MedDRA: An Update. May 1, Arlington, VA. For information, contact PERI Inc., 1616 N. Fort Myer Dr., Ste. 1430, Arlington, VA 22209 (703-276-0178; fax 703-276-0069).

Auditing and Assessing Clinical Systems. May 7–8, Edison, NJ. For information, contact Barnett International, Rose Tree Corporate Center, 1400 N. Providence Rd., Ste. 2000, Media, PA 19063-2043 (800-856-2556; fax 610-565-4584; customer.service@PAREXEL.com).

ECGs in Clinical R&D: Proving the Compound Is Safe. May 7–8, Arlington, VA. For information, contact the Drug Information Association, 501 Office Center Dr., Ste. 450, Fort Washington, PA 19034-3211 (215-628-2288; fax 215-641-1229; dia@diahome.org).

Nucleic Acid-Based Technologies. May 14–16, Washington, DC. For information, contact the Cambridge Healthtech Institute, 1037 Chestnut St., Newton Upper Falls, MA 02464 (617-630-1300; fax 617-630-1325; chi@healthtech.com).

Safety Information and Labeling. May 24–25, New Orleans. For information, contact the Drug Information Association, 501 Office Center Dr., Ste. 450, Fort Washington, PA 19034-3211 (215-628-2288; fax 215-641-1229; dia@diahome.org).

June

BioLogic 2001: Delivering Integrated Scale-up and Manufacturing Solutions. June 4–6, Geneva, Switzerland. For information, contact the European Centre for Pharmaceutical Information, 100 Hatton Garden, 2nd Floor, London, EC1N 8NX, U.K. (44-0-207-242-1548; fax 44-0-207-242-1508; ecpi@aic-uk.com).

Lab-Chips and Microarrays. June 4–5, Toyko. For information, contact the Cambridge Healthtech Institute, 1037 Chestnut St., Newton Upper Falls, MA 02464 (617-630-1300; fax 617-630-1325; chi@healthtech.com).

Introduction to Drug Law and Regulation: Understanding How FDA Regulates the Drug Industry. June 5–6, Washington, DC. For information, contact the Food and Drug Law Institute, 1000 Vermont Ave. NW, Ste. 200, Washington, DC 20005 (202-371-1420; fax 202-371-0649; comments@fdli.org; www.fdli.org).

Clinical Science Course for Clinical Research Professionals. June 9–13, Minneapolis. For information, contact the Society of Clinical Research Associates, P.O. Box 101, Furlong, PA 18925 (800-So CRA 92 or 215-345-7749; fax 215-345-7369).

How To Comply with Human Subject Protection Requirements: Strategies for Ensuring Clinical Quality. June 11–12, Philadelphia. For information, contact the Pharmaceutical Training Institute, 708 Third Ave., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10017 (212-661-3500 ext. 3165; fax 509-351-2296; hko@iirny.com).

Congress on In Vitro Biology. June 16–20, St. Louis, MO. For information, contact the Society for In Vitro Biology, 9315 Largo Dr. West, Ste. 255, Largo, MD 20774 (301-324-5054; fax 301-324-5057; sivb@sivb.org; marietta@sivb.org).

Drug Absorption and Drug Delivery. June 18–20, Copenhagen. For information, contact the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences, P.O. Box 1136, SE-111 81 Stockholm, Sweden (46-8-723-50-00; fax 46-8-411-32-17; secretariat@eufeps.org).

July

Polymerase Chain Reaction and Molecular Hybridization Technology. July 9–16, Bethesda, MD. For information, contact the National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 60, Rm. 237, One Cloister Court, Bethesda, MD 20814-1460 (fax 301-402-0174; www.biotrac.com).

Useful Products from Molecular Biology. July 23–27, Cambridge, MA. For information, contact the MIT Professional Institute, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 8-201, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 (617-253-2101; fax 617-253-8042; professional-institute@mit.edu).

Computer System Validation in FDA-Regulated Industries. July 24–25, Denver. For information, contact Validation Associates, 1037 Mill Creek Dr., Ste. 1A, Feasterville, PA 19053-7320 (215-354-1720; fax 215-354-1725; info@validassoc.com).

August

7th International Congress on Amino Acids and Proteins. Aug. 6–10, Vienna. For information, contact Barbara Korvas, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Vienna, Wahringer Gurtel 18-20, Vienna, A-1090 Austria (43-1-40400-3194; gert.lubec@akh-wien.ac.at; www.akh-wien.ac.at/kikli/icaap/).

Drug Discovery Technology 2001. Aug. 13–17, Boston. For information, contact IBC USA Conferences Inc., One Research Dr., Ste. 400 A, West borough, MA 01581 (508-616-5550; fax 508-616-5522; custserv@ibcusa.com; www.drugdisc.com).

Bioinformatics: From Inference to Predictive Models. Aug. 19–24, Tilton, NH. For information, contact Adam P. Arkin, Chair, University of California, Departments of Bioengineering and Chemistry, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., MS3-144, Berkeley, CA 94720 (aparkin@161.gov; www.grc.uri.edu/programs/2001/bioinf.htm).

222nd ACS National Meeting. Aug. 26–30, Chicago. For information, contact ACS Meetings, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St. N.W., Washington, DC 20036-4899 (202-872-4396; fax 202-872-6128; natlmtgs@acs.org; http://www.acs.org/meetings/chicago2001.html).