PolyAspirin: From Invention to Innovation
Professor Kathryn Uhrich
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Joint Technical Society Dinner Meeting
NADA Center, Northwood University, 4000 Whiting Drive, Midland, MI 48640
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Aspirin is a drug that is broadly used by millions of Americans to treat aching joints, headaches, and prevent heart attacks. The oldest version of aspirin is the poultice prescribed by Hippocrates in the fifth century BC obtained from the bark of willow trees and myrtle. The latest version of aspirin is PolyAspirin, a plastic version of aspirin that was first synthesized by an undergraduate chemistry student in Prof. Uhrich’s lab at Rutgers University. Since that discovery, several other polymer (or plastic) versions of drugs have been invented, which led to the formation of Polymerix Corporation. Polymerix works with pharmaceutical and medical device companies to enhance their products. For example, PolyAspirin-coated cardiovascular stents may be more beneficial to patients because the drug is located exactly where it needs to be – on the stent – rather than in the stomach.
Time: Social 6:30 p.m., Dinner 7:00 p.m., Program 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $25 for SPE and ACS members (or members of other professional societies such as AIChE, ASM, etc.) and guests, $15 for students. Note: Mid-Michigan SPE will charge individuals who make reservations and do not attend the meeting.
Reservations: Reservations can be made via phone, fax, or e-mail to Molly Warren-Haycock at MMI. Reservations must be received no later than Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Phone: (989) 832-5555, ext. 554, Fax: (989) 832-5560, E-mail: E-mail: warren-haycock@mmi.org
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