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Pegsummit.Com COVER CONFERENCE-AT-A-GLANCE SHORT COURSES TRAINING SEMINARS ENGINEERING STREAM Phage and Yeast Display of Antibodies Engineering Antibodies Engineering Bispecific Antibodies ONCOLOGY STREAM Antibodies for Cancer Therapy April 25-29, 2016 | Seaport World Trade Center | Boston, MA Advancing Bispecific Antibodies ADCs II: Advancing Toward the Clinic IMMUNOTHERAPY STREAM Preventing Toxicity in Immunotherapy REGISTER BY MARCH 25 & SAVE UP TO $200! 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PEGSummit.com COVER CONFERENCE-AT-A-GLANCE PLENARY KEYNOTE SESSION Monday, April 25 | 4:00 - 5:30 pm SHORT COURSES TRAINING SEMINARS ENGINEERING STREAM Antibody Therapeutics: Past, Present and Future The Promise of Cancer Immunotherapy: An Phage and Yeast Display of Antibodies Paul J. Carter, Ph.D., Senior Director and Staff Overview of Recent Advances and Jounce’s Engineering Antibodies Scientist, Antibody Engineering, Genentech Approach to Delivering the Right Therapy to Engineering Bispecific Antibodies Dr. Carter has ~30 years of biotechnology experience: Genentech (1986-2000 and the Right Patient 2010-present), Immunex/Amgen (2000-2003), Seattle Genetics (2003-2008) and ONCOLOGY STREAM VLST (2008-2009). His accomplishments in drug development include initiating Deborah Law, D. Phil., CSO Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. the antibody humanization program at Genentech. He is a co-inventor of 5 antibodies that have Deborah Law brings to Jounce nearly two decades of experience in biologics Antibodies for Cancer Therapy entered clinical development including one that has become a commercial product - Herceptin® drug discovery and development, particularly in the fields of oncology and Advancing Bispecific Antibodies (trastuzumab). Additionally, Dr. Carter is a co-inventor of “knobs-into-holes” technology used to immunology. Dr. Law joined Jounce from Merck, where she most recently ADCs II: Advancing Toward the Clinic create the one-armed antibodies and bispecific antibodies. He also invented technology for high- served as vice president of Therapy Area Biology for Immunology, Oncology and level antibody fragment expression in E. coli used for Lucentis® (ranibizumab). He is an inventor Immunomodulators. There, she was responsible for bringing cancer immunotherapy compounds IMMUNOTHERAPY STREAM or co-inventor on 41 issued US patents and 45 published patent applications. from discovery to the clinic. Prior to Merck, Dr. Law served as the CSO for Ablynx n.v. and Preventing Toxicity in Immunotherapy Dr. Carter has authored or co-authored >100 scientific publications that together have been held various research positions in biotechnology companies including PDL Biopharma, EOS Adoptive T Cell Therapy cited ~13,500 times. He has co-organized 12 international meetings on antibody engineering Biotechnology and Cor Therapeutics. Dr. Law holds a BSc in immunology from Glasgow University, a D. Phil. in immunology from Oxford University and pursued postdoctoral research at University of Agonist Immunotherapy Targets and antibody therapeutics. Dr. Carter has delivered >100 conference presentations and invited lectures including several keynote presentations. His professional experience includes heading California, San Francisco. the postdoctoral programs at Genentech (1998-2000), Immunex (2001-2002) and Amgen (2002- Difficult to Express Proteins 2003). Dr. Carter received a BA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University in 1982. He obtained a Optimizing Protein Expression Ph.D. in 1986 under Sir Gregory Winter, Ph.D., FRS at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Protein Expression System Engineering in Cambridge. From 1986-1989 Dr. Carter was a Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. James A. Wells at Genentech. Characterization of Biotherapeutics Cambridge Healthtech Biophysical Analysis of Biotherapeutics Protein Aggregation & Stability MONDAY-TUESDAY, APRIL 25-26 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, APRIL 27-28 Regulatory and Clinical Case Studies Day 1: 8:30 - 5:30 Day 2: 8:30 - 12:30 Day 1: 8:30 - 5:45 Day 2: 8:30 - 12:30 Strategies for Immunogenicity Assay Assessment Optimizing Bioassays for Biologics TS1: Introduction to Protein Engineering TS3: Introduction to Bioprocessing Instructor: Instructors: David Bramhill, Ph.D., Founder, Bramhill Biological Consulting, LLC and Research Corporation Technologies Sheila G. Magil, Ph.D., Senior Consultant, BioProcess Technology Consultants, Inc. Fusion Protein Therapeutics The Introduction to Protein Engineering training seminar offers a comprehensive tutorial in the concepts, strategies Frank J. Riske, Ph.D., Senior Consultant, BioProcess Technology Consultants, Inc. and tools of protein engineering – and explains the role of this discipline in the progression of biotherapeutic This seminar offers a comprehensive survey of the steps needed to produce today’s complex biopharmaceuticals, ADCs I: New Ligands, Payloads & Alternative Formats research and development. The class is directed at scientists new to the industry or working in support roles, from early development through commercial. The class steps through the stages of bioprocessing, beginning ADCs II: Advancing Toward the Clinic academic scientists and career protein scientists wanting a detailed update on the current state of the field. with the development of cell lines and ending at scaling up for commercial production – and explores emerging process technologies, facility design considerations and applicable regulatory and quality standards that govern TS2: Introduction to Biologics Formulation and Delivery our industry. Instructor: Biologics for Autoimmune Diseases Timothy Kelly, Ph.D., Vice President, Biopharmaceutical Development, KBI Biopharma, Inc. TS4:
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