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Therapeutic Antibodies 2003
23 June - 24 June 2003
Therapeutic Antibodies 2003
A unique opportunity to learn from industry experts including:

· Dr Lutz Jermutus, Head, Display Technology Development, Cambridge Antibody Technology
· Michael Roguska, Group Leader, Biologics, Abbott Bioresearch
· Dr Jon Terrett, Director, Molecular Biology, Oxford GlycoSciences
· Dr Joachim Walter, Head, Membrane Separation Sciences, Amersham Biosciences
· Dr Neil Parry, Science Base Leader, Biosciences, Unilever
· Dr Jeremy Wayte, Principal Group Leader, Cell Culture Process Development, Lonza Biologics
· Dr Shana Frederickson, Senior Director, Antibody Discovery, Alexion Antibody Technologies
· Dr Andrew Chapman, Head, BioProcess Research, Celltech
· Dr Geoffrey Davis, Chief Scientific Officer, Abgenix

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
· LEARN about novel approaches to engineering synthetic antibodies
· REVIEW the power of complex libraries and display technologies
· HEAR about the evaluation and selection of neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies
· DISCOVER the future of antigen-based cancer immunotherapy
· ASSESS yeast display as a powerful new technology for protein and antibody engineering
· MEET and network with leading industry decision-makers

“This is now becoming the leading European Antibody Conference”
Prof Dr Patrick Baeuerle, Chief Scientific Officer, Micromet
SAE Media Group’s Therapeutic Antibody Conference 2002

Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration and Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Dr Jane K Osbourn

Dr Jane K Osbourn, Director of Display Technology, Cambridge Antibody Technology

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9:10

PRODUCTION METHODS

Dr Chris Bond

Dr Chris Bond, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Genentech

  • Identifying an antibody that binds to a disease-related antigen
  • An insight into higher-affinity, higher-specificity and cross-reactive antibody engineering
  • Advantages and disadvantages of different antibody formats
  • Mapping functional binding eptitopes within antigen-binding sites
  • Use of structural and sequence database for improved antibody engineering
  • Identifying sequences required for correct antibody structure
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    9:40

    LINKING ANTIBODY DISPLAY AND HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING FOR THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODY DISCOVERY

    Dr Paula Harrison

    Dr Paula Harrison, Team Leader, Screening Technology Department, Cambridge Antibody Technology

  • Diverse display outputs and HT functional screening enhance the identification of therapeutic candidates
  • Modifying display and HTS strategies to provide an effective lead isolation process
  • Examples of HT screens used to obtain potent, specific leads with the desired biology
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    10:20

    XSTREAM

    Dr Gerald Beste

    Dr Gerald Beste, Director, Combinational Biology, Xerion Pharmaceuticals

  • Chromophore-assisted laser inactivation (CALI) is an efficient protein knockout technology
  • Selection of a scFv-phage display libraries against complex protein mixtures
  • Combination of phage display, CALI and mass spectrometry results in a technology platform for the systematic identification and functional validation of novel drug targets
  • Application example in cancer metastasis
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    DEVELOPMENT OF AN ULTRA POTENT ANTIBODY AGAINST RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS

    Dr Herren Wu

    Dr Herren Wu, Director, Protein Engineering & Structure, MedImmune

  • Systematic enhancement of binding kinetics (koff and kon)
  • Correlation between binding kinetics and in vitro neutralization ability
  • Epitope mapping
  • In vivo potency (cotton rat animal model)
  • Pharmacokinetics and tissue reactivity
  • IND planning
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    12:00

    HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES FOR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF VIRAL HEPATITIS

    Dr Shlomo Dagan

    Dr Shlomo Dagan, Chief Scientific Officer, XTL Biopharmaceuticals

  • The development of drug evaluation systems: the in vitro cell-based assay and the Trimera model to assess effective therapies against HBV and HCV
  • Evaluation and selection of neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies for treating viral hepatitis
  • The Trimera mouse as a tool to generate fully human monoclonal antibodies with biological activity
  • HepeX-B, a mixture of two human monoclonal antibodies in phase II clinical trials, treating chronic HBV patients in combination with Lamivudine
  • HepeX-C, a monoclonal antibody to HCV in phase II clinical trials in HCV liver transplant patients to prevent re-infection
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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    13:40

    DERIVING ANTIBODY DRUGS FROM THE HUMAN GENOME

    Dr Vivian Albert

    Dr Vivian Albert, Executive Director, Antibody Development, Human Genome Sciences

  • Use of genomic technologies to identify antibody targets
  • HGS therapeutic antibody programs - Lympho-Stat-B™, a human monoclonal antibody that neutralises B lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS™) bioactivity - Agonist antibodies against TRAIL receptors
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    14:20

    SCREENING OF ANTIBODY LIBRARIES

    Dr Johan Hallborn

    Dr Johan Hallborn, Director, Antibody Discovery, BioInvent

  • Screening of antibody fragments binding to expressed targets on living cells
  • Antibody libraries as a source for finding binders to cellular targets
  • FMAT screening of antibody fragments to surface targets on cells
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    15:00

    ANTIBODY DISCOVERY

    Dr Shana Frederickson

    Dr Shana Frederickson, Senior Director, Antibody Discovery, Alexion Antibody Technologies

  • New method of antibody library construction developed
  • Examples of therapeutically relevant antibodies isolated from the libraries provided
  • Cell-based selections
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    15:40

    Afternoon Tea

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    16:00

    DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES

    Dr René Hoet

    Dr René Hoet, Director, Research & Technology, Dyax

  • Generating one or more phage libraries
  • Screening the phage display libraries to select binding compounds with high affinity and high specificity to a target
  • Producing and evaluating the selected binding compounds
  • The diversity of libraries significantly improves the likelihood of identifying compounds with high specificity and high affinity
  • The benefits of parallel screening
  • The advantage of controlled binding and release
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    16:40

    NOVEL CANCER ANTIGEN DISCOVERY FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY

    Dr Jon Terrett

    Dr Jon Terrett, Director, Molecular Biology, Oxford GlycoSciences

  • Conventional oncology antigens
  • Requirements of novel antigens
  • Antigen discovery methods
  • MAb development
  • The future of antigen-based cancer immunotherapy
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    17:20

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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    8:30

    Re-registration and Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Dr Andrew Chapman

    Dr Andrew Chapman, Head, BioProcess Research, Celltech

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    9:10

    DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING OF RECOMBINANT ANTIBODIES

    Dr Joachim Walter

    Dr Joachim Walter, Head of Membrane Separation Sciences, Amersham Biosciences

  • Development of DSP processes for large scale manufacturing
  • Glycosylation of Ab in high producer cells
  • Maintenance of product quality in DSP processing
  • Technologies for large scale processing
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    9:40

    HIGH LEVEL PRODUCTION OF RECOMBINANT IGG IN THE HUMAN CELL LINE PER.C6TM

    Dr Dirk-Jan Opstelten

    Dr Dirk-Jan Opstelten, Director Cell Technology, Crucell

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    10:20

    DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL ANTIBODY FUSION PROTEINS

    Dr Neil Parry

    Dr Neil Parry, Science Base Leader, Biosciences, Unilever

  • Identification and development of llama antibodies
  • Application examples
  • Development of novel fusion proteins for generic applications
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO DEVELOPING HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE CELL CULTURE PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THERAPAUTIC PROTEINS

    Dr Jeremy Wayte

    Dr Jeremy Wayte, Principal Group Leader, Cell Culture Process Development, Lonza Biologics

  • Key factors affecting productivity of cell culture processes
  • Lonza Biologics' three successful alternative approaches to increase the productivity of mammalian cell culture processes - Development of a robust fed-batch process by manipulation of the physiochemical environment - Development of rapid screening protocols - Development of extended cell life
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    12:00

    USING THE XENOMOUSE® TECHNOLOGY FOR THERAPEUTIC PRODUCT LEAD DISCOVERY

  • Overview of the XenoMouse technology
  • Product lead discovery at Abgenix
  • Case studies
  • Process sciences and manufacturing capabilities
  • Dr Larry Green

    Dr Larry Green, Director, Antibody Technologies, Abgenix

    Dr Larry Green

    Dr Larry Green, Director, Antibody Technologies, Abgenix

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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    13:40

    HIGH AFFINITY SINGLE DOMAIN ANTIBODIES FOR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS

    Dr Hans de Haard

    Dr Hans de Haard, Director, Technology Development, Ablynx

  • Characteristics of Ablynx’ single domain antibodies
  • Large scale production
  • Platform for discovering therapeutics
  • Proteomics applications
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    14:20

    BISPECIFIC T CELL ENGAGER (BiTEs)

    Prof Dr Patrick Baeuerle

    Prof Dr Patrick Baeuerle, Chief Scientific Officer, Micromet

  • IgG1 is a validated and commercially successful antibody format for cancer therapy
  • Recruitment of cytotoxic T cells is not feasible with IgG1
  • BiTEs can recruit and activate T cells
  • BiTEs bypass mechanisms of regular T cell activation
  • MT103 targeting CD19: a first BiTE in the clinic
  • BiTEs can be developed for other targets

    Extreme potency of BiTEs will reduce production costs

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    15:00

    HERCEPTIN

  • Introduction to Herceptin
  • Cardiotoxicity
  • Pharmacokinetic challenges
  • Diagnostics
  • The challenge of targeted therapy: small patient populations = large clinical trial effort
  • Dr Claire Barton

    Dr Claire Barton, Clinical Science Leader, Herceptin, Roche

    Dr Claire Barton

    Dr Claire Barton, Clinical Science Leader, Herceptin, Roche

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    15:40

    Afternoon Tea

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    16:00

    PRECLINICAL ISSUES ON DEVELOPMENT OF THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODIES

    Dr Steven W. Martin

    Dr Steven W. Martin, , Amgen

  • Recent technological advances in production of therapeutic antibodies
  • Preclinical development issues and potential solutions
  • Example(s) of the development of a humanized monoclonal antibody
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    16:40

    ANTIBODY ENGINEERING USING YEAST DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY

    Michael Roguska

    Michael Roguska, Group Leader, Biologics, Abbott Bioresearch

  • Display technologies have proven to be valuable research and drug discovery tools
  • Yeast display as a powerful new technology for protein and antibody engineering
  • Yeast display to affinity maturate an scFv to sub-nanomolar affinity using yeast display in conjunction with high-speed fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS)
  • Optimizing yeast display library and sorting strategies by examining detection systems and FACS gating parameters
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    17:20

    Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Conference

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