ECCEO 9-IOF | ATHENS | GREECE | March 18 - 21, 2009 | Megaron Athens International Conference Centre

Friday - MARCH 20

09.00 - 11.50 SCIENTIFIC SESSION III
Chairs: John A. Kanis & Jose Zanchetta
09.00 - 09.30 Plenary lecture 4
Clinical and economic aspects of the management of postmenopausal women with osteopenia
Speaker: Christian Roux
09.30 - 10.00 Oral communications selected from abstracts
10.00 - 10.30 Plenary lecture 5
  Role of microdamage in bone fragility
  Speaker: Clive Lee
10.30 - 11.50 Oral communications selected from abstracts
12.15 - 13.45 Lunch Symposium Lunch Symposium
New insights into the pathophysiology, treatment and pharmacoeconomics
of osteoarthritis
Balancing clinical research and practical experience: the bisphosphonates
Sponsored by ROTTAPHARM | MADAUS
AUDITORIUM 1 - TRIANTI HALL
sponsored by ROCHE & GLAXOSMITHKLINE
AUDITORIUM 2 - SKALKOTAS HALL
Chair: T. KARACHALIOS Chair: J.-Y. REGINSTER
Role of subchondral bone in the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis J. MARTEL Introduction
The antifracture efficacy of ibandronate: a compendium of evidence
J.-Y. REGINSTER
Glucosamine after the GAIT and GUIDE studies: what happened in the last two years? L.C. ROVATI Current controversies in osteoporosis management A. SEBBA
Treatment of osteoarthritis with glucosamine sulfate: from clinical to economic data
O. BRUYERE & J.
FRAX®: what it is and what it isn’t E. McCLOSKEY
13.45 - 15.00 Poster Session & Exhibition Viewing
14.00 - 15.00 MEET-THE-PROFESSOR SESSIONS - Alliance for Better Bone Health
(Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals & Sanofi-Aventis)
  Use and misuse of bone densitometry in the diagnosis and follow up of osteoporotic patients - Jean-Pierre Devogelaer
  Role of rehabilitation medicine in the management of osteoporosis and osteoarthritis - Olivier Bruyère
  Diagnosis and management of hyperparathyroidism - John Bilezikian
   
15.00 - 16.45 SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV
Chairs: Christian Roux & Dimitris Karras
15.00 - 15.30 Plenary lecture 6
Novelties and perspectives in the management of osteoarthritis
Speaker: Jean-Pierre Pelletier
15.30 - 16.30 Oral communications selected from abstracts
17.00 - 18.30 Symposium Symposium
  Expanding clinical experience with bisphosphonates in osteoporosis
management
Foundation fl exibility and freedom: optimising osteoporosis treatment
with PTH
  Sponsored by ALLIANCE FOR BETTER BONE HEALTH (PROCTER & GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS & SANOFI-AVENTIS)
AUDITORIUM 1 - TRIANTI HALL
sponsored by NYCOMED
AUDITORIUM 2 - SKALKOTAS HALL
  Chairs: C. COOPER & G. SKARANTAVOS Chair: S. MANOLAGAS
  Introduction G. SKARANTAVOS New insights into the pathophysiology of osteoporosis and the effectiveness of intermittent PTH administration for its treatment S. MANOLAGAS
  The Global Longitudinal registry of Osteoporosis in Women (Glow): regional differences in risk factors and fragility fractures
C. COOPER
Treatment of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis using PTH(1– 84): sustained fracture prevention, increased bone mineral density and long-term safety T. KARACHALIOS
  New analysis from real-world clinical practices: effectiveness among bisphosphonates
T. THOMAS
Further gains, further trials: the OLES and TRES clinical studies C. WÜSTER
  How is safety of therapy a determinant in long-term management of osteoporosis?
C. ROUX
 
  Conclusion and Q&A session C. COOPER