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  • Monday, Jul 14th
    8:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    Workshop: Liquid Chromatography to Characterize and Purify your LNP Drug Product
    Speaker: Tristan Kovačič, n/a – Sartorius BIA Separations
    Speaker: Nejc Pavlin
    Speaker: Mojca Tajnik Sbaizero, n/a – Sartorius BIA Separations
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    8:00 AM – 4:30 PM EDT
    Workshop: Recent Advances in Oral Peptide Delivery – From Molecule to Market
    Chair: Andy Lewis, BPharm (Hons) PhD (he/him/his) – Quotient Sciences
    Chair: Stephen T. Buckley, PhD – Novo Nordisk
    Chair: David J. Brayden, PhD (he/him/his) – University College Dublin
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By Quotient Sciences, Frontiers Media S.A., Genentech, Inc., Janssen Phamaceutica NV, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Protagonist Theraputics, Bristol Myers Squibb Co., Novo Nordisk
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    8:00 AM – 8:30 AM EDT
    1 - Welcome & Introductions
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    8:30 AM – 9:00 AM EDT
    2 - An assessment of the trends in oral peptide administration
    Chair and Speaker: David J. Brayden, PhD (he/him/his) – University College Dublin
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    3 - Characterization of macrocyclic peptide drug interactions with bile salts and biorelevant colloids in the context of oral delivery
    Speaker: Tahnee Denning – Genentech
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    9:30 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
    4 - Overcoming barriers to oral macromolecule delivery: What is coming next
    Chair and Speaker: Stephen T. Buckley, PhD – Novo Nordisk
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    10:00 AM – 10:30 AM EDT
    5 - Coffee Break
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
    6 - Applications of PBPK Modelling in Oral Peptide Delivery
    Speaker: Ricardo Diaz de Leon Ortega – Quotient Sciences
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    7 - Pre-clinical screening of permeation enhancers for oral peptide administration in oral dosage forms: update on GI-ORIS
    Speaker: Tom Vonderlach – Vivtex Corporation
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    11:30 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    8 - Employing Endogenous Pathways for Efficient Paracellular Uptake of Peptide and Vesicular Transcytosis of Protein Therapeutics
    Speaker: Randall Mrsny – University of Bath
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    12:00 PM – 12:30 PM EDT
    9 - Roundtable 1
    Speaker: David J. Brayden, PhD (he/him/his) – University College Dublin
    Speaker: Randall Mrsny – University of Bath
    Speaker: Neil Mathias – Bristol Myers Squibb
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    10 - Lunch Break
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
    11 - The development of the oral macrocycle, MK-0616, for treating hypercholesterolemia
    Speaker: Douglas Johns – Merck Research Laboratories
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
    12 - Enabling Oral Delivery of Peptides through Molecular and Formulation Design: A J & J Perspective
    Speaker: Sumit Arora, PhD – Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    2:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    13 - An Oral Macrocycle to Access Intracellular RAS Targets in Cancer: The Road to Formulation Design of LUNA18 for Phase I Trials
    Speaker: Takamitsu Ueto – Chugai Pharma
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    3:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    14 - Coffee Break
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    3:30 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    15 - BIONND™, a device technology for the administration of peptides across the stomach
    Speaker: Karsten Lindhart – Biograil Ltd
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    4:00 PM – 4:30 PM EDT
    16 - Roundtable 2
    Speaker: Andy Lewis, BPharm (Hons) PhD (he/him/his) – Quotient Sciences
    Speaker: Stephen T. Buckley, PhD – Novo Nordisk
    Speaker: Mo Masjedizadeh – Protagonist Therapeutics
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    8:30 AM – 1:00 PM EDT
    Biologics Summit Part II: Next Generation Drug Delivery Devices: Facilitating Decentralized Care and Global Access to Biotherapeutics
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    8:30 AM – 8:35 AM EDT
    Words of Welcome & Opening
    Chair: Beate Bittner, PhD – F. Hoffmann - La Roche
    Chair: Simon Matoori, n/a – Université de Montréal
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    8:35 AM – 8:45 AM EDT
    Introduction to Nucleic Acid Delivery
    Chair and Speaker: Simon Matoori, n/a – Université de Montréal
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    8:45 AM – 9:15 AM EDT
    Optimizing Non-Viral Delivery to Enable Gene Editing Therapies
    Speaker: Luis Brito, PhD (he/him/his) – Beam Therapeutics
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    9:15 AM – 9:45 AM EDT
    Understanding Hypoxia's Impact on mRNA Lipid Nanoparticle Therapies
    Speaker: Owen S. Fenton, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    9:45 AM – 10:15 AM EDT
    Redefining Lung Therapy Through Inhalable RNA Dry Powder Formulations
    Speaker: Benjamin Winkeljann, PhD (he/him/his) – Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
    Advancing Glioblastoma Treatment with RNA Vaccines: When Immunotherapy Meets Nanomedicine
    Speaker: Flavia Sousa, PhD – University of Groningen
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    Keynote Address
    Speaker: Daniel G. Anderson, PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    12:00 PM – 12:30 PM EDT
    AI-Driven Design of Lipid Nanoparticles for mRNA Delivery
    Speaker: Bowen Li, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Toronto
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
    Conclusion & Closing Remarks
    Chair and Speaker: Beate Bittner, PhD – F. Hoffmann - La Roche
    Chair and Speaker: Simon Matoori, n/a – Université de Montréal
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    9:00 AM – 4:30 PM EDT
    Workshop: Oral Drug Delivery From Today to Tomorrow: Latest Innovations Best Practices
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    1:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Workshop: 3D Printing for Precision Drug Release
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    1:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Workshop: Diagnostics with Phospholipids - Phospholipids for Pharmaceutical Applications
    Speaker: Simon Drescher, PD Dr (he/him/his) – Phospholipid Research Center
    Speaker: Michael Kahn, PhD – Lipoid, Inc.
    Speaker: Alexander Kreft – Lipoid GmbH
    Speaker: Simon Matoori, n/a – Université de Montréal
    Virtual Speaker: Klazina Kooiman
    Speaker: Samir CHERKAOUI, PhD – BRACCO Suisse
    Speaker: Mans Broekgaarden, PhD (he/him/his) – Grenoble-Alpes University, Inserm
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    1:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Workshop: Clinical Development & Regulatory Pathways of Subcutaneous Formulation for Biologics
    Speaker: Beate Bittner, PhD – F. Hoffmann - La Roche
    Speaker: Gerard Bruin (he/him/his) – Pharmacokinetic Sciences / Novartis
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    1:00 PM – 1:10 PM EDT
    1 - Welcome & Introductions
    Speaker: Yulian Zhang, PhD & MBA – Triastek, Inc.
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    1:10 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    2 - 3D Printing of Pharmaceuticals: From Inception to the Present
    Speaker: Xiaoling Li, PhD – Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy at the University of the Pacific
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
    3 - 3D Printing Technologies, Equipment, and Processes for Pharmaceutical Applications
    Speaker: Jiancheng Liu – University of the Pacific
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    2:00 PM – 2:45 PM EDT
    4 - Accelerating Dosage Form Development through Digital Product Development using 3D printing
    Speaker: Xiaoling Li, PhD – Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy at the University of the Pacific
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    5 - Coffee Break
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    3:00 PM – 3:45 PM EDT
    6 - Rapid and Predictable Achievement of Complex PK Profiles In Vivo Via 3D Printing
    Speaker: Tim Tracy – Tracy Consultants
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    3:45 PM – 4:30 PM EDT
    7 - FDA Perspective on Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing and the Regulatory Approval Process
    Speaker: Ahmed Zidan – Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA
    Industry Session
  • Monday, Jul 14th
    4:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    8 - Panel Q&A
    Moderator: Yulian Zhang, PhD & MBA – Triastek, Inc.
    Industry Session
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Forum: Innovative excipient technologies for next generation drug delivery systems
    Speaker: Elena Draganoiu, PhD – Lubrizol Life Science Health
    Speaker: Liliana Miinea, PhD (she/her/hers) – Lubrizol Life Science Health
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Forum: Molecular modeling and Machine Learning for Drug Formulation
    Speaker: John Shelley, PhD – Schrödinger
    Speaker: David Nicholson, M.S.CEP, PhD – Schrödinger
    Speaker: Benjamin Coscia, PhD – Schrödinger
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Forum: The Role of a Trusted Partner in Advancing Resorbable Polymers for Controlled Drug Release
    Speaker: Nathalie Gonzalez – Corbion
    Speaker: Julien Bérard – Corbion
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Forum: Transforming Nanoparticle Analysis: What Light Scattering Techniques Reveals About LNPs & Liposomes
    Speaker: William Penny, Ph.D. – Waters | Wyatt Technology
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Tuesday, Jul 15th
    5:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
    Innovation Showcase
    Industry Session
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Forum: Advancing Nucleic Acid Therapeutics: Certest Pharma’s Development of Ionizable Lipids, LNP Platforms,and Targeted Delivery Systems.
    Speaker: Jesus Aznar Morales, MBA – Certest Biotec
    Speaker: Javier Giménez-Warren, n/a – Certest Biotec
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Forum: Chroniject Technology: A Solution to Long Acting Injectable Formulation and Scale-Up Challenges
    Speaker: Rachel Minrovic (she/her/hers) – Oakwood Labs
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Forum: Non-viral RNA Delivery with Biodegradable Ionizable Lipids
    Speaker: Syed Reza, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – NOF AMERICA Corporation
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By NOF CORPORATION
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
    The Recent Advancements in the Gene Delivery Toolbox
    Speaker: Kenneth R. Sims, Jr., PhD – Battelle Memorial Institute
    Speaker: Alexander Wesselhoeft, PhD – Gene and Cell Therapy Institute (GCTI) at Mass General Brigham (MGB)
    Speaker: Ashley Craddick, MBA – Forge Biologics
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Wednesday, Jul 16th
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
    Industry Roundtable: Critical considerations, challenges, opportunities and strategies in development of once a day (QD) formulations
    Speaker: Firouz Asgarzadeh – Sagimet
    Speaker: Anil Kane – Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Speaker: Matt Dawes – Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Forum: Functional Ready-to-Fill Capsules: A Targeted GI Delivery Solution from Pre-Clinical to Commercial
    Speaker: Mohammed I. Syed, n/a – Evonik Corporation, St. Johns University
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Forum: Innovations in Oral Delivery of New Drug Modalities
    Speaker: Vincent Jannin, n/a – Capsugel France SAS / Lonza
    Speaker: Anette Müllertz, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Copenhagen
    Speaker: Joseph O’Shea – Cork University
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Forum: Innovative Strategies for Long-Acting Injectables: Exploring PharmaShell Technology
    Speaker: Joel Hellrup, PhD (he/him/his) – Nanexa AB
    Speaker: Mårten Rooth – Nanexa AB
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
    Industry Roundtable: Industry Advances in the Advancement of Long-Acting Therapies - Round Table Discussion with Gilead Sciences
    Speaker: Tyler Novak, PhD (he/him/his) – Gilead Sciences
    Speaker: Marcus Deloney, PhD – Gilead Sciences
    Speaker: Robert C.H Gresham, PhD. (he/him/his) – Gilead Sciences
    Industry Session
    Sponsored By 
  • Thursday, Jul 17th
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Member Startups Session
    Industry Session