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Superbugs & Superdrugs - A Focus on Antibacterials
5 March - 6 March 2012
Superbugs & Superdrugs - A Focus on Antibacterials

Now in its 14th Year, SAE Media Group's 2012 Superbugs and Superdrugs Conference promises to better than ever before...

 

 

About the conference

With multidrug resistance ever-increasing on a worldwide scale, advances in antibacterial development have never been more important. This year's conference will consist of a variety of different case study focused presentations featuring real life success stories and failures enabling attendees to learn from and discuss with key industry professionals on challenges facing this rapidly-evolving field.

Senior industry executives in the field will present on their experiences of antibiotic resistance and development of new antibacterial agents.

Key areas to be discussed in this year's conference are:

• Therapies to overcome microbial resistance
• Antimicrobial resistant pathogens
• Gram Positive and Gram Negative bacteria infection treatments
• Cell division inhibitors
• Microbiomes as basic defence mechanisms
• Antibody based strategies
• Regulatory requirements for new antimicrobials
• Government incentive schemes 

 

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Speakers for this year's event include:

Ron Gladue, Research Fellow, Pfizer

Lynn Miesel, Senior Research Fellow, Merck

Neil Ryder, Executive Director, Microbial Vaccines, Novartis

Chris Longshaw, Associate Director of Microbiology, Astellas

Sheo Singh, Senior Investigator, Merck

Mick Gwynn, Director, Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, GlaxoSAE Media GroupthKline

Markus Heep, Principal Medical Scientific Expert, Novartis

Amita Joshi, Sr Research Immunologist, Microbial Vaccines, Merck

Justin Montgomery, Senior Principal Scientist, Pfizer

Bret Sellman, Principal Scientist, Medimmune

Richard Bax, Senior Partner, Transcrip Partners

Christian Felter, Associate Director, Medical Affairs, Astellas

Alice Erwin, Research Fellow, Antibacterial Drug Discovery, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Welcome and Introductions

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9:10

Overview: The rate limiting steps in antibacterial discovery

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9:40

Permeability barriers and efflux: getting through or around?

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10:00

Discussion Session

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10:45

Morning Coffee

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11:00

Chemical sources: Improving libraries and reviving natural products

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11:15

Discussion Session

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12:00

The right targets: will single enzyme targets fly?

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12:15

Discussion Session

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12:45

Close of Workshop

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13:00

Registration & Coffee

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13:15

Welcome and Introductions

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13:30

Medical need and worldwide drug development activities

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14:15

Changing environment of antibacterial drug R&D

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15:00

Afternoon Refreshments

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15:15

International actions in Europe & US - Activites outside the industry

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16:15

Implications for R&D and partnering - new models of R&D

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17:00

Close of Workshop

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Richard Bax

Richard Bax, Senior Partner, TranScrip Partners

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9:10

Anti-bacterials; past, present and future

Richard Bax

Richard Bax, Senior Partner, TranScrip Partners

  • Past success stories and how to learn from them
  • The current state of developments in anti-bacterial advances
  • Where industry are standing, and future plans for anti-bacterial development
  • Predicting obstacles and plans to overcome them
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    9:45

    Multidrug Resistant Bacteria- Where do we stand?

    Neil Woodford

    Neil Woodford, Acting Director, Health Protection Agency

  • MDR Bacteria related to hospital infections
  • Detecting resistance earlier, and strategies to counter resistance
  • Recent success stories/failures and what can we learn from past experiences
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    10:20

    Morning Coffee

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    10:50

    Generation of new antibacterial lead molecules: an approach to develop combination therapies for MRSA infections

    Lynn Miesel

    Lynn Miesel, Biology Collaboration Lead, Merck Research Laboratories

  • Whole cell screen to identify b-lactam synergists
  • Methods to define the cellular target of novel antibacterials
  • New b-lactam synergy targets
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    11:25

    Advances in development of AFN-1252, a specific-spectrum, anti-staphylococcal agent

    Barry Hafkin

    Barry Hafkin, CMO, Affinium Pharmaceuticals

  • Review the novel mechanism of action for this new class of drugs, and provide recent in vitro date validating the FabI target for Staphylococcus spp.
  • Present recent in vitro, in vivo animal and human clinical data supporting the progression of AFN-1252 into Phase 2 trials
  • Discuss the potential role for a new anti-Staphyloccocal agent in medical practice
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    12:00

    Targeting Multidrug Resistant Bugs: The Pivotal Role of Preclinical Efficacy Models in Drug Discovery

  • Overview of preclinical  models for efficacy  determination.
  • Emerging resistance and novel approaches to efficacy modelling.
  • Preclinical PKPD modelling as an aid to design of clinical trials
  • Lloyd Payne

    Lloyd Payne, Chief Executive Officer, Euprotec

    Peter Warn

    Peter Warn, Director, Euprotec

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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    13:40

    Chemical genetic profiling and discovery of Kibdelomycin, a potent new class of bacterial Type II Topoisomerase Inhibitor

    Sheo Singh

    Sheo Singh, Distinguished Senior Investigator, Merck Research Lab

  • Chemical genetic profiling of natural products accelerates antibiotic discovery
  • Identification of a new class of antibiotics from a new member of Kibdelosporangium
  • Kibdelomycin exhibits broad spectrum gram positive antibacterial activity
  • Kibdelomycin is a potent inhibitor of bacterial type-II topoisomerases
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    14:15

    Safe drugs for bad bugs – EV-035, a new topoisomerase inhibitor

    Jutta Heim

    Jutta Heim, Professor of Biotechnology, Chief Scientific Officer, Evolva SA

    • Novel 2-pyridones
    • Broad-spectrum and very potent
    • Active on MDR pathogens, including quinolone resistance
    • Favourable PK and Tox profile
    • Active in in vivo models

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    14:55

    Antibacterial developments in Tuberculosis research

    Anthony Coates

    Anthony Coates, Professor, St George Hospital Medical School

  • New models are needed for anti-bacterial development in TB
  • Novel in vitro models which mimic TB persister bacteria
  • Considering a new murine model which is more similar to human tuberculosis than current models
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    15:30

    Tuberculosis treatment failure: bad bugs of bad drugs?

    Guy Thwaites

    Guy Thwaites, Visiting Research, Imperial College London

  • When does TB treatment fail?
  • Do M. Tuberculosis ‘superbugs’ exist?
  • Does bacterial genetic variation influence disease phenotype and response to treatment?
  • Or are our drugs inadequate?
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    16:05

    Afternoon Tea

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    16:35

    Assessing the FDA's Objective Endpoints and Clinical Test of Cure: Results from a Phase 2B ABSSSI Study Comparing Delafloxacin with Vancomycin and Zyvox

    Jarrod Longcor

    Jarrod Longcor, Director Business Development, Rib-X Pharmaceuticals

  • Delafloxacin is a unique fluoroquinolone, with broad-spectrum activity, including MRSA, demonstration of efficacy in 4 Phase 2 clinical trials and a strong safety profile in nearly 1400 patients
  • Delafloxacin shows a statistically significant difference in rates of efficacy in the Phase 2B trial when compared with vancomycin
  • Delafloxacin shows not only lesion-spread cessation in the 48 - 72 hour window but also substantial lesion reduction in the same timeframe
  • Delafloxacin is efficacious across lesion types, including major abscesses, cellulitis, wounds and burns, in a population with mean and median lesion sizes larger than seen in historical trials
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    17:15

    Novel antibacterial development for multidrug resistant bugs

    Chris Longshaw

    Chris Longshaw, Associate Director, Microbiology, Astellas Pharma Europe

  • Current treatment options for Clostridium difficile infection
  • Fidaxomicin: a new treatment paradigm?
  • An overview of other CDI therapies in development
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    17:45

    Multi-resistant bacteria case study: C. Diff

    Christian Felter

    Christian Felter, Associate Director, Medical Affairs, Astellas Pharma Europe

  • The spectrum of C. Diff infections and their effects on patients
  • Guidelines outlined by the HICPAC
  • How and why transmissions occur in healthcare facilities
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    18:15

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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    8:30

    Registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Ronald Gladue

    Ronald Gladue, Research Fellow, Pfizer Global Biotherapeutics Technologies

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    9:10

    Development of vaccines for the prevention of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections

    Amita Joshi

    Amita Joshi, Sr Research Immunologist, Merck Research Laboratories

  • Focus on Staphylococcus aureus
  • Identifying vaccine targets through rational design
  • Preclinical data: towards a changing paradigm for protection
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    9:45

    Fungal Infection; trends and progress in novel therapies

    Neil Ryder

    Neil Ryder, Executive Director, Infectious Diseases, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Inc.

  • Emerging fungal pathogens and the need for new drugs
  • Trends in antifungal drug resistance
  • Recent developments in novel antifungal therapies
  • Targeted approached: do they (can they) work?
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    10:20

    Morning Coffee

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    10:50

    Antibody based therapies for the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections

    Ronald Gladue

    Ronald Gladue, Research Fellow, Pfizer Global Biotherapeutics Technologies

  • Rationale and desired characteristics
  • Strategy and preclinical date
  • Focus on gram negative infections
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    11:25

    Exploiting Novel Bacterial Topoisomerase Inhibitors (NBTIs) with public-private partnerships

    Michael Gwynn

    Michael Gwynn, Director, Microbiology, Infectious Diseases CEDD, GlaxoSmithKline

    • Brief pipeline review
    • Structure based exploitation of DNA gyrase
    • Importance of public-private partnerships

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    12:00

    Can target-based projects discover novel gram-negative antibiotics? LpxX as an example

    Alice Erwin

    Alice Erwin, Research Fellow, Antibacterial Drug Discovery, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc

  • Critical issues in discovery of novel classes of Gram-negative antibiotics
  • History of LpxC as a target illustrates the successes and the problems
  • Cell-based pathway screen led to first generation of LpxC inhibitors (Merck)
  • Later projects: broader spectrum and efficacy in animals
  • No clinical candidates - yet
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    12:35

    Networking Lunch

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    13:35

    Novel LpxC inhibitors for treatment of gram-negative infections

    Justin Montgomery

    Justin Montgomery, Senior Principal Scientist, Pfizer Antibacterials RU

  • The SAR of a new series of LpxC inhibitors
  • PK and strategies to lower human dose projections
  • X-ray crystallographic analysis of bound inhibitors
  • MIC90s for multiple Gram-Negatives
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    14:10

    Modifications of beta-lactams to meet the challenge of bacterial resistance

    Malcolm Page

    Malcolm Page, Head of Biology, Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd

  • Beta-lactam resistance in Gram-positive and Gram-Negative bacteria
  • Anti-MRSA cephalosporins
  • Siderophore beta-lactams - circumventing the Gram-Negative permeability barrier
  • Engineering beta-lactamase stability in cephems
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    14:45

    The antibiotic pipeline: where is it and what needs fixing?

    Barry I Eisenstein

    Barry I Eisenstein, Senior VP, Scientific Affairs, Cubist Pharmaceuticals

  • The unique public health threat posed by growing bacterial resistance to antibiotics
  • The present challenges of the R&D investment model for antibacterials
  • The associated public policy imperatives
  • Potential government-driven solutions to fix this 'market failure'
  • Discussion into the current work carried out by the PhRMA committee on emerging pathogens
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    15:25

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:55

    ‘Almost there?’ – The challenges of late-phase antibiotic development

    Markus Heep

    Markus Heep, Principal Medical Scientific Expert, Novartis Pharma GmbH

  • Focus on the most frequent phase III indications
  • Systemic treatment of gram-positive or mixed infections
  • Skin infections and Pneumonia

     

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    16:30

    The EU research strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance

    Line Matthiessen

    Line Matthiessen, Head of Infectious Diseases and Public Health Unit, European Commision

  • Review of the Commission's action plan against the rising threats from antimicrobial resistance
  • Discussion into the effects of the plan, launched November 2011
  • Evaluating current and future research activites
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    17:05

    Antibacterial developments in South East Asia

    Stephen  Baker

    Stephen Baker, Microbiologist, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit

  • Antibacterials in emerging markets
  • The role of public funding in anti-infective research and development
  • Research and development tax incentives
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    17:40

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

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