{"56386":{"#nid":"56386","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GT Students Visit Pharmaceutical Plants in Puerto Rico","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFive-day tour of the pharmaceutical industry in Puerto Rico by group of 24 Georgia Tech students\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring spring break 2008, 24 undergraduate and graduate students visited pharmaceutical manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico as part of a course offered by the Georgia Tech Center for Drug Design, Development and Delivery. Students heard lectures and toured the facilities of Amgen, Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson, Merck, Pfizer, and Wyeth. They learned about and saw the production of drugs, including diabetes medications (Januvia), birth control patches (EVRA), slow-release cardiovascular pills (Procardia XL), biotechnology proteins (Neupogen) and veterinary medicine (Heartgard). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis trip was the second in what promises to be an annual event. Participating students were from the Schools of Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering, and Chemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry. The trip was led by professors Mark Prausnitz and Andreas Bommarius, organized by graduate students Charlene Rincon and Eduardo Vazquez, and sponsored by the Center for Drug Design, Development and Delivery. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, please contact Mark Prausnitz (\u003Ca href=\u0027mailto:prausnitz@gatech.edu\u0027\u003Eprausnitz@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Andreas Bommarius (\u003Ca href=\u0027mailto:andreas.bommarius@chbe.gatech.edu\u0027\u003Eandreas.bommarius@chbe.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"During spring break 2008, 24 undergraduate and graduate students visited pharmaceutical manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico as part of a course offered by the Georgia Tech Center for Drug Design, Development and Delivery. Students heard lectures and toured the facilities of Amgen, Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson, Merck, Pfizer, and Wyeth. They learned about and saw the production of drugs, including diabetes medications (Januvia), birth control patches (EVRA), slow-release cardiovascular pills (Procardia XL), biotechnology proteins (Neupogen) and veterinary medicine (Heartgard). \n \nThis trip was the second in what promises to be an annual event. Participating students were from the Schools of Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering, and Chemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry. The trip was led by professors Mark Prausnitz and Andreas Bommarius, organized by graduate students Charlene Rincon and Eduardo Vazquez, and sponsored by the Center for Drug Design, Development and Delivery.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GT Students Visit Pharmaceutical Plants in Puerto Rico"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2008-04-03 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:06","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"56387":{"id":"56387","type":"image","title":"Pharmacy Students in Puerto Rico","body":null,"created":"1449175629","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:47:09","changed":"1475894499","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:39","alt":"Pharmacy Students in Puerto Rico","file":{"fid":"190462","name":"tez79797.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tez79797_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tez79797_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":589303,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tez79797_0.jpg?itok=ykwntKiq"}}},"media_ids":["56387"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3346","name":"drug delivery"},{"id":"5910","name":"Drug Discovery"},{"id":"7031","name":"pharmaceutical"},{"id":"1489","name":"Regenerative Medicine"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EColly Mitchell\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=cmitchell6\u0022\u003EContact Colly Mitchell\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-5982\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["colly.mitchell@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}