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Pre-Conference Short Courses*
MONDAY, OCTOBER 18
Instructors for both courses:
Lakshmi Amaravardi, Ph.D., Director, Pre-Clinical & Clinical Development, Biogen Idec, Inc.
Arno Kromminga, Ph.D., CEO, Immunology, IPM BIOTECH
Shobha Purushothama, Ph.D., Scientist, Bioanalytical R&D, Pfizer, Inc.
SC 1: TECHNICAL ADVICE ON ASSAY DEVELOPMENT, VALIDATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS
8:00 – 9:00 am Registration
9:00 – 12:30 pm Short Course
This interactive session will enable attendees to work out an immunogenicity pre-clinical and clinical testing protocol for their particular therapeutic protein. Recent advances will be presented and areas of difficulty will be addressed. Attendees are encouraged to contribute with their own experiences and to bring questions for discussion.
The following topics will be covered:
SC 2: DEVELOPMENT OF CELL-BASED NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY ASSAYS
12:30 – 1:30 pm Registration
1:30 – 5:00 Short Course
Neutralizing antibodies not only affect efficacy of the therapeutic but also pose the danger of cross-reacting antibodies and ensuing adverse reactions. This interactive session is designed to enable attendees to work out how to design, develop and validate their assays for neutralizing antibodies, and to interpret the results. Attendees are encouraged to contribute with their own experiences and to bring questions for discussion.
*Separate Registration Required