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15th Annual Drug Discovery Summit 2014

 
  January 06, 2014  
     
 
Oxford Global, Geneva, Switzerland
2 & 3 June 2014


Agenda

15th Annual Drug Discovery Summit
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Day 1 Stream 1: R&D Models For The Future
Compound exchange: collaboration to strengthen pipelines
Open innovation case studies
Reviving existing drug products: increasing therapeutic potential
Practical innovation: what can we learn from biotechs?
Expanding therapeutic areas: pain, anti-addiction
CROs: developing successful partnerships

Day 1 Stream 2: Screening & Assays: Enabling Technologies
Next generation discovery applications
Phenotypic screening vs target-based screening
High content analysis: live cell imaging, 3D cell based assays, flow cytometry
Functional genomics screening
Novel technology platforms: NMR & SPR
iPSC and primary cells: physiologically relevant assays

Day 2 Stream 1: Target Based Discovery
New methods for targeting GPCRs, including allosteric modulator case studies
Target based discovery case studies: rare diseases, protein misfolding disorders, oligonucleotide therapies
Understanding the human kinome
Recent advances in epigenetic drug targets
Targeting Ion channels and PPIs
Macrocycle drugs – opening up new targets?

Day 2 Stream 2: Supporting Innovation: Data & Information Management
Data driven library optimisation
Incorporating development data into discovery research
Legacy data: turning challenge into opportunity
Real time compound annotation: improving drug discovery through data quality
Making the most of discovery data: compound optimisation, dosing regimens and trial design
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2nd Annual Discovery Chemistry & Drug Design Congress

Day 1 Stream 3: Discovery Chemistry: Latest Case Studies
Fragment based and structure based drug discovery
Analysing structure-activity relationships
Chemical genetic approaches
Hybrid approaches: combining biology and chemistry expertise
Advances in computational chemistry & flow chemistry
The role of natural products in discovery chemistry
Key learnings from ligand binding studies

Day 2 Stream 3: Drug Design: Novel Approaches
Lead optimisation: considering solubility, drugability and potency
Achieving selectivity and specificity
DMPK considerations in lead optimisation
Early de-risking through drug design
Water molecules: assessing the impact on drug discovery and design
Building increased molecular complexity into drug design
Computer aided design for biologics

Please contact Danielle Dalby on d.dalby@oxfordglobal.co.uk to download the full agenda. 

 
 
Organized by: Oxford Global
Invited Speakers:
  • Gregory Adams
    Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University School of Medicine, Co-Leader, Developmental Therapeutics, Fox Chase Cancer Center
  • Alexander Alanine
    Head, Chemistry Technologies & Innovation, Roche
  • Ashwani Bahl
    Senior Director Global External Research & Development, Eli Lilly
  • John Cumming
    Global Programme Manager for Predictive Chemistry, AstraZeneca
  • Werngard Czechtizky
    Section Head, Medicinal Chemistry, Sanofi-Aventis
  • Henry Danahay
    Director, Lung Repair & Regeneration, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
  • Peter Dandliker
    Director, Affinity Screening & Preclinical Pharmacology, Merck Research Laboratories
  • Charlotte Deane
    Director of the Systems Approaches to Biomedical Sciences Industrial DTC, Oxford University
  • Jose Duca
    Head, Computer-Aided Drug Discovery, Novartis
  • Jörg Eder
    Executive Director, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
  • David Elder
    Director SCINOVO, GSK R&D
  • Hans-Jürgen Federsel
    Senior Principal Scientist, AstraZeneca
  • Nicolas Fischer
    Head of Research, NovImmune
  • Tina Flatau
    VP Alliances and Projects, Prosensa Therapeutics BV
  • Ronald Frank
    Head of Research Group Chemical Systems Biology, Leibniz Institute, Co-ordinator EU-OPENSCREEN
  • Robert Hayes
    Vice President and Venture Leader, Centyrex Venture, Janssen
  • Adam Hill
    Director, Head of Screening, Novartis
  • Marius Hoener
    Senior Principal Scientist, Drug Discovery Project Team Leader, Vice Director, Roche
  • Steve Hood
    Director, Oligonucleotide Delivery, GSK
  • Roberto Iacone
    Head Stem Cell Group, Roche
  • Patrick Jimonet
    Discovery Sourcing And Leader Global Chemical Library Team, Sanofi
  • David Meininger
    Executive Director, Business Development & Licensing, Merck
  • Eckhard Ottow
    Head Global External Innovation & Alliances Global Drug Discovery, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals
  • Garry Pairaudeau
    Global Head of Research Outsourcing, AstraZeneca
  • Everard Pap
    Head of Lead Generation, Sanofi
  • Steve Rees
    Vice President, Screening Sciences and Sample Management, AstraZeneca
  • Alexander Schuhmacher
    Professor, School of Applied Chemistry, Reutlingen University
  • Richard Sedrani
    Executive Director, CPC / Expertise Platform Proteases / Medicinal Chemistry Unit, Novartis
  • Rich Taylor
    Principal Scientist CADD, UCB-New Medicines
  • Tove Tuntland
    Director of Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
  • Christoph Wiessner
    Head of Discovery, Asceneuron

Please contact Danielle Dalby on d.dalby@oxfordglobal.co.uk for more speaker updates. 

 
Deadline for Abstracts: N/A
 
Registration: Registration is now open. Please contact Danielle Dalby on d.dalby@oxfordglobal.co.uk for information on attendance and prices.
E-mail: d.dalby@oxfordglobal.co.uk
 
   
 
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