Symmetric
  • TRAINING COURSES
  • IN-HOUSE TRAINING
  • CLIENTS
  • TRAINERS
  • BLOG
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT

Join Symmetric Newsletter

Sign up today so you don't miss any special offers, new events and pharma breaking news.

TOP 3 Pharma & Biotech Worldwide News Once a Month

Interviews With Industry Professionals Once Every Three Months

Regular Event Calendar & Special Offers Once Every Six Months

Symmetric s.r.o.

Mliekarenska 7

82109 Bratislava

Slovak Republic

ID: 47 068 124

VAT No: SK2023741973

Office: +421 948 262 346

LinkedIn

Booking & Support

Phone (EU):+421 948 262 346 (9:00 - 17:00 CET)

Phone (US):+1 857 392 2714 (9:00 - 16:00 ET)

Email:info@symmetric.events

A real member of our team answers our chat

Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyChange Your Cookie Consent

© 2026 Symmetric s.r.o.

Dissolution Testing and Biowaivers
Pharma & Biotech
Analytical & Bioanalysis

Dissolution Testing and Biowaivers

Date to be announced

Contact us for more info
Price available after dates are announced

TRAINING TIMES

  • TBDVienna
  • TBDLondon
  • TBDNew York
  • TBDLos Angeles
Online Training



LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Learning Objective

Understand the science of dissolution testing

Understand the science of dissolution testing

Learning Objective

Appreciate the uses and potential problems associated with compendial dissolution apparatus

Appreciate the uses and potential problems associated with compendial dissolution apparatus

Learning Objective

Be able to adopt a logical approach to the development of an appropriate dissolution method for both highly soluble and poorly soluble drugs

Be able to adopt a logical approach to the development of an appropriate dissolution method for both highly soluble and poorly soluble drugs

Learning Objective

Gain the ability to troubleshoot dissolution results logically

Gain the ability to troubleshoot dissolution results logically

Learning Objective

Be able to design an appropriate dissolution validation study

Be able to design an appropriate dissolution validation study

Learning Objective

Understand the uses of in vitro dissolution data to support a waiver of in vivo clinical studies (biowaiver)

Understand the uses of in vitro dissolution data to support a waiver of in vivo clinical studies (biowaiver)



KEY TOPICS

The importance of dissolution testing – drug safety and efficacy
Factors affecting solubility and dissolution rate (the Noyes–Whitney model)
Dissolution testing apparatus for solid oral dosage forms – characteristics and uses
Non-compendial apparatus (e.g. apex vessels and small-volume apparatus) – uses and justification
Dissolution method development
Setting appropriate dissolution specifications
Case Study: Developing a method for a BCS Class 2 drug
Troubleshooting dissolution methods and investigating anomalous results
Method validation, including recent ICH guidance on life cycle management of analytical procedures
BCS-based biowaivers and biowaivers for additional strengths
Case Study: Biowaiver for a BCS Class 1 drug
Participant Polls

TRAINER

Dr Mark Powell

Dr Mark Powell

Mark Powell Scientific Limited, UK, Director

Dr Mark Powell a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) with over thirty years’ experience as a senior analytical chemist. Mark has served as both Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer of the RSC’s Analytical Division and led a working group on continuing professional development until July 2016. He has worked at a senior level in several companies with responsibility for analytical development and equipment qualification. In 2010 Mark was appointed Scientific Manager of a UK-based pharmaceutical CRO, with responsibility for guiding the direction of drug development programmes as well as establishing collaborations with academia and instrument manufacturers. In 2013, he set up his own company to provide training and consultancy services to the pharmaceutical industry. His consultancy work has involved, amongst other things, managing the analytical aspects of pharmaceutical development programmes and conducting data integrity audits. He is in demand as a trainer in topics such as pharmaceutical development, chromatography, spectroscopy, dissolution testing, data integrity, control of impurities, technical writing, and stability/stress studies.

Learn More →

Video Invitation

Watch the video invitation from the trainer.

Sneak peek

Sneak Peek

Take a sneak peek at the trainer's presentation.

View PDF →