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Prevention and Treatment of Allergy
16 October - 17 October 2002
Prevention and Treatment of Allergy
The Aims & Objectives of the Conference

The occurrence of allergies is on the increase especially in industrialised societies. Moreover there is evidence that individuals are showing a progression of allergic symptoms. Consequently, pharmaceutical companies are investing increasing amounts into this rapidly developing area.

SAE Media Group’s conference, Recent Advances in the Prevention and Treatment of Allergy will focus on diagnostics, minimising allergenicity and new concepts in treatment. Regarding treatments, experts in the field will talk and lead discussions on CpGs, anti-leukotrienes, histamine antagonists, DNA-based immunotherapeutics and allergy vaccines. Furthermore there will be case studies and reports on specific new products from leading companies. This event aims to give you an excellent opportunity to learn about new developments in this exciting, fast-moving field, and provide you with excellent networking opportunities with leading experts from the Pharma industry.

Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration and Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Dr Oliver Cromwell

Dr Oliver Cromwell, Head, Research & Development, Allergopharma

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9:10

OVERVIEW

Stephen Lewington

Stephen Lewington, Vice President, Respiratory Disease, Global Marketing & Medical, Aventis

  • Patient, physician and payer perspectives
  • New developments in asthma and allergy treatments
  • Hurdles to success
  • Strategic partnering
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    9:40

    DIAGNOSTICS - I

  • Clinical expectations of the IgE antibody results
  • Understanding the IgE antibody response – Allergy March
  • Advantages of a quantitative IgE antibody test over a qualitative IgE antibody test
  • Requirements of a good test: allergen, calibration, validation
  • Performances of tests
  • WHO recommendations on diagnosis and treatment
  • Professor Staffan Ahlstedt

    Professor Staffan Ahlstedt, Director, Scientific Affairs, Pharmacia Diagnostics

  • Clinical expectations of the IgE antibody results
  • Understanding the IgE antibody response – Allergy March
  • Advantages of a quantitative IgE antibody test over a qualitative IgE antibody test
  • Requirements of a good test: allergen, calibration, validation
  • Performances of tests
  • WHO recommendations on diagnosis and treatment
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    10:20

    DIAGNOSTICS - II

    Dr Debra Burns

    Dr Debra Burns, Director, Project Support, Allergy and Infectious Disease Department, Diagnostic Products

  • Principles of immunoassays
  • Revolutionary aspects of Immulite 2000
  • Advantages over conventional methods
  • Cost and time savings
  • Ease of use

    Reliability

  • Flexibility
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    STRATEGIES IN ALLERGY BIOLOGICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS

    Dr Jan Willem Dorpema

    Dr Jan Willem Dorpema, General Director, HAL Allergy

  • Specific aspects of allergen products: cross reactivity, skin testing, standardisation, named patient products
  • Assessment of allergen products as biologics
  • Allergen products as active substances
  • Allergy vaccines: the first strike approach
  • Intra- and inter-cellular substances as biopharmaceutical drugs
  • Total managed care for allergy
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    12:00

    ALLERGENS

    Dr Anna Pomés

    Dr Anna Pomés, Research Director, INDOOR Biotechnologies

  • Allergenicity – intrinsic properties of allergens
  • Allergenicity – environmental factors
  • Allergens for research
  • Allergens for diagnosis
  • Allergens for treatment
  • Future possibilities
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    12:40

    Lunch

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    14:00

    ANTI-HISTAMINE

    Dr Serge Kouzan

    Dr Serge Kouzan, Head, Development Therapeutic Group, Allergy, Respiratory Disease, UCB Pharma

  • Prophylaxis for asthma
  • Mode of action
  • Selection of recipients
  • Duration and dose
  • Results of studies
  • Future benefits
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    14:40

    ANTI-LEUKOTRIENES AND ALLERGY

    Dr Jilly Evans

    Dr Jilly Evans, Director, Pharmacology, Merck

  • Singulair as an effective asthma controller
  • Singulair: potential for the treatment of allergic rhinitis
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    15:20

    COW’S MILK ALLERGY: MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION

    Dr Roberto Moran

    Dr Roberto Moran, Vice President, Global Medical Affairs, Mead Johnson Nutritionals

  • Management: avoidance vs. immunologically recognised proteins
  • Prevention: new clinical evidence – the GINI trial in Europe
  • Probiotics – new paradigms?
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    16:20

    Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One followed by Afternoon Tea

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    8:30

    Re-registration and Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Professor Stephen Holgate

    Professor Stephen Holgate, MRC Professor, Immunopharmacology, University of Southampton

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    9:10

    HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS

    Dr Heribert Staudinger

    Dr Heribert Staudinger, Vice President, Allergy Respiratory Disease, Schering Plough

  • Mode of action
  • Success with allergic rhinitis and asthma
  • Future development of antihistamines
  • Limitations of antihistamines
  • Advantages of combination with a leukotriene inhibitor: scientific support
  • Advantages of combination with a leukotriene inhibitor: medical support
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    9:40

    NON-STEROID APPROACH

    Professor Anton Stütz

    Professor Anton Stütz, Head, Inflammatory Skin Diseases, Novartis

  • Mode of action as a selective cytokine inhibitor
  • Advantages over corticosteroid treatment
  • Improvements in babies, children and adults
  • Results of clinical trials
  • Low incidence of side effects
  • Future possibilities
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    10:20

    ALLERGY VACCINATION

    Dr Lars Jacobsen

    Dr Lars Jacobsen, Head, Medical Communication & Clinical Relations, ALK-Abello

  • Identification and characterisation of allergen
  • Allergen sensitisation
  • Allergen reaction with IgE
  • Allergen reaction with specific T lymphocytes
  • Implication of allergen variance for sensitisation and treatment
  • Use of recombinant techniques for improving efficacy and safety
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    IMMUNOTHERAPY

    Professor Lars Hellman

    Professor Lars Hellman, Chief Scientific Officer, Resistentia Pharmaceuticals

  • Prevention of the emergence of allergy
  • Mode of action
  • Types of allergy which benefit
  • Development
  • Outlook for the future
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    12:00

    REDUCING ALLERGENICITY BY T CELL EPITOPE INACTIVATION

    Dr Fiona Harding

    Dr Fiona Harding, Staff Scientist, Genencor International

  • In vitro determination of allergenic protein components
  • Reengineering of functional, hypoallergenic proteins
  • Application to human health care
  • Application to personal care products
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    12:40

    Lunch

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    14:00

    CPGS

  • Immune modulation using CpG oligonucleotides
  • Ability of CpG ODN to shift a Th2 to a Th1 response
  • CpGs and prevention of remodelling in asthma
  • CpGs and treatment of established asthma
  • CpGs and rhinitis, atopic dermatitis
  • Outlook for the future
  • Professor Joel Kline

    Professor Joel Kline, Consultant, Coley Pharmaceutical Group

  • Immune modulation using CpG oligonucleotides
  • Ability of CpG ODN to shift a Th2 to a Th1 response
  • CpGs and prevention of remodelling in asthma
  • CpGs and treatment of established asthma
  • CpGs and rhinitis, atopic dermatitis
  • Outlook for the future
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    14:40

    IMMUNOTHERAPY WITH IMMUNOSTIMULATORY DNA SEQUENCES (ISS)

    Dr Robert Coffman

    Dr Robert Coffman, Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, Dynavax

  • Basic properties of ISS-allergen conjugates
  • Specific allergen immunotherapy with ISS-allergen conjugates: clinical development
  • Specific allergen immunotherapy with ISS-allergen conjugates: mechanistic studies
  • Immune modulation in asthma with ISS-ODN alone
  • Implications for future treatment of allergic disease
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    15:20

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    PEPTIDE IMMUNOTHERAPY

  • Nature of desensitising agent
  • Minimizing B cell epitopes
  • Advantages over conventional immunotherapy
  • Avoidance of side effects
  • Early clinical trials
  • Future outlook
  • Dr Mark Larché

    Dr Mark Larché, Consultant, Circassia/PowderJect

  • Nature of desensitising agent
  • Minimizing B cell epitopes
  • Advantages over conventional immunotherapy
  • Avoidance of side effects
  • Early clinical trials
  • Future outlook
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    16:20

    NOTCH LIGAND SIGNALLING IN ALLERGY REGULATION

    Dr Brian Champion

    Dr Brian Champion, Vice President, Research, Lorantis

  • Immune regulation
  • Antigen-specific tolerance
  • Regulatory T cells
  • Immunomodulation by notch ligands
  • Implications for allergies to defined antigens
  • Future strategies
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    17:00

    Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Conference

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