October 6, 2025   Regulated Bioanalysis Workshop
October 7, 2025   Discovery Bioanalysis and New Technologies Workshop
October 8, 2025   Mechanistic ADME Workshop

Title

Speaker

Company

Time

Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits

 

7:30 - 8:30

Workshop Introduction.

Nevena Mollova

Gilead

8:30 - 8:40 

Session I: Precision Strategies in Regulated BA & Biomarker Validation

Session Introduction: Darshana Jani, Moderna; Ang Liu, Johnson & Johnson; Nevena Mollova, Gilead

 

 

8:40 - 8:45

recommendations on cross-validation experiment design from bioanalytical and clinical pharmacology perspective - Title TBA

Patrick Breslin

J & J

8:45 - 9:05

metabolite bioanalysis on behalf of IQ consortium - Title TBA

Wenkui Liu

Novartis

9:05 - 9:25

Oversight of Bioavailability and Bioequivalence Studies in Support of New and Generic Drugs and Therapeutic Biologics

Sean Kassim

FDA

9:25 - 9:45

biomarker validation strategies in drug development - Title TBA

Lindsay King

Pfizer

9:45 - 10:05

TBA

TBA

TBA

10:05 - 10:25

AM Break & Exhibits

10:25 - 10:45

Sponsor Presentation: Title TBA

TBA

 WWCT logo

10:45 - 11:00

Session II: Analytical Innovations in Emerging Modalities & Nucleic Acid-Based Therapies

     

Session Introduction: Seema Kumar, Flagship & Jennifer Cunliffe, Novartis

 

 

11:00 - 11:05

Identification of Critical Reagents for Novel Biotherapeutic Modalities: Considerations and Case Studies

Krisna Doung-Ly

Merck

11:05 - 11:30

Characterization of Critical Reagents with Different New Modalities

Rosmery Lawrence-Henderson

Pfizer

11:30 - 11:55

Unraveling xRNA Immunogenicity: Insights and Future Horizons

Maria Jadhav

Novartis

11:55 - 12:20

Lunch, Exhibits, and Poster Viewing (1:10 pm - 1:30 pm)

 

12:30 - 1:30

Vendor Presentation: Title TBA

TBA

 SCIEX LOGO RGB

1:30 - 1:45

Session III: Immunogenicity Matters: Advances in ADA Assay Development and Monitoring

Session Introduction: Fumin Li, Unitides Bioanalytical Lab & James Schiller, Merck

 

1:45 - 1:50

Signal-to-Noise Ratio: A Streamlined Alternative to Titer for Anti-Drug Antibody Assessment

Amy Li

Genentech

1:50 - 2:15

Title TBA

Brad Roadcap

Merck

2:15 - 2:40

Anti drug antibody assay singlicate vs duplicate sample testing - Title TBA

Douglas Donaldson

Moderna

2:40 - 3:05

Clinical Immunogenicity Monitoring of an Fc Fusion Protein Drug with Two Endogenous Counterparts: From Screening to Domain Specificity and Cross-Reactivity

Jinsong Yang

Keros

3:05 - 3:30

PM Break & Exhibits

3:30 - 3:50

Session IV: Beyond Buzzwords: Real-World AI and ML Applications in Bioanalysis

     

Session Introduction: 

 

3:50 - 3:55

Machine Learning Guided Selection of Chiral Supercritical Fluid Chromatography Conditions

Kiyoto Tanemura

BMS

3:55 - 4:15

Leveraging AI in Bioanalysis: Real-World Applications of Large Language Models

Stephanie Pasas-Farmer

BioData Solutions

4:15 - 4:35

Title TBA

Afsana Trini

BMS

4:35 - 4:55

Session V: Innovation Junction: Bridging Science and Solutions in Pharma

     

Sponsor Showcase: TBA

4:55 - 5:15

Session VI: Rapid Fire Poster Presentations

Session Introduction: 

 

5:15 - 5:20

Poster Presenters:

1. TBD

2. TBD

3. TBD

4. TBD

5:20 - 5:40

Title

Speaker

Company

Time

Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits

 

7:30 - 8:30

Workshop Introduction

8:30 - 8:35

Session I: Bioanalytical Challenges and Approaches for Oligonucleotides in Therapeutic Development

     

Session Introduction: Jing Tu, GSK; Linlin Dong, Takeda; Hongying Gao, Innovo Bioanalysis

 

 

8:35 - 8:40

Title TBA

Diana Cha

Alnylam

8:40 - 9:05

LC-MS Bioanalytical Support for Oligonucleotide PK/PD Studies

John Chen

NovaBioAssays

9:05 - 9:30

Bridging HELISA and LC-MS for Quantification of siRNA and Its Metabolite in Preclinical Studies

Yunlin Fu

Novartis

9:30 - 9:55

Sponsor Presentation:  Title TBA

TBA

Southern Research

9:55 - 10:10

AM Break & Exhibits

 

10:10 - 10:40

Session II: Immunogenicity & ADA Assessment

     

Session Introduction: John Williams, Vertex & Ju Liu, Eli Lilly

 

 

10:40 - 10:45

Title TBA

Emilee Knowlton

PepImmune

10:45 - 11:10

Immunogenicity Risk Assessment at the pre-IND Stage: Integrated Immunogenicity Risk Assessment in Protein-based Biotherapeutic Drug Development

Xiaobin Zhang

Takeda

11:10 - 11:35

Overcoming Challenges Associated with ADA Assay Development for ASOs

Brittany Youngs

Stoke Therapeutics

11:35 - 12:00

In Silico Immunogenicity Risk Assessments: AI- Enhanced Prediction of Clinical Immunogenicity Outcomes with EpiVax’s ISPRI Toolkit

Aimee Mattei

EpiVax

12:00 - 12:25

Lunch, Exhibits, and Poster Viewing

 

12:25 - 1:40

Sponsor Presentation:  Title TBA

TBA

Medicilon LOGO 1

1:40 - 1:50

Session III: AI & Machine Learning in Bioanalysis and Drug Discovery

     

Session Introduction: Yu Tian, AbbVie & Zachary Parsons, BMS

 

 

1:50 - 1:55

Plenary Talk: Title TBA

Gary Jenkins

AbbVie

1:55 - 2:35

AI/ML applications in drug discovery - Title TBA

Reilly Eason

Merck

2:35 - 3:00

Leveraging AI in Computational Toxicology

Wei Liang

AbbVie

3:00 - 3:25

Session IV: Complex Biologics & Bioanalytical Strategies & Biomarker Analysis and Applications in Drug Development

Session Introduction: Jonathan Joseph & Paddy Eangoor, Sanofi

 

3:25 - 3:30

A Two-Cycle Immunoaffinity Enrichment Strategy with Acid Treatment to Enhance Biotherapeutics Assay Sensitivity in Tissues

Yipei Zhang

Takeda

3:30 - 4:00

PM Break & Exhibits

 

4:00 - 4:20

Strategic Bioanalytical Approaches for Complex Biologics: Tools and Case Studies

Paddy Eangoor

Sanofi

4:20 - 4:50

Rapid Fire Talks

4:50 - 5:15

Reception & Exhibits

 

5:15 - 6:30

Title

Speaker

Company

Time

Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits

 

7:30 - 8:30

Workshop Introduction

8:30 - 8:40

Plenary Talk - Human Mass Balance and Metabolite Profiling Studies: Regulatory Guidance, Technical Approaches and Clinical Implications

Chandra Prakash

Agios

8:40 - 9:20

Session I: PROTACs and Molecular Glues with respect to ADME challenges and human PK/dose projection; Early dose prediction strategies

Session Introduction: Raman Sharma, Pfizer; Sara Shum, City Therapeutics & Hongbin Yu, Boehringer-Ingelheim

9:40 - 9:25

Title TBA

Mark Niosi

Pfizer

9:25 - 9:50

ADME profiling of clinical stage PROTACs

Jesse Yu

Relay Therapeutics

9:50 - 10:15

Mathematical Modeling for Human Dose Prediction of Degraders

Jan Elias

Boehringer-Ingelheim

10:15 - 10:40

AM Break & Exhibits


10:40 - 11:05

Rapid Fire Poster Presentations

1. TBD

2. TBD

3. TBD

4. TBD

11:05 - 11:25

Session II: Use of AI & ML for Early Dose Prediction and ADME Properties

Session Introduction: Christopher Kochansky, Exelixis; Donglu Zhang, Genentech & April Chen, AstraZeneca

 

11:25 - 11:30

Title TBA

Kaushik Mitra

J & J

11:30 - 11:55

Title TBA

Fabio Broccatelli

Altos Labs

11:55 - 12:20

AI-aided drug design from drug metabolism perspectives

Lionel Cheruzel

Genentech

12:20 - 12:45

Lunch, Exhibits, and Poster Viewing

 

12:45 - 2:00

Session III: Building Reliable Screening Funnels for Targeted Covalent Binders

     

Session Introduction: Benjamin Johnson, BMS & David Stresser, AbbVie

 

 

2:00 - 2:05

DMPK Considerations for the Development of Targeted Covalent Inhibitor Drugs: An IQ Consortium Assessment

Martin Dowty

AbbVie

2:05 - 2:30

Analytical Strategies for Covalent Drug Discovery - Targeting Residues Beyond Cysteine

Lyn Jones

Harvard University

2:30 - 3:05

PM Break & Exhibits

3:05 - 3:25

Title TBA

TBA 

TBA

3:25 - 3:50

Session IV: Recent Progress on Understanding Mechanisms of Hepatotoxicity

     

Session Introduction: James Driscoll; Nagendra Chemuturi, Eli Lilly & Eric Ballard, Takeda

 

 

3:50 - 3:55

Title TBA

Qinying Yu

Genentech

3:55 - 4:20

Title TBA

Matthew Wagoner

Takeda

4:20 - 4:45

Conference Closing Remarks

 

4:45- 4:50

Workshops

Regulated Bioanalysis

Discovery

Mechanistic ADME

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