September 26, 2023   Regulated Bioanalysis Workshop
September 27, 2023   Discovery Bioanalysis and New Technologies Workshop
September 28, 2023   Mechanistic ADME Workshop

Title

Speaker

Company

Time

Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits

 

7:30 - 8:30

Workshop Introduction.

8:30 - 8:40 

Session I: Assessing the Current Landscape of FDA Regulations

Session Introduction: Lori Payne, Alturas Analytics & James Schiller, Merck

 

 

8:40 - 8:45

Drug-Drug Interaction Assessment for Therapeutic Proteins

Qin Sun

FDA

8:45 - 9:15

Plenary Talk - Merck's Strategy Around Decentralized Trials, Bioanalytical Sampling and Logistics

Melanie Anderson

Merck

9:15 - 9:55

Session II: Advances in Sampling Strategies: A Dialogue with Joleen White and Lori Payne

     

Patient Centric Sampling in Therapeutic Development Programs

Joleen White

Bill and Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute

9:55 - 10:25

Space - the Final Microsampling Frontier

Lori Payne

Alturas

10:25 - 10:40

Sponsor Presentation:Targeted High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry: Sensitive & Precise Therapeutic Protein Target Quantification in Any Tissue

Matt Westfall

 inotiv

10:40 - 10:55

AM Break & Exhibits

10:55 - 11:15

Session III: Emerging Modalities and New Technologies

Session Introduction: Darshana Jani, Moderna & Joe Tweed, Bicycle Therapeutics

 

11:15 - 11:20

Evaluating a Hybrid LC-MS/MS Approach for the Quantification of siRNA Analytes

Karan Agrawal

Janssen Research and Development

11:20 - 11:45

Translating Preclinical Findings Into Clinical Biomarker Assays To Support The Phase I/II Study of BT7480, A Bicycle Tumor-Targeted Immune Cell AgonistTM

Heather Cohen

Bicycle Therapeutics

11:45 - 12:10

RT-qPCR Method Development and Validation for mRNA Analysis

Suresh Paddigari

Moderna

12:10 - 12:35

Lunch, Exhibits, and Poster Viewing

 

12:35 - 1:55

Sponsor Showcase

 

1:555 - 2:15

Session IV: Immunogenicity Applications for Various Drug Modalities

Session Introduction: Ang Liu, Daiichi & Fumin Li, Biollege Bioanalytical Consulting

 

2:15 - 2:20

Qualification for SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Assay

Min Zhao

Moderna

2:20 - 2:45

Chasing the Matrix Interference in a Bispecific ADA Assay - Divergent Target Interference Based on a Patient Geography

Arkadeep Sinha

Upstream Bio

2:45 - 3:10

MAPPs Assay and Key Applications at Novartis

Anette Karle

Novartis (Switzerland)

3:10 - 3:35

PM Break & Exhibits

3:35 - 3:55

Session V: Rapid Fire Poster Presentations    

Session Introduction

Joseph Tweed

Bicycle Therapeutics

3:55 - 4:00

Poster Presenters - Bahar Rizi, Sciex; Nevena Mollova, Gilead; Papa Makhtar Drame, Keros Therapeutics; Stephanie Pasas-Farmer, BioData Solutions; Matthew Solomon, Merck; Rama Voggu, Lapcorp

4:00 - 4:45

Reception, Exhibits, and Poster Viewing

 

4:45 - 6:15

Title

Speaker

Company

Time

Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits

 

7:30 - 8:30

Workshop Introduction

Christopher Kochansky

Exelixis

8:30 - 8:40

Session I: Leveraging Biomarkers & Integrating Multi-Omics for Biomarker Discovery

     

Session Introduction: Jonnathan Josephs, Genentech & Zack Parsons, BMS

 

 

8:40 - 8:45

Plenary Talk - Quantitative Mass Spectrometry-based Multi-omics for Drug Development and Precision Medicine

Bhagwat Prasad

Washington State University

8:45 - 9:25

Multi-Omics Analysis of Colon Mucosa and Wall from Crohn's Disease Patients

Liang Jin

AbbVie

9:25 - 9:55

Mass Spectrometry CSF Proteomics and Single-cell Sequencing to Identify Novel Biomarkers in Multiple Sclerosis

Akshaya Ramesh

Genentech

9:55 - 10:25

AM Break & Exhibits

 

10:25 - 10:55

Session II: Applications of Precision Medicine in Drug Discovery Research

     

Session Introduction: Hiroshi Sugimoto, Takeda & Yu Tian, AbbVie

 

 

10:55 - 11:00

Development of a Targeted, LC-MS Assay to Investigate Collagen Crosslinking Dynamics in IPF Pathogenesis

Sarah Lloyd

AbbVie

11:00 - 11:30

NanoString-based High Throughput microRNA Biomarker Assay Development

Saran Ayyadurai

Takeda

11:30 - 12:00

ddPCR Technology in Muscular Dystrophy Research to Quantify Human Skipped/Non-Skipped Transcripts

Brijesh Garg

PepGen

12:00 - 12:30

Sponsor Presentation:  Sensitive Quantitation of Antisense Oligonucleotides in Human Plasma Using Triple Quadrupole & HR Orbitrap Based MS Methods

Hao Yang

ThermoFisher

12:30 - 12:40

Lunch, Exhibits, and Poster Viewing

 

12:40 - 2:10

Rapid Fire Poster Presentations - Anahita Keyhani, Altasciences & Robert Plumb, Waters

 

2:10 - 2:20

Session III: Advancing DMPK/Bioanalysis of PROTAC's

     

Session Introduction: John Williams, Vertex & Jeongsup Shim, Genentech

 

 

2:20 - 2:25

Investigating Permeability for Heterobifunctional Protein Degraders

Joe Cannon

BMS

2:25 - 2:55

Bioanalytical Strategies for Characterization and PK Assessment of Multi-specific Antibodies

Yuting Wang

AbbVie

2:55 - 2:25

PM Break & Exhibits

 

3:25 - 3:55

Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Modeling of STAT3 Degraders

Mike Weis

Kymera Therapeutics

3:55 - 4:25

Session IV: Vendor Session - Latest Advances in LC-MS

     

Session Introduction: Hongying Gao, Innovo Bioanalysis LLC & Christopher Kochansky, Exelixis & Jonathan Josephs, Genentech

 

 

4:25 - 4:30

Participants: Matthew Stone, SCIEX; Jerry Pappas, ThermoFisher Scientific & Ismael Zamora, Molecular Discovery 

4:30 - 5:00

Closing Remarks

 

5:00 - 5:05

Title

Speaker

Company

Time

Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits

 

7:30 - 8:30

Workshop Introduction

Benjamin Johnson

BMS

8:30 - 8:40

Session I: ADME of Select Modalities

Session Introduction: Nagendra Chemuturi, Eli Lilly & Cindy Xia, Renegade Therapeutics

 

 

8:40 - 8:45

Developing Efficacious Preclinical PK/PD Strategies for Bifunctional Targeted Protein Degrader (TPD) Towards Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Steven Louie

Moderna Therapeutics

8:45 - 9:10

ADME Properties of SOTORASIB, a Covalent Drug for Treatment of KRAS G12C Addicted Tumors

Upendra Dahal

Amgen

9:10 - 9:35

ADME and DDI Consideration of a Novel LNP Lipid Excipient

Lei Ci

Moderna

9:35 - 10:00

AM Break & Exhibits


10:00 - 10:25

Sponsor Showcase and Rapid Fire Poster Presentations

10:25 - 10:45

Session II: Unexpected ADMET Profiles in the Clinic and Investigations into Root Causes

     

Session Introduction: Benjamin Johnson, BMS & Greg Walker, Pfizer

 

 

10:45 - 10:50

Characterization of Divergent Metabolic Pathways in Elucidating an Unexpected, Slow-Forming, and Long Half-Life Major Metabolite of Iclepertin

Tom Chan

Boehringer Ingelheim

10:50 - 11:15

Leveraging ADMET Data to Select Best in Class LPA1 Antagonist

Ramola Sane

BMS

11:15 - 11:40

Complex Metabolism of the Novel Neurosteroid, Ganaxolone, in Humans. A Unique Challenge for MIST Assessment

William Fitch

Stanford

11:40 - 12:05

Lunch, Exhibits, and Poster Viewing

 

12:05 - 1:20

Session III: Applying Cutting-edge ADME Technologies

     

Session Introduction: Donglu Zhang, Genentech & David Stresser, AbbVie

 

 

2:05 - 2:10

Plenary Talk - The Dynamic Free Fraction: Concept, Methodology, and Use in Clearance Predictions

Zhengyin Yan

Genentech 

1:25 - 2:05

Speaker Introduction

 

 

2:05 - 2:10

 Revealing the Absorption Intricacies of bRo5s and PROTACs Through a Fresh Perspective on Assays and Novel Physiochemical Trends

Edward Price

AbbVie

2:10 - 2:35

A Novel All Human Hepatic Cell-Based Tri-Culture System for Preclinical Drug Development

Jessica Weaver & Edward LeCluyse (Q&A)

LifeNet Health

2:35 - 3:00

Mathematical Models to Characterize the Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion of Protein Therapeutics

Dhaval K. Shah

SUNY Buffalo

3:00 - 3:25

PM Break & Exhibits

3:25 - 3:45

Session IV: Exploring Unconventional Biotransformation Pathways

     

Session Introduction: James Driscoll, BMS & Eric Ballard, Takeda

 

 

3:45 - 3:50

Unusual In Vivo Metabolism of Nifurtimox

Dieter Lang

Bayer AG

3:50 - 4:15

Oxidation-Reduction Equilibrium of Thiol-Containing Drugs and Metabolites

Simone Schadt

Roche

4:15 - 4:40

Conference Closing Remarks

 

4:40- 4:45

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