Denver. Ruggero Bettini, full professor of pharmaceutical technology at the University of Parma was awarded the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) fellowship. The fellowship was awarded to him during the AAPS inaugural ceremony for the annual meeting in Denver, Colorado. AAPS, founded in 1986, is a scientific and professional association with approximately 10,000 members from universities and the pharmaceutical sector as well as government agencies and other scientific organisations worldwide. (9colonne)