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Targeting Ocular Disorders

 
  June 28, 2013  
     
 
Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA
September 26-27, 2013


Day 1: September 26, 2013
  • 2:00 A Special Intraocular Contemplation for New Format Antibody Formulations
  • 2:30 Intrinsic Toxicity Pathways Affecting Survival of Ganglion Cells in Injured Retina
  • 3:00 Antibody Fragment Pharmacokinetics in the Eye and Implications for Bi-Specific Therapeutics
  • 3:30 Breakthrough Solutions for Ocular Diseases
  • 4:30 Treating Ocular Disease with Therapeutic Mirror Proteins
  • 5:00 Cell-Based Therapies for Ocular Disease
Day 2; September 27, 2013
  • 8:30 P529: A First-in-Class Dual Dissociative TORC1/TORC2 Small Molecule Drug Inhibitor of the PI3K Pathway
  • 9:00 Bi-Specific Aptamer-Based Antagonists of VEGF and PDGF for the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  • 9:30 Antihistimines in Ocular Allergy: The Promise of H1R/H4R Dual-Action Antagonists
  • 10:30 Antisense Oligonucleotides: A Close Look at a Topic that Makes Sense
  • 11:00 Development of Novel Small Molecule Inhibitors Targeting Atypical PKC to Prevent Retinal Edema
  • 11:30 Targeted Nanoparticle Therapy using Intraceptor Inhibition of Choroidal Neovascularization
  • 1:50 Lens Epithelium-Derived Growth Factor Fragment (LEDGF1-326), a Novel Therapeutic Protein: Biosynthesis, Characterization, and Efficacy in Retinal Degenerative Diseases
  • 2:20 Inhibition of Cytokine Signaling to Treat Ocular Diseases
  • 2:50 Treatment for Dry Form AMD in a New Mouse Model
  • 3:10  The Many Facets of PEDF in Drug Discovery and Disease: A Diamond in the Rough or Split Personality Disorder?
 
 
Organized by: Cambridge Healthtech Institute
Invited Speakers:
  • Dhananjay Jere, Ph.D., Group Leader, PTDE, Hoffmann-La Roche
  • Val Shestopalov, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Ophthalmology
  • Justin Scheer, Ph.D., Scientist, Protein Chemistry, Genentech, Inc.
  • Guillaume Pfefer, President & CEO, Kala Pharmaceuticals
  • Dana Ault-Richie, Ph.D., CEO, Reflexion Pharma
  • Mohammed El-Kalay, Ph.D., Research and Development, EyeCyte, Inc.
  • David Sherris, Ph.D., CEO, Paloma Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Nebojsa Janjic, Ph.D., CSO, R&D, SomaLogic, Inc.
  • Rogier Smits, Ph.D., Managing Director, Medicinal Chemistry, Griffin Discoveries BV
  • Eric Thorin, Ph.D., Chief Development Officer, Gene Signal International, SA
  • David A. Antonetti, Ph.D., Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan
  • Michael Burr, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah
  • Uday B. Kompella, Ph.D., Director, Kompella Lab, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  • Eric Furfine, Ph.D., President of R & D, Eleven Biotherapeutics
  • Haoyu Mao, Ph.D., Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida College of Medicine
  • Olga Volpert, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University
 
Deadline for Abstracts: August 16, 2013
 
Registration: Register Now
E-mail: kwaterman@healthtech.com
 
   
 
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