Abstract
The XIIth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Drug Delivery Systems was held from 21 – 24 February 2005 in Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Approximately 250 people attended this symposium dedicated to a broad variety of topics, ranging from recent advances in drug delivery systems to biomaterials and novel concepts in macromolecular therapeutics. A total of 33 people, all recognised specialists in the aforementioned fields, presented 30-min up-to-date reviews of these topics, as well as discussing recent results. In addition, the symposium included a poster session with ~ 100 displays highlighting various interesting data.