture 2007 - Therapeutic Drug Research Session; 27 February 2006; San Antonio, Texas: This year's session, again chaired by Jim Bowker (USFWS-AADAP) and David Straus (USDA-ARS), was exceptionally well attended, with as many as 100 attendees for many of the presentations. Overall the session was excellent and as one would expect, the presentation topics focused on many of the drugs for which data are currently being developed as required by FDA's New Animal Drug Application process. Nearly all of the presentations are now available for viewing on AADAP's website.
2006 Drug Approval Coordination Workshop: The 12th Annual Aquaculture Drug Approval Coordination Workshop was held in La Crosse, Wisconsin on 1-2 August 2006 at the Radisson Hotel. The workshop was co-hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Aquaculture Drug Research and Development Project, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Aquatic Animal Drug Approval Partnership Program in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Continuing Education and Extension. Our intention is to place as many of the Workshop presentations as possible on the AADAP website. Several presentation are currently on the AADAP website. For other materials, such an agenda and an event brochure, refer to the following site: http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/dacw/dac_workshop.html.
Aquaculture America 2006 - Therapeutic Drug Research Special Session; 14 February 2006; Las Vegas, Nevada: This year's session, as has been for the past 4 years, was organized by Dr. Dave Straus and Mr. Jim Bowker. The session, at times, had as many as 50 attendees. The session covered a broad range of drug research, including talks on: diseases models, drug comparisons, hydrogen peroxide, potassium permanganate, calcein, isoeugenol, 17-α methyltestosterone, the National Aquaculture Drug Research Forum, biomedicines, snail control and an ESC vaccine. A portion of the presentations have been made available, and can be viewed on AADAP's website. As the other presentations are made available, they too will be accessible on AADAP's website.
Aquaculture America 2006 - Aquaculture Drug Approval Successes Session; 16 February 2006; Las Vegas, Nevada: This session, hosted by Ms. Roz Schnick for 9 years running, has in the past typically been billed as a producer session. However, this year more than half of the attendees and presenters were representatives from the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to the actual presentations, Ms. Roz Schnick and Dr. Palma Jordan (Schering Plough Animal Health) officiated over an awards ceremony. A plaque was given to each of several people expressing Schering Plough Animal Health’s appreciation for that individual’s contribution to the Aquaflor® (florfenicol) approval package and for continuing work to expand the label beyond the initial claim for ESC in catfish. Presentations at the session were given by representatives from the companies pursuing approvals for chloramine-T, hydrogen peroxide, AQUI-S® , oxytetracycline (feed additive) and oxytetracycline (marking). A portion of the presentations have been made available, and can be viewed on AADAP's website. As the other presentations are made available, they too will be accessible on AADAP's website.
Aquaculture America 2006 - Vaccines and Immunostimulants Special Session; 15 February 2006; Las Vegas, Nevada: As somewhat of a follow-up to last August's biologics special session held in Bozeman, Montana, a day-long special session was held at this year's Aquaculture America 2006. This year's session was organized by Drs. Phil Klesius, Melisse Schilling, John Hawke and Randy MacMillan. The session was well attended, with estimates of over 100 attendees. The morning segment focused on a producer perspective, while the afternoon focused on research progress. A portion of the presentations have been made available, and can be viewed on AADAP's website. As the other presentations are made available, they too will be accessible on AADAP's website.
Aquaculture America 2006 - 17-α methyltestosterone: Approval Status and Activities Overview Session; 14 February 2006; Las Vegas, Nevada: This session was a follow-up to a similar meeting held at Aquaculture America 2005 (New Orleans, LA; February 2005). During this year's meeting the timeline for completion of NADA technical section components was reviewed by Roz Schnick. The following is a condensed summary of the technical sections and their respective anticipated completion dates (including review by CVM): feed studies (analytical method development, homogeneity, stability and segregation) – September 2006; water analytical method development – October 2006; biodegradation studies – September 2006; environmental assessment – June 2007; target animal safety studies – June 2007; pivotal and supportive efficacy studies – June 2007. Jim Bowker, Terry Berry and Anita Kelly provided a detailed progress report on efficacy, analytical methods and feed studies, and target animal safety, respectively. The analytical feed method was recently accepted by CVM, and we now await the transfer of the method to a commercial laboratory. The conduct and completion of both efficacy and target animal safety studies are directly dependant upon the analytical feed method for dose verification. The method transfer is expected to occur late April to early May. All of the presentations have been made available, and can be viewed on AADAP's website.