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Focus Groups Web LogoAAPS focus groups unite members with a common interest in a specific discipline. Focus groups encourage members in specialized fields to participate in open, dynamic communications with colleagues tackling similar challenges and to forge new relationships.


Animal Pharmaceutics and Technology 
API Manufacturing Technology 
Bioanalytical 
Bioequivalence 
Biomarkers in Translational Medicine 
Biotherapeutics ADME 
Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC)
CMC Statistics 
Contract Research Organization (CRO) 
Dermatopharmaceutics
Discovery Modeling and Simulation  
Drug Metabolism  
Drug Transport 
Excipients  
Generic Pharmaceuticals 
In Vitro Release and Dissolution Testing 
Inhalation and Nasal Technology 
Ligand Binding Assay Bioanalytical 
Lipid-Based Drug Delivery Systems  
Microdialysis 
Modified Release  
Nanotechnology 
Non-Clinical Dose Formulation and Analysis
Nutraceuticals and Natural Products  
Ocular Drug Delivery and Disposition 
Oral Absorption  
Pharmaceutical Packaging Development 
Pharmaceutical Trace Impurities 
Pharmaceuticals in Global Health 
Pharmaco-imaging 
Pharmacogenomics (PGx)
Pharmacometrics 
Preformulation 
Process Analytical Technology 
Process Development 
Process Modeling and Simulation 
Protein Aggregation and Biological Consequences 
QbD and Product Performance 
Stability 
Sterile Products 
Systems Pharmacology 
Targeted Drug Delivery and Prodrug 
Therapeutic Protein Immunogenicity 

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Email Maria Nadeau if you would like information about forming a new focus group.  

Volunteer's CornerQuick Links to Online Resources 

Answers to Focus Group Officers' FAQs (PDF)
Commenting on Critically Important Issues (PDF)
Discussion Board Disclaimer (PDF)
Discussion Board User Guide: Add a New Topic (PDF)
Discussion Board User Guide: Additional Tools (PDF)
Discussion Board User Guide: View an Existing Topic (PDF)
Focus Group Operating Conditions (PDF)  
Member Groups Volunteer Handbook—AAPS Overview (PDF)
Member Groups Volunteer Handbook—Discussion Groups (PDF)
Member Groups Volunteer Handbook—Focus Groups (PDF)
Member Groups Volunteer Handbook—Sections (PDF) 
Section and Focus Group Descriptions (PDF) 
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