Attending Biotech and Pharma

GSK Center Excellence for External Drug Discovery (CEEDD), GlaxoSmithKline Antisoma AstraZeneca Schering-Plough Serentis Karus Therapeutics Ltd Cellzome Vantia Therapeutics

BOS non clinical 2009 is primarily a partnering event; a forum to connect biotech & pharma outsourcing executives with a network of specialist CROs operating at the discovery/development interface. In addition to 1 to 1 partnering we have organised a programme of speakers who will deliver perspective and experience from growing biotech, established pharma and the service sector.

We are pleased to announce a first class programme of speakers for BOS 2009 including the following experts in their fields; Dr Zoran Rankovic, Director Medicinal Chemistry, Schering-Plough  will be opening proceedings by examining some of the trends shaping discovery within a pharma setting. Dr Wolfgang Ebenbeck, Flourine Team Leader at Saltigo GmbH will then outline their capabilities in flourine chemistry.  Giving the biotech perspective at Discovery will be Dr Stephen Shuttleworth who will be looking at the approach at Karus Therapeutics to Lead Optimisation. Stephen is the Chief Scientific Officer at Karus. We are very pleased that Dr Andy Merritt who is Associate Director, Chemistry, Medical Council Research & Technology will be guiding the Discovery session as chair.

Kicking off the Early Discovery session will be Dr Chris Hobbs, Group Director of Chemistry at Proximagen Ltd.  Following his participation in the inaugural BOS event in 2006 we are very pleased that Prof Hans-Jurgen Federsel, Director of Science, Global Process R&D, AstraZeneca will be participating again in BOS 2009 Prof Federsel is a leading international authority on process development and will give some of his insights into the trends shaping PR&D.

To close the 2009 programme we welcome Dr Andy Parsons, VP Head of Preclinical Development at the Center Excellence for External Drug Discovery (CEEDD), GlaxoSmithKline. This talk should give a valuable insight into how CEEDD work with their biotech collaboration partners and CROs to achieve R&D goals. This talk should also be very useful for biotech who are interested to learn more about how collaboration with a pharma partner would work in practice.

We hope you will agree it is a varied and interesting programme.

We hope that you will enjoy!

Bio2Business Team


Provisional Programme: Biotech Outsource Strategies 2007
Provisional Programme:
Biotech Outsourcing Strategies 2009: BOS non-clinical
07.30 - 09.30 Registration, Partnering & Breakfast
Optional - 09.00 - 09.30 Opt in for: UK Trade and Investment Workshop

Internationalising your business: how the UK Government can help
Speaker: Nermeen Varawalla, UK Trade and Investment
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09.30 - 11.00 Discovery Module

Chair: Dr Andy Merritt, Associate Director, Chemistry, Medical Research Council Technology

09.30 - 10.00 Creative solutions to attrition in pharmaceutical R&D

Dr Zoran Rankovic, Director, Medicinal Chemistry, Schering-Plough Research Institute

10.00 - 10.30 Fluorine Chemistry in Life Science R&D

Dr Michael Essers, Research and Development Manager, Saltigo, Key Sponsor

10.30 - 11.00 Small molecule lead discovery, optimisation and development in a semi-virtual R&D environment

Dr Stephen Shuttleworth, CSO, Karus Therapeutics

Optional - 11.00 - 11.30 Opt in for: UK Trade and Investment Workshop

Unlocking the Framework 7 programme: accessing EU funding for business success
by Graham Hughes, Framework 7 UK
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11.00 - 11.30 Coffee Break & Partnering
11.30 - 12.30 Technology Showcase

Chair: Dr Richard Todd, Director, CMOpharma Limited

11.30 - 11.40 Changing needs in high potency manufacturing

Dr Charlie Johnson, High Potency Business Manager, Carbogen Amcis AG

11.40 - 11.50 High-potency API manufacturing by Sochinaz

Dr Stanislas Veuthey, Business Development Manager, Sochinaz AG / Bachem

11.50 - 12.00 Avantium - steps ahead in solid state research

Pauline Jäger, VP Business Development, Avantium Technologies BV

12.00 - 12.10 Chirality, first-time-right

Dr Ton Vries, CEO, Syncom BV

12.10 - 12.20 Tools that Shasun Pharma Solutions use to aid process understanding

Steve Woolley, New Product Introduction Manager, Shasun Pharma Solutions Ltd

12.20 - 12.30 Questions and answers
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch & Partnering
Optional - 13.30 - 14.00 Opt in for: Fulcrum Pharma Presentation

How Predictive are Animal Models for Clinical Development?
by Dr Ian Chapman, Development Director, Fulcrum Pharma
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14.00 - 15.30 Early Development Module

Chair: Dr Rod Baker, Bioedge Pharma Consultancy Limited

14.00 - 14.30 Scale Up Strategies: Challenges and approaches to early development scale up of small molecules in a semi virtual biotech

Dr Chris Hobbs, Group Director of Chemistry, Proximagen Ltd

14.30 - 15.00 Development Focus: Current trends shaping process development

Prof Hans-Jürgen Ferdersel, Director of Science, Global Process R&D, AstraZeneca

15.00 - 15.30 The exploratory IND in preclinical development: Strategies for small molecule and large molecule R&D

Dr Penelope Ward, Chief Medical Officer, NovImmune

15.30 - 16.00 Coffee Break & Partnering
16.00 - 17.00 Case Study Module

Chair: Dr Lloyd Payne, Research Director, Aquapharm Biodiscovery Ltd

16.00 - 16.45 Collaboration between biotech, CROs and pharma to drive forward R&D and create win/win for all stake holders

Dr Andrew A Parsons, VP Head of Preclinical Development, Center Excellence for External Drug Discovery (CEEDD), GlaxoSmithKline

17.00 Onwards Drinks Reception: College Garden

Key Sponsors

Sponsor - Saltigo

Gold CRO Sponsors

Avantium

CARBOGEN-AMCIS

Fulcrum Pharma (Europe) Ltd

SAFC

Shasun Pharma Solutions

Sochinaz AG

Syncom BV

Silver CRO Sponsor

Sponsor - Cambrex

Exhibition Sponsor

Sponsor - Almac Sciences

Media Partner

Sponsor - Chemistry World

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