Day One Virtual Summit – Wednesday July 21st, 2021
9:00am
Chair’s Welcome Introduction & House Rules
Simon Curtis
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Curtis & Coulter
9:15am
Meeting / Networking Slot #1 – (15 minutes)
Explore the Summit virtual platform, engage fellow attendees, and visit the Technology and Service companies solutions pages.
9:30am
Patient-Centric Design for Peptide Delivery: Trends in Routes of Administration and Advancement in Drug Delivery Technologies
Manuel Sanchez-Felix, PhD
Senior Fellow, Novel Delivery Technologies
Novartis
9:55am
Meeting / Networking Slot #2 – (5 minutes)
10:00am
Considerations in Development of Oral Peptide Formulations using Transient Permeation Enhancers
Nigel Davies, PhD
Principle Scientist, Drug Delivery
AstraZeneca
10:25am
Meeting / Networking Slot #3 – (5 minutes)
10:30am
TECH SHOWCASE #1
Case Study: An Integrated Peptide Development Enables IND Submission in 10 Months
Pete Nguyen, PhD
Director, Business Development, Oligo/Peptide
STA Pharmaceutical, a WuXi AppTec Company (WuXi STA)
Sponsored by:
10:45am
100 Years of Insulin Drug Engineering and Future Ambitions
Thomas Høeg-Jensen, PhD
Scientific Director, Insulin Science & Project Management
Novo Nordisk
11:10am
Meeting / Networking Slot #4 – (5 minutes)
11:15am
New Process to Encapsulate mRNA, Peptides and Proteins at High Loadings
Robert Prud'homme, PhD
Professor, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University
11:40am
Meeting / Networking Slot #5 – (5 minutes)
11:45am
XeriSol Formulation Technology for Subcutaneous Delivery of Peptide Drugs
Mike Neely, PhD
Director, Business Development
Xeris Pharmaceuticals
Sponsored by:
12:00pm
The Confluence of Innovation in Therapeutics, Drug Delivery and Regulation
Twinkle Christian
Scientist, Drug Product Technologies
Amgen
12:30pm
Virtual Lunch Break & Meeting / Networking Slots #6, #7 & #8 – (10 minutes each)
1:15pm
Automated High-Throughput Preparation and Characterization of Oligonucleotide-Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles
Chun-Wan Yen, PhD
Senior Scientist, Small Molecule Pharmaceutical Sciences
Genentech
1:40pm
Meeting / Networking Slot #9 – (5 minutes)
1:45pm
Advances in Peptide-Based Drug Delivery
Dan Zhang, PhD
Director of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Merck Research Laboratories
2:15pm
Meeting / Networking Slot #10 – (15 minutes)
2:30pm
High-Throughput Discovery and Parallel Optimization of Peptide Therapeutics
Lauren Goodrich, PhD
Director, Research & Development, Nimble Therapeutics
2:55pm
Meeting / Networking Slot #11 – (5 minutes)
3:00pm
Chair’s Closing Remarks & Close of Day One
Simon Curtis
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Curtis & Coulter
Day Two Virtual Summit – Thursday July 22nd, 2021
9:10am
Chair’s Welcome Introduction & House Rules
Simon Curtis
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Curtis & Coulter
9:15am
Meeting / Networking Slot #12 – (15 minutes)
Explore the Summit virtual platform, engage fellow attendees, and visit the Technology and Service companies solutions pages.
9:30am
Cell-Free Biosynthesis of Polypeptides with Modified Backbones
Rumit Maini, PhD
Senior Scientist
Merck & Co
9:55am
Meeting / Networking Slot #13 – (5 minutes)
10:00am
Overcoming Scalability Challenges of Complex Injectables: From Lab to Plant
Sam Trotter, PhD
Operations Manager
Micropore Technologies
Sponsored by:
10:30am
Meeting / Networking Slot #14 – (15 minutes)
10:45am
Brain-Enhanced Delivery of Neuropeptides Using Prodrug Approaches
Laszlo Prokai, PhD
Professor and Robert A. Welch Chair in Biochemistry
University of North Texas Health Science Center
11:10am
Meeting / Networking Slot #15 – (5 minutes)
11:15am
Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Peptide-Based Anti-Cancer ADCs and other Modalities
Rakesh Dixit, PhD
President, CEO and Founder
Bionavigen
11:45am
Meeting / Networking Slot #16 – (15 minutes)
12:00pm
Development of GIPR/GLP-1R Bispecific Conjugates
Wu Bin, PhD
Principal Scientist, Therapeutic Discovery
Amgen
12:30pm
Virtual Lunch Break & Meeting / Networking Slots #17, #18 & #19 – (10 minutes each)
1:30pm
Residualizing Peptides: Tools for Practical Applications in Drug Development
Danielle Mandikian, PhD
Senior Scientist, Preclinical and Translational PK
Genentech
1:55pm
Meeting / Networking Slot #20 – (5 minutes)
2:00pm
Overview of Novel siRNA Drug Product Technologies
Namita Sawant, PhD
Scientist, Drug Product Technologies
Amgen
2:25pm
Meeting / Networking Slot #21 – (5 minutes)
2:30pm
Nanomedicines for Modified Drug Delivery Approaches
Indrajit Ghosh, PhD
Associate Scientific Director, Biologics Product Development
Bristol Myers Squibb
2:55pm
Meeting / Networking Slot #22 – (5 minutes)
3:00pm
Chair’s Closing Remarks & Close of Summit
Simon Curtis
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Curtis & Coulter
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