APT 2010 Agenda

Discovery Workshop

Development Workshop

Discovery Workshop

Monday, 17 May 2010

SessionTopicSpeakerCompanyTime
REGISTRATION 7:00 - 8:00
Intro to APT Kevin Leach Shire 8:00 - 8:10
Intro to Discovery - Keynote Bruce Car BMS 8:10 - 8:20
Plenary Session - Adaptive versus Adverse Changes in Toxicology Kim Boekelheide Brown University 8:20 - 9:15
Session I: Novel Technologies in Discovery Toxicology
Session Intro Scott Barros Alnylam 9:15 - 9:25
Off-Target Effects of mi- and siRNAs Debora Marks Harvard 9:25 - 10:05
Break 10:05 - 10:20
Safety Considerations Around 2’F-substituted Oligos Scott Barros Alnylam 10:20 - 11:00
Stem Cells in Preclinical Drug Safety Angela Cacace BMS 11:00 - 11:40
Using the Thermo Scientific Cellomics ToxInsight Platform to Predict Liver Toxicity Amy Peters Thermo Scientific 11:40 - 12:10
Lunch 12:10 - 1:10
Stem Cell-Derived Functional Cardiomyocytes for Toxicity Prediction Dr. Akiko Futamura Osaka University 1:10 - 1:50
MEAs in Neurotox Testing Tim Shafer EPA 1:50 - 2:30
Session II: Non-Cardio Safety Pharmacology
Session Intro Oliver Flint 2:30 - 2:40
Frontloading the Development Process to Make Decisions Earlier: Combining Automated PK with Telemetry in Rats Russ Bialecki AstraZeneca 2:40 - 3:20
Preclinical Abuse Potential Assessment: An Overview Snjezana Lelas BMS 3:20 - 4:00
Break 4:00 - 4:15
Utilities of in vitro Safety Pharmacology Profiling in ADR Prediction Laszlo Urban Novartis 4:15 - 4:55
Exploring Translation of Safety Pharmacology Cardiovascular Data to Phase I Clinical Trials Alison Easter AstraZeneca 4:55 - 5:35
Evening reception - Sponsored by Covance 5:35 - 6:35

Tuesday, 18 May 2010

SessionTopicSpeakerCompanyTime
Second Tier Investigation: Cases where Routine and Specialized In Vivo Evaluations Provided Pivotal Risk Assessment Context Brian Gemzik BMS 8:30 - 9:10
Session III: Predictive Tox of Large Molecules
Session Intro Mark Fielden 9:10 - 9:20
Appropriate Animal Models for Safety Assessment of Biologics Tim MacLachlan, PhD, DABT Genzyme 9:20 - 10:00
Risk-Based Drug-Drug Interaction Assessment Strategy for Therapeutic Proteins Honghui Zhou, PhD, FCP Centocor R&D, Johnson & Johnson 10:00 - 10:40
Break 10:40 - 10:55
Determining Target-Mediated Toxicity in Nonclinical Species and its Application to Safety in Man Lisa Beebe, PhD, DABT Biogen Idec 10:55 - 11:35
Predictive Pre-Clinical Models for Unintended Immune Stimulation Padma Kumar Narayanan Amgen 11:35 - 12:15
Assays that Detect Mechanisms of DILI in Discovery Stage: When De-Risking Makes Most Sense Katya Tsaioun Apredica 12:15 - 12:45
Lunch 12:45 - 1:45

Development Workshop

Tuesday, 18 May 2010

SessionTopicSpeakerCompanyTime
Development Workshop Intro Vic Kadambi Millennium Pharmaceuticals 1:45 - 1:55
Session IV: Safety Assessment of Coagulation Products
Session Intro Garvin Warner Pfizer 1:55 - 2:05
Toxicological Assessment of a Recombinant Human Coagulation Protein Delivered via Liposomes Inge Ivens Bayer 2:05 - 2:45
ReFacto/Xyntha: Nonclinical Challenges in the Development of Replacement Factors for Hemophilia A Garvin Warner Pfizer 2:45 - 3:25
Break 3:25 - 3:40
BeneFIX®: Nonclinical Strategies to Support Post-Marketing Manufacturing and Formulation Changes Melissa Jezuit Pfizer 3:40 - 4:20
The Potentials and Challenges of Longer-acting Factor VIII and Factor FIX Replacement Therapies Haiyan Jiang Biogen Idec Hemophilia 4:20 - 5:00
Roundtable Discussion All Speakers 5:00 - 5:30
Evening Reception 5:30 - 6:30

Wednesday, 19 May 2010

SessionTopicSpeakerCompanyTime
Session V: Safety Assessment of Modified Endogenous Products - Development Issues
Session Intro Chris TenHoor Dyax 9:00 - 9:10
Preclinical Development and Safety Assessment of a Human Recombinant Chimeric (non-Ig Fc) Fusion Protein Christopher Horvath Taligen 9:10 - 9:50
Monomeric Fc Fusion Proteins Show Improved Pharmacokinetics Jennifer Dumont Syntonix Pharmaceuticals 9:50 - 10:30
Break 10:30 - 10:45
Nonclinical Development of a Kunitz Domain-Based Inhibitor of Plasma Kallekrein Chris TenHoor Dyax 10:45 - 11:25
Incurred Sample Reanalysis: Biogen Idec Experience From Both Small Molecule and Large Molecule Studies Liyu Yang BIIB 11:25 - 12:05
Lunch 12:05 - 1:05
Session VI: Preclinical Development of Novel Macromolecular Therapeutic Technologies
Session Intro Page Bouchard 1:05 - 1:15
Adnectins: Realizing the Promise of a Novel Class of Targeted Biologics Nicholas Marsh Adnexus 1:15 - 1:55
Nonclinical Assessment of Bispecific T Cell Engaging BiTE© Antibodies Benno Rattel Micromet AG, Munich 1:55 - 2:35
Break 2:35 - 2:50
General Properties and Development Considerations for Peptide Therapeutics Angelique Braen Hoffmann-La Roche 2:50 - 3:30
General Properties and Nonclinical Testing strategies for Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Page Bouchard Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research 3:30 - 4:10