Sent on behalf of the ICDD - International Centre for Diffraction Data (http://www.icdd.com) Pharmaceutical Powder Diffraction Symposium (PPXRD) - September 1999, USA The ICDD, with Glaxo Wellcome co-sponsership, is organizing a three-day symposium dedicated to the use of X-ray diffraction for pharmaceutical applications. The Pharmaceutical Powder Diffraction Symposium (PPXRD) will be held at ICDD headquarters in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA on September 27-29, 1999. Sessions will include: I. XRD Applications in Pre-formulation and Formulation II. Non-Ambient XRD Applications in Pharmaceuticals III. Crystallinity and Crystal Form Quantification Including Rietveld Applications IV. Structure Determination, Indexing and Molecular Modeling V. Patents/Regulatory Issues More Information can be obtained on the web at: http://www.icdd.com/ppxrdsymp/ For any queries, E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]