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UPCOMING CONFERENCES American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual meeting and Exposition (AAPS), Chicago, USA, 14 Oct 2012 International Conference on Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Bangkok, Thailand, 26 Dec 2012
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