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The Cathederal, Zagreb

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WEDNESDAY 29 May 2002

08:00 - 12:30 Registration

PLENARY SESSION 9

TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS

08:30 - 09:30 Main Auditorium

Chairs: Huibert Pols (Rotterdam, The Netherlands),
Velimir Simunic (Zagreb, Croatia)

08:30 I-27 Identifying patients who need treatment for osteoporosis John Kanis (Sheffield, UK)

09:00 I-28 Osteoporosis treatment with parathyroid hormone Robert Neer (Boston MA, USA)

ORAL PRESENTATIONS 8

TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS

9:30 - 10:18 Main Auditorium

Chairs: Huibert Pols (Rotterdam, The Netherlands),
Velimir Simunic (Zagreb, Croatia)

09:30 O-41 CP-533,536, A NON-PROSTANOID EP2 RECEPTOR AGONIST, STIMULATES PERIOSTEAL BONE FORMATION AND ENHANCES FRACTURE HEALING IN RAT MODEL M. Li*, D. R. Healy, Y. Li, H. Z. Ke, V. M. Paralkar, T. A. Owen, L. C. Pan, K. Cameron, B. A. Lefker, P. DaSilva-Jardine, F. Dumont, R. Korsmeyer, D. D. Thompson Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT, USA

09:42 O-42 VERTEBRAL FRACTURE EFFICACY OF ONCE-A-WEEK RISEDRONATE R. Eastell1*, N. B. Watts2, Z. Li3, M. Hoseyni3, E. Seeman4, R. Lindsay5 1University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; 2University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA; 3Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Mason, USA; 4University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; 5Helen Hayes Hospital, West Haverstraw, USA

09:54 O-43 EFFECTS OF RISEDRONATE (RIS) ON TRABECULAR ARCHITECTURE IN EARLY POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN AS MEASURED BY MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY A. Grauer1*, B. Borah2, T. E. Dufresnes2, P. A. Chmielewski2, M. C. Prenger2, M. D. Manhart2 1Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Geneva, Switzerland; 2Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

10:06 O-44 COMPARATIVE MINERAL BINDING AFFINITIES OF SELECTED BISPHOSPHONATES R. G. Russell1*, A. H. Mangood2, E. M. Gaafar2, W. Wu2, F. H. Ebetino3, D. J. White3, R. J. Phipps3, G. H. Nancollas2 1Oxford University, Oxford, UK; 2SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA; 3Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Mason, OH 45040, USA

10:18 - 10:45 Coffee Break

PLENARY SESSION 10

HOT TOPICS

10:45 - 11:15 Main Auditorium

Chairs: Stuart Ralston (Aberdeen, UK)
Graham Russell (Oxford, UK)

I-29 Statins and bone: myth or reality? Tim Spector (London, UK)

ORAL PRESENTATIONS 9

HOT TOPICS

11:15 - 12:15 Main Auditorium

Chairs: Stuart Ralston (Aberdeen, UK)
Graham Russell (Oxford, UK)

11:15 O-45 THE REPAIR OF AN ULNAR CRITICAL DEFECT WITH A SELECTIVE PROSTAGLANDIN E2 (PGE2) EP-2 RECEPTOR AGONIST V. M. Paralkar1*, F. Borovecki2, F. Dumont1, R. Korsmeyer1, D. Plowchauk1, H. Z. Ke1, K. O. Cameron1, B. A. Lefker1, T. A. Owen1, M. Li1, P. DaSilva-Jardine1, S. Vukicevic2, D. D. Thompson1 1Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT, USA; 2University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

11:27 O-46 ALLELE OF RUNX2/CBFA1 INCREASES ADULT BONE MINERAL DENSITY AND PROTECTS AGAINST COLLES' FRACTURE OF THE WRIST T. Vaughan1*, J. A. Pasco2, M. A. Kotowicz2, G. C. Nicholson2, N. A. Morrison2 1Genomics Research Centre, School of Health Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia; 2Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Barwon Health, Geelong Hospital, Geelong, Australia

11:39 O-47 OSTEOPROTEGERIN ALLELES PREDISPOSE TO PAGET'S DISEASE A. Daroszewska1*, L. J. Hocking1, B. L. Langdahl2, F. E. A. McGuigan1, W. D. Fraser3, S. H. Ralston1 1Bone Research Group, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; 2Department of Endocrinology, Arhus Amtssygehus, Arhus, Denmark; 3Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

11:51 O-48 COMMON HERBS, ESSENTIAL OILS AND MONOTERPENES POTENTLY MODULATE BONE METABOLISM R. C. Mühlbauer*, R. Felix, A. Lozano, S. Palacio, A. Reinli Bone Biology Group, Dept. Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

12:03 O-49 HIP FRACTURES, MORPHOMETRY AND GEOMETRY J. S. Gregory1,2*, D. Testi3, P. E. Undrill2, R. M. Aspden1 1Department of Orthopaedics, University of Aberdeen, UK; 2Department of Bio-Medical Physics and Bio-Engineering, University of Aberdeen, UK; 3Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, University of Bologna, Italy

12:15 CLOSING CEREMONY

Main Auditorium