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JPAG plans and delivers events that address all aspects of pharmaceutical analysis and related facets of medicine control & registration.
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JPAG plans and delivers events that address all aspects of pharmaceutical analysis and related facets of medicine control & registration.
NEXT EVENTS:
Thursday 1st October 2026
JPAG Foundations Event: Sampling and Sample Preparation: The Cornerstones of Analytical Strategy and Successful Method Development
Royal Society of Chemistry, London
JPAG is proud to confirm that the next symposium in the successful Foundations series, aimed at early career pharmaceutical analysts will take place on 1st October 2026. The symposium will concentrate on sampling and sample preparation, which underpin the quality of any analytical dataset and are instrumental in achieving success with method development and analytical strategies. From confirming that samples are truly representative, to ensuring that these samples are handled and measured with an appropriate analytical instrument without corrupting or influencing the results, this symposium offers an invaluable opportunity for analytical scientists to strengthen their grasp of the fundamentals of sampling and sample preparation. Engage with experts who will share practical approaches to avoid result bias; unnecessary out of specification results; and ultimately build more control into analytical processes.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: If you would like to share a relevant case study as a poster, please contact us at team@jpag.org with your abstract.
The symposium will cover the following key topics:
• The strategic role of sample preparation in dictating analytical success in QC and development
• Why it is important to understand how, when and where the sample was taken
• The link between physical properties and the best sample preparation technique
• Automated sample preparation
• Case Studies (oral presentations and posters)
• Vendor Exhibition
With speakers from across the pharmaceutical industry, including AstraZeneca and Asymchem, as well as key equipment providers such as Sotax and Agilent, the event will cover theory and best practice for sample preparation and introduce the latest automation technology.
Speakers:
Philip Aston - Crawford Scientific
Alex Duchars - Resolian
Pamela Harrison - AstraZeneca
James Macgregor - Asymchem
Dr Sufyan Pandor - Agilent
Dr Mark Powell - Mark Powell Scientific
Duncan Tarren - Sotax Corporation
Dr Mark Taylor - Independent Consultant (ex-Pfizer/KCL)
DETAILS AND REGISTRATION DOWNLOAD BROCHURE
JPAG Foundations Event: Sampling and Sample Preparation: The Cornerstones of Analytical Strategy and Successful Method Development
Royal Society of Chemistry, London
JPAG is proud to confirm that the next symposium in the successful Foundations series, aimed at early career pharmaceutical analysts will take place on 1st October 2026. The symposium will concentrate on sampling and sample preparation, which underpin the quality of any analytical dataset and are instrumental in achieving success with method development and analytical strategies. From confirming that samples are truly representative, to ensuring that these samples are handled and measured with an appropriate analytical instrument without corrupting or influencing the results, this symposium offers an invaluable opportunity for analytical scientists to strengthen their grasp of the fundamentals of sampling and sample preparation. Engage with experts who will share practical approaches to avoid result bias; unnecessary out of specification results; and ultimately build more control into analytical processes.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: If you would like to share a relevant case study as a poster, please contact us at team@jpag.org with your abstract.
The symposium will cover the following key topics:
• The strategic role of sample preparation in dictating analytical success in QC and development
• Why it is important to understand how, when and where the sample was taken
• The link between physical properties and the best sample preparation technique
• Automated sample preparation
• Case Studies (oral presentations and posters)
• Vendor Exhibition
With speakers from across the pharmaceutical industry, including AstraZeneca and Asymchem, as well as key equipment providers such as Sotax and Agilent, the event will cover theory and best practice for sample preparation and introduce the latest automation technology.
Speakers:
Philip Aston - Crawford Scientific
Alex Duchars - Resolian
Pamela Harrison - AstraZeneca
James Macgregor - Asymchem
Dr Sufyan Pandor - Agilent
Dr Mark Powell - Mark Powell Scientific
Duncan Tarren - Sotax Corporation
Dr Mark Taylor - Independent Consultant (ex-Pfizer/KCL)
DETAILS AND REGISTRATION DOWNLOAD BROCHURE
Tuesday 10th November 2026
JPAG Pharmaceutical Analysis Research and Career Fair 2026
Royal Society of Chemistry, London
Based on the great success of the past years, JPAG presents this year's Pharmaceutical Analysis Symposium for postgraduate, undergraduate and early career scientists.
This event will provide the opportunity for you to listen to and hear the latest research being carried out by your peers. Early career scientists (undergraduate, postgraduate, industrial) conducting research in various areas of pharmaceutical science will showcase their work through oral and poster presentations with prizes for best posters and best podium presentations (including the prestigious Geoffrey Phillips Award).
The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to Sunday 20th September 2026.
Click here to submit an abstract
A Careers Fair will also be running in parallel during the symposium and will provide delegates with an opportunity to have 1:1 consultations with career advisors from a selection of pharmaceutical employers and organisations including major pharmaceutical companies, contract research organisations and recruitment advisors. Perhaps your future employer will be here!
High profile Keynote speakers will provide inspirational and enlightening talks for delegates.
And additionally, the Royal Society of Chemistry's Careers Team will give a talk on 'Job Hunting in the Pharmaceutical Industry' and will conduct a 'CV Surgery' at the Careers Fair: these are one-to-one discussions to get invaluable advice on successful job applications. So be sure to bring your CV along!
Come along and network with peers, experienced academics, industrial scientists, high profile keynote presenters, and leading companies who are providing careers advice.
This is an event you will not want to miss!
Keynote speakers:
Prof Jayne Lawrence - University of Manchester
Dr Hannah Davies - Asymchem
DETAILS AND REGISTRATION
JPAG Pharmaceutical Analysis Research and Career Fair 2026
Royal Society of Chemistry, London
Based on the great success of the past years, JPAG presents this year's Pharmaceutical Analysis Symposium for postgraduate, undergraduate and early career scientists.
This event will provide the opportunity for you to listen to and hear the latest research being carried out by your peers. Early career scientists (undergraduate, postgraduate, industrial) conducting research in various areas of pharmaceutical science will showcase their work through oral and poster presentations with prizes for best posters and best podium presentations (including the prestigious Geoffrey Phillips Award).
The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to Sunday 20th September 2026.
Click here to submit an abstract
A Careers Fair will also be running in parallel during the symposium and will provide delegates with an opportunity to have 1:1 consultations with career advisors from a selection of pharmaceutical employers and organisations including major pharmaceutical companies, contract research organisations and recruitment advisors. Perhaps your future employer will be here!
High profile Keynote speakers will provide inspirational and enlightening talks for delegates.
And additionally, the Royal Society of Chemistry's Careers Team will give a talk on 'Job Hunting in the Pharmaceutical Industry' and will conduct a 'CV Surgery' at the Careers Fair: these are one-to-one discussions to get invaluable advice on successful job applications. So be sure to bring your CV along!
Come along and network with peers, experienced academics, industrial scientists, high profile keynote presenters, and leading companies who are providing careers advice.
This is an event you will not want to miss!
Keynote speakers:
Prof Jayne Lawrence - University of Manchester
Dr Hannah Davies - Asymchem
DETAILS AND REGISTRATION
Thursday 3rd December 2026
Regulatory Hot Topics XI
Royal Society of Chemistry, London
APS GB join JPAG at the 11th Regulatory Hot Topics symposium which will include an update on BP activities and specifically look at the BPs new radiopharmaceuticals guidance. The programme will cover a discussion of international reliance procedures by MHRA, various ICH updates from ongoing guideline revisions. We will catch up with CERSIs and AI, and the changing landscape for combination products due to changes in the medical device regulations.
As usual, the meeting will provide an excellent opportunity for dialogue, discussion and debate in an open forum and allows learning from expert speakers involved in the development of quality regulatory guidance and best practice.
The meeting is open to the submission of abstracts for posters in line with the above proposed key themes.
DETAILS AND REGISTRATION
Regulatory Hot Topics XI
Royal Society of Chemistry, London
APS GB join JPAG at the 11th Regulatory Hot Topics symposium which will include an update on BP activities and specifically look at the BPs new radiopharmaceuticals guidance. The programme will cover a discussion of international reliance procedures by MHRA, various ICH updates from ongoing guideline revisions. We will catch up with CERSIs and AI, and the changing landscape for combination products due to changes in the medical device regulations.
As usual, the meeting will provide an excellent opportunity for dialogue, discussion and debate in an open forum and allows learning from expert speakers involved in the development of quality regulatory guidance and best practice.
The meeting is open to the submission of abstracts for posters in line with the above proposed key themes.
DETAILS AND REGISTRATION
Thursday 21st January 2027
Advanced Dissolution
Royal Society of Chemistry, London
This event brings together scientists, analysts, and industry colleagues for a focused, one day exploration of advanced dissolution and its growing role in modern pharmaceutical development. It is a follow on from the Fundamentals event held in October 2025. As formulations become more complex and regulatory expectations evolve, dissolution has shifted from a simple quality test to a powerful, mechanistic tool for understanding drug performance.
This seminar creates space for sharing experiences, practical insight alongside open discussions. During the day, we aim to highlight new approaches, identify emerging challenges, and discuss the analytical strategies that will shape the next generation of oral medicines. The challenge for us all is: can a single test be sensitive enough to predict changes that may be of clinical relevance, whilst being robust enough to satisfy the needs of a quality control environment?
We're open for abstracts for both oral presentations and posters - deadline: 31-Oct-26 (oral) and 1-Jan-27 (posters).
DETAILS AND REGISTRATION
Advanced Dissolution
Royal Society of Chemistry, London
This event brings together scientists, analysts, and industry colleagues for a focused, one day exploration of advanced dissolution and its growing role in modern pharmaceutical development. It is a follow on from the Fundamentals event held in October 2025. As formulations become more complex and regulatory expectations evolve, dissolution has shifted from a simple quality test to a powerful, mechanistic tool for understanding drug performance.
This seminar creates space for sharing experiences, practical insight alongside open discussions. During the day, we aim to highlight new approaches, identify emerging challenges, and discuss the analytical strategies that will shape the next generation of oral medicines. The challenge for us all is: can a single test be sensitive enough to predict changes that may be of clinical relevance, whilst being robust enough to satisfy the needs of a quality control environment?
We're open for abstracts for both oral presentations and posters - deadline: 31-Oct-26 (oral) and 1-Jan-27 (posters).
DETAILS AND REGISTRATION
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Thursday 9th July 2026
Analytical Method Technology Transfers
Royal Society of Chemistry, London
This symposium follows on from the Joint JPAG and ChromSoc Analytical Validation Life Cycle meeting in May 2026 to cover aspects of the analytical method technology transfer. The following key themes have been highlighted:
- Introduction to analytical method transfers from a regulatory perspective
- Transfer of methods from the lab bench into a clinical setting
- Considerations with transfer of pharmacopoeial methods
- Risk based approach and method gap analysis
- Challenges relating to dose form
- Troubleshooting analytical method transfers
The meeting will include expert speakers and case studies with opportunity for networking, posters and exhibitors.
Delegates are welcome to submit an abstract for posters related to the meeting theme (deadline: 30 June 2026).
DETAILS
Analytical Method Technology Transfers
Royal Society of Chemistry, London
This symposium follows on from the Joint JPAG and ChromSoc Analytical Validation Life Cycle meeting in May 2026 to cover aspects of the analytical method technology transfer. The following key themes have been highlighted:
- Introduction to analytical method transfers from a regulatory perspective
- Transfer of methods from the lab bench into a clinical setting
- Considerations with transfer of pharmacopoeial methods
- Risk based approach and method gap analysis
- Challenges relating to dose form
- Troubleshooting analytical method transfers
The meeting will include expert speakers and case studies with opportunity for networking, posters and exhibitors.
Delegates are welcome to submit an abstract for posters related to the meeting theme (deadline: 30 June 2026).
DETAILS
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Very enjoyable and thought-provoking day; going away with plenty of notes and specific items for discussion.
Excellent meeting, challenging and thought provoking. The organisation was excellent, thanks to all the efforts that JPAG team have made.
I have not attended a bad JPAG meeting yet. They are really good value for money and I really love to get the presentations as PDFs
I did appreciate receiving the slides before, as then I could print them and make notes around them during the symposium.
Getting an industry perspective on this topic was most helpful.
Fantastic to hear from NHS speaker, provides real insight to patient/clinician considerations that we don't necessarily see in industry.
Hearing the information from the clinical setting side was very useful.
Well organized. This was an amazing session. Prior sharing of the presentation was a great add on!
The most useful aspect of the webinar was the variety in the presentations across industry and the regulators. Really good to review the presentations beforehand.
Good value, well organised symposium. Always useful for focused topics.
A very good day. Enjoyed getting to speak to the presenters to discuss current challenges in industry.
Very enjoyable and thought-provoking day; going away with plenty of notes and specific items for discussion.
Excellent meeting, challenging and thought provoking. The organisation was excellent, thanks to all the efforts that JPAG team have made.
I have not attended a bad JPAG meeting yet. They are really good value for money and I really love to get the presentations as PDFs
I did appreciate receiving the slides before, as then I could print them and make notes around them during the symposium.
Getting an industry perspective on this topic was most helpful.
Fantastic to hear from NHS speaker, provides real insight to patient/clinician considerations that we don't necessarily see in industry.
Hearing the information from the clinical setting side was very useful.
Well organized. This was an amazing session. Prior sharing of the presentation was a great add on!
The most useful aspect of the webinar was the variety in the presentations across industry and the regulators. Really good to review the presentations beforehand.
Good value, well organised symposium. Always useful for focused topics.
A very good day. Enjoyed getting to speak to the presenters to discuss current challenges in industry.
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You can access a short report of recent meetings!
Just go to the MEETINGS page, go to PAST EVENTS. Then select the DETAILS for the meeting that interests you.
And do be sure to check the list of upcoming meetings so that you don't miss the next one!
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LATEST NEWS:
Delve into Sample Preparation at the next JPAG Foundations Symposium
JPAG is proud to present the third in our symposium series covering the Foundations of Pharmaceutical Analysis:
Sampling and Sample Preparation: The Cornerstones of Analytical Strategy and Successful Method Development
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Monday 24th August 2026
JPAG is proud to present the third in our symposium series covering the Foundations of Pharmaceutical Analysis:
Sampling and Sample Preparation: The Cornerstones of Analytical Strategy and Successful Method Development
Thursd...
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Monday 24th August 2026
Geoffrey Phillips Analytical Science Award 2025
The winner of the 2025 Geoffrey Phillips Award was Indigo Dean, Pharmaron, who gave her presentation on "Optimising HTE polymorph and salt screening of pharmaceutical compounds using Thermal Analysis". Indigo received a certificate and a bur...
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Friday 14th November 2025
The winner of the 2025 Geoffrey Phillips Award was Indigo Dean, Pharmaron, who gave her presentation on "Optimising HTE polymorph and salt screening of pharmaceutical compounds using Thermal Analysis". Indigo received a certificate and a bur...
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Friday 14th November 2025
Focus on Dissolution at the Second JPAG Foundations Symposium
JPAG is proud to confirm that the second in our series of Foundations events will focus on the fundamentals of dissolution testing. Registration is now open for the symposium on Thursday 2nd October 2025 at Burlington House
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Friday 8th August 2025
JPAG is proud to confirm that the second in our series of Foundations events will focus on the fundamentals of dissolution testing. Registration is now open for the symposium on Thursday 2nd October 2025 at Burlington House
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Friday 8th August 2025
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