SESSION 2: Chemistry Protecting Health
Chairs
G. Ronsisvalle 
SCI Pharmaceutical Chemistry Division, President
Universitą di Catania, Catania, Italy
e-mail: giuseppe.ronsisvalle@unict.it
P.W. Erhardt 
IUPAC Chemistry and Human Health Division, President
University of Toledo, College of Pharmacy, Toledo, OH 43606-3390, USA
e-mail: paul.erhardt@utoledo.edu 
TOPIC TITLE  Analog-Based Drug Design
Monday 06 evening Chair: J. Fischer
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key note 17:00-17.40 J. Senn-Bilfinger Analogue-based design of gastric acid anti-secretory agents. Past and present
oral 17:40-18.00 J. Fischer Optimising drug therapy by analogs
oral 18:00-18:20 S. Bachurin Computational approaches to synthetic design, discovery and development of new neuroactive glutamate receptor ligands
oral 18:20-18:40 O. Garcģa-Mellado Synthesis of new of dibenzo[b,e][1,4]diazepin-1-ones. Spectroscopy and biological activity
TOPIC TITLE Nomenclature, properties and units in Clinical Chemistry
Tuesday 07 afternoon Chair: F. Pontet
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key note 14.30-15.10 R. Dybkęr Description of chemical systems by their properties
oral 15:10-15:30 U. Magdal Nationwide use of a terminology for clinical laboratory communication
oral 15:30-15:50 G. Nordin Glycohaemoglobin – formal description of the quantity as measured by the reference measurement procedure
oral 15.50-16.10 L. Campanella Determination of immunoglobulins G in milk and human serum by means of an immunobiosensor fitted with an enzymatic probe as detector
oral 16:10-16:30  Z. Chai Advanced nuclear analytical techniques for nanotoxicology study
TOPIC TITLE  Cancer Chemotherapeutic Agents
Wednesday 08 morning Chair: R. Ganellin
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key note 10:30-11:10 M. Stevens Chemistry-driven anticancer drug discovery
oral 11:10-11:50 A. Ganesan Potent cyclic peptide and depsipeptide histone deacetylase inhibitors
oral 11:50-12:10 R. Castanheiro  Prenylation of 1,3-dihydroxy-2-methylxanthone: improvements on the growth inhibitory activity against MCF-7 cell line
oral 12:10-12:30 A.J. Nuńez-Selles The paradox of natural products as pharmaceuticals
TOPIC TITLE Multi-Target Drugs
Thursday 09 morning Chair: G. Ronsisvalle
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key note 10:30-11:10 A. Gasco Multi-target drugs: focus on NO-donor hybrid drugs
oral 11:10-11:50 F. Wakenhut  Discovery of PF-184298, a dual serotonin/noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor
oral 11:50-12:30 P. Erhardt Directing Drug Distribution: avoiding multidrug resistance while targeting cancer cells
TOPIC TITLE Prodrugs and Soft Drugs
Thursday 09 afternoon Chair: H. Ando
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keynote 14:30-15:10 N. Bodor Recent Developments in Retrometabolic Drug Design and Targeting Strategies
oral 15:10-15:50 C. Becker Retro-metabolic approach to the design of ATI-5923, a vitamin K epoxide reductase inhibitor analog of warfarin
oral 15:50-16:30 W. A. Wlassoff Prodrug approach to the treatment of cancer: The targeted generation of free oxygen radicals promoting apoptotic death of cancer cells