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Ophthalmic Drugs

SAE Media Group proudly presents the 4th Annual Ophthalmic Drugs Conference taking place on the 22nd-23rd of November 2021, in London.

The global ophthalmic drug market is forecast to surpass $60 billion USD by 2025 with increasing focus from the industry on alternative delivery approaches and improving the effectiveness of the current repertoire of drugs in order to grow away from intravitreal injections and other surgical approaches to ocular therapy. With 50% of the global population predicted to have complications in their sight within the next few decades, ophthalmic medicine is set to become one of the biggest industries in pharmaceuticals.

As Europe’s leading Ophthalmic Drugs conference, we will explore new discoveries in the treatment of ocular disease, innovations in combination technologies, and the utterly unique challenges that are faced in the treatment of one of the most complex organs in the body.

This two-day agenda will offer peer-to-peer networking opportunities with leaders in the ophthalmic sphere, from Heads of Drug Development and Senior Directors of Ophthalmology, all the way to academic forerunners in the research into ocular therapy.

We look forward to welcoming you to the conference in November.

Early registration is strongly advised to avoid disappointment.

 

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Alan Franklin

Alan Franklin

CEO, ForwardVue Pharma
Aniz Girach

Aniz Girach

Chief Medical Officer, ProQR Therapeutics
Brian Levy

Brian Levy

CEO, InflammX Therapeutics
Damon Smith

Damon Smith

CEO, TALLC Inc
Daniel  Chung

Daniel Chung

Chief Medical Officer, SparingVision
Francine Behar-Cohen

Francine Behar-Cohen

Chief Innovation Officer, Eyevensys
Giedrius Kalesnykas

Giedrius Kalesnykas

President and Chief Executive Officer, Experimentica Ltd
Gregoire Schwach

Gregoire Schwach

Leader Ocular and Drug Delivery, PTD Biologics Europe, Roche
Jaya Chidambaram

Jaya Chidambaram

Lead Medical Director, Port Delivery System Clinical Development Team, Roche
Laurence  Fitzhenry

Laurence Fitzhenry

Lecturer & Project Coordinator, ORBITAL-ITN
Magali Taiel

Magali Taiel

Chief Medical Officer , Gensight-Biologic
Mitchell De Long

Mitchell De Long

Vice President, Chemistry, Aerie Pharmaceuticals
Peter MacLennan

Peter MacLennan

Chief Executive Officer, TCR Solutions
Petra Kozma

Petra Kozma

Head of Clinical Development, Oxurion NV
Thakur Raghu Raj Singh

Thakur Raghu Raj Singh

Professor in Pharmaceutics, Founder and CTO Re-Vana Therapeutics, Chair for Ocular Delivery Focus Group, Queen's University Belfast
Victor Chong

Victor Chong

VP, Global Head of Retina, Janssen R&D
Virginia Calder

Virginia Calder

Professor in Ocular Immunology, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

Alan Franklin

CEO, ForwardVue Pharma
Alan Franklin

During Retinal Fellowship at University of Iowa, Dr. Franklin secured both HEED and HEED-Knapp scholarships. His research work on an anti-vascular agent as a candidate to treat retinal diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration was awarded the best research project by an ophthalmic physician in training at the 1999 Association of University Professors in Ophthalmology meeting. Dr. Franklin has continued his interest and progress in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in his vitreoretinal practice. He is founder and CEO of ForwardVue Pharma, and also consults to develop retinal surgical visualization.

Ali Athab Al-Kinani

Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmaceutics, Kingston University
Ali  Athab Al-Kinani

Ali Athab Al-Kinani is a senior lecturer in Clinical Pharmaceutics at Kingston University, London. He leads research groups in ophthalmic drug delivery where his research is tackling aging related eye diseases such as cataract and glaucoma. Furthermore, Ali’s research is looking at improving drugs’ bioavailability on the ocular and anterior segment of the eye using novel delivery systems and formulations.

His high standard research was acknowledged nationally and internationally where he was an awardee of several national and international research awards such as the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS).

 

Aniz Girach

Chief Medical Officer, ProQR Therapeutics
Aniz Girach

Aniz Girach, qualified as an Ophthalmologist (specialty in Retina), and worked in Cambridge (UK).
After having spent 11 years in the NHS, he joined the pharmaceutical industry with Eli Lilly, focusing on retinal diseases. He has in total 24 years industry experience in roles with Merck (as their Global Head of Ophthalmology) and Alcon, where he was Vice President of Clinical Development, and ThromboGenics, where he was the Global Head of Ophthalmology/Chief Medical Officer overseeing the development and approval of Ocriplasmin (Jetrea)—a first in class biologic therapy for retinal disease. In his role as Chief Medical Officer at Nightstar Therapeutics, he led and oversaw the development of their gene therapy programmes for inherited retinal diseases, prior to their acquisition by Biogen. In addition to being an Honorary Professor at Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, USA, he is currently the Chief Medical Officer at ProQR Therapeutics, leading the development of RNA therapies for inherited retinal diseases.
He is a member of 3 Scientific Advisory Boards for international ophthalmic organizations currently, and reviewer for 5 peer-reviewed journals, including Eye and IOVS. He has edited 4 books and published over 70 abstracts/manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals in Ophthalmology, with numerous invited lectures at national/international ophthalmology meetings.
His special interests are Medical Retina, Vitreomacular Interface Abnormalities and Gene/RNA Therapy for inherited retinal diseases.

Brian Levy

CEO, InflammX Therapeutics
Brian Levy

CEO of Ocunexus Therapeutics a clinical stage company developing products targeting the innate NLRP3 inflammasome in pathological autoinflammation
Chief Medical Officer Aerie Pharmaceuticals - 2 Rho Kinase Inhibitors for lowering of IOP in Glaucoma Approved and commercialized.
VP of R&D and Chief Medical Officer Bausch & Lomb 15 years 3 NDA’s;
Retisert - the first approved intravitreal Drug Delivery System for Posterior Uveitis
Zylet - topical steroid/antibiotic for ophthalmic infection/inflammation
Bezivance - 4th generation fluoroquinolone for ocular bacterial infection
Multiple device approvals; IOL’s, Cataract, Retinal, Refractive Surgical Equipment, Contact Lenses
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, CPMC San Francisco, Private Practice Toronto, Clinical investigator consultant to the ophthalmic industry. 60 peer reviewed publications presented globally major meetings. O.D. at UC Berkeley, M.Sc. Comparative Ocular Physiology University Waterloo. On boards of 3 startups.
 

Damon Smith

CEO, TALLC Inc
Damon Smith

Daniel Chung

Chief Medical Officer, SparingVision
Daniel  Chung

David J Tanzer

Chief Medical Officer, Executive Vice President , OcuTerra Therapeutics
David J Tanzer

David J. Tanzer, MD is board certified, fellowship trained ophthalmologist from the United States and is the Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President – Clinical and Medical Affairs with OcuTerra Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotech company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
With over 25 years of clinical, research, development, launch, and executive leadership experience in the ophthalmology space, serving with the US Navy, Abbott Medical Optics, Johnson & Johnson Vision, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Tanzer is focused on bringing transformational change to therapeutic offerings for patients suffering from retinal vascular diseases by developing OTT166, a safe and effective topical treatment.
 

Francine Behar-Cohen

Chief Innovation Officer, Eyevensys
Francine Behar-Cohen

Francine Behar-Cohen is a retina specialist at Cochin Hospital, Paris University hospital. She heads an Inserm team of basic and clinician scientists since 2001. As an expert for ANSES (the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety), she was president of the GT_LED1 for the evaluation of the ocular toxicity of LED (2010) of 3D (2014) and for all LED applications (2018). From 2013 to 2017, she was the chairwoman of the Jules Gonin Eye hospital. She created Optis France, in 1999 that became Eyegate Pharma for ocular iontophoresis, Eyevensys in 2012, for non-viral gene therapy for retinal diseases. She serves as Chief Innovation Officer in Eyevensys.

Giedrius Kalesnykas

President and Chief Executive Officer, Experimentica Ltd
Giedrius Kalesnykas

Dr. Kalesnykas has extensive research experience in eye research and neuroscience developing neuronal based projects at the University of Eastern Finland and The Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Experimental Ophthalmology at University of Tampere, Finland.
Dr. Kalesnykas brings his scientific experience to the team as a consultant and contract researcher to several international companies in the area of histology, immunohistochemistry, stereology, and ocular models.
 

Gregoire Schwach

Leader Ocular and Drug Delivery, PTD Biologics Europe, Roche
Gregoire Schwach

Grégoire Schwach joined Roche in Basel (Switzerland) in 2015, as head of drug delivery in Pharmaceutical Development and Supplies (Biologics Europe). As the leader of the ocular and drug delivery team since 2019, Grégoire carries also CMC Drug Product responsibilities for the ophthalmology pipeline. His team is taking care of the design and execution of the formulation and drug product development, including manufacturing process development. His current focus areas are within stable liquid formulations of biologics for intravitreal injection, sustained release technologies, and high concentration formulations of biologics. Before joining Roche, he worked in several positions in pharmaceutical drug development at Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark), and as head of polymer development at Phusis Matériaux Biorésorbables (Grenoble, France).
Grégoire is educated in Chemical Engineering from INSA Rouen in France. He specialized in polymers for therapeutic applications with a doctorate at the University of Montpellier in the team of Prof. Michel Vert. He moved on as a postdoc fellow at the University of Geneva (Switzerland) in the group of Prof. Robert Gurny. During his career, Grégoire co-supervised several Postdocs, PhDs and Master students, participated in two EU-funded consortium projects, and is the (co-)author of 20+ scientific publications and (co-)inventor of 11 patent families.
 

Jaya Chidambaram

Lead Medical Director, Port Delivery System Clinical Development Team, Roche
Jaya Chidambaram

Dr. Jaya Chidambaram, BSc(Hons), MBBS, MRCOphth, PhD

Jaya is an Lead Medical Director in Roche Genentech and is the medical lead for the global Port Delivery System phase 3/3b clinical trial. She received her medical degree in Guy’s, Kings’ and St. Thomas’s Medical School, London, and her PhD from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. After her ophthalmology specialist registrar training in London, she completed a Fellowship in Paediatric Ophthalmology at Great Ormond Street Hospital and worked as a Consultant Ophthalmologist in Manchester Royal Eye Hospital before joining the Roche Genentech ophthalmology clinical development team in 2019.
 

Laurence Fitzhenry

Lecturer & Project Coordinator, ORBITAL-ITN
Laurence  Fitzhenry

Dr. Laurence Fitzhenry is a Lecturer in Chemistry at the Department of Science, Waterford Institute of Technology and Principal Investigator of the Ocular Therapeutics Research Group (OTRG) at the PMBRC.
He received his PhD in polymer and analytical chemistry from WIT in 2011, where he conducted his postdoctoral research on the development of contact lenses for the controlled release of pharmaceutical actives.
Laurence is the project co-ordinator for the MSCA-funded ORBITAL-ITN, a global consortium focused on training researchers in the development of innovative strategies for posterior segment drug delivery to the eye.

Magali Taiel

Chief Medical Officer , Gensight-Biologic
Magali Taiel

Dr. Taiel completed her doctorate in Medicine with board certified in Ophthalmology from Lariboisiere Saint Louis University, Paris, France, in 1993, and her Associate Professor degree in 1998. Dr Taiel completed her internship at academic Paris hospitals, was an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, served as an Ophthalmology Department Head, and ran Surgical and Medical Ophthalmology private practice. After 13 years of Ophthalmology public and private practice, Dr Taiel has been engaged in the Pharma Industry for 20 years; she brings extensive experience and expertise in drug clinical development, gene therapy, and medical affairs. She started her carrier at Servier company headquarter, and then worked in Ophthalmology area at Pfizer for several years; she then held international and management positions in various therapeutic areas, including both technical and supervision duties, at Eli Lilly Company for many years. Then, as VP Clinical Development, she led Clinical Development and Operations, to develop antisense oligonucleotides in Inherited Retinal diseases at ProQR Therapeutics. She then moved to GenSight-Biologics in 2018, to supervise the Medical Department and lead Gene Therapy programs in Inherited Retinal and Neuro-Ophthalmology diseases, as the CMO of the company.
Dr. Taiel has authored numerous protocols and articles published in peer reviewed journals, and made critical contributions to successful clinical development and launch of many products. She brings extensive years of experience from both academic medicine and pharma industry.

Mitchell De Long

Vice President, Chemistry, Aerie Pharmaceuticals
Mitchell De Long

Mitchell A. (Mitch) deLong holds the position of vice president, Chemistry at Aerie Pharmaceuticals as well as Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at Duke University. Since Mitch helped to found Aerie as a Duke University spinout in 2005, Aerie has filed 6 INDs and 2 NDAs, with its first FDA approval coming in 2017, and its second less than 18 months later. Aerie has grown from the initial 3-person team to over 300 employees and went public on NASDAQ in 2013. Mitch is lead inventor on over 60 issued US patents, about half of those at Aerie, and has over 100 publications, posters and presentations, including co-chairing all three of SMI’s Ophthalmic Drugs’ Conferences. Mitch earned his PhD in Synthetic Organic and Medicinal Chemistry at Stanford University, and has two other marketed drugs, unrelated to ophthalmology to his credit.

Peter MacLennan

Chief Executive Officer, TCR Solutions
Peter MacLennan

Peter MacLennan, TCRS CEO, is an experienced professional with a track record of success in academia, pharma, biotech and CROs.
He has in-depth knowledge of clinical development with an emphasis on risk management, project governance, metrics, and budgeting.
With his TCRS colleagues, his task is to ensure that our clients’ objectives are delivered on time, on budget and to the highest standards of quality.
 

Peter Morgan Warren

Ophthalmology specialist & pharmaceutical physician; Senior Medical Advisor , Bayer
Peter Morgan Warren

Petra Kozma

Head of Clinical Development, Oxurion NV
Petra Kozma

Petra Kozma holds an MD and a PhD degree in visual neuroscience and is the author of over 50 abstracts and manuscripts. She has extensive experience in ophthalmology, vision science and ocular drug development including 16 years developing treatments for retinal diseases and glaucoma at Alcon and Oxurion. In 2009 she was a recipient of the Alcon Technical Excellence Award for the acceleration of drug development for geographic atrophy and establishment of a new clinical endpoint. At Oxurion she played an instrumental role in the FDA and EMA approval of the innovative, first in class product, Jetrea® as well as in obtaining reimbursement for the product in the UK and Germany. She is currently the Head of Clinical Development at Oxurion, leading the development of two novel therapeutics for the treatment of retinal diseases.

Thakur Raghu Raj Singh

Professor in Pharmaceutics, Founder and CTO Re-Vana Therapeutics, Chair for Ocular Delivery Focus Group, Queen's University Belfast
Thakur Raghu Raj Singh

Dr Raj Thakur is a Reader in Pharmaceutics at the School of Pharmacy (SoP), QUB and is the Founder, CTO and Director of Re-Vana Therapeutics. His research interest is in the design and physicochemical characterisation of advanced long-acting biodegradable drug delivery systems including minimally invasive medical devices for localised drug delivery. He is the Chair for Ocular Drug Delivery (OcDD) Focus Group supported by the mission of Controlled Release Society (CRS). He has authored over 160 scientific publications, including 60 full papers, 10 book chapters, five textbooks, several invited talks in national and international conferences and patents. To date, he has secured funding of approx. £5 million research funding.

Victor Chong

VP, Global Head of Retina, Janssen R&D
Victor Chong

Victor Chong, Global Head of Medicine, Retinal Health, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmBH.
 

Victor Chong is a retinal specialist who is specialized in macular diseases. He is currently the Global Head of Medicine, Retinal Health at Boehringer Ingelheim International GmBH, Germany and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at London Medical and Royal Free Hospital, London. He was the Head of Department at Oxford Eye Hospital and had held senior academic position at Institute of Ophthalmology, London, King’s College, London and Oxford University. He has published 3 books, 18 book chapters and over 150 publications. He is also the academic founder of a device company, aiming to treat intermediate AMD and early DME.
 

Virginia Calder

Professor in Ocular Immunology, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
Virginia Calder

Virginia L. Calder, PhD,
Professor of Ocular Immunology,
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology,
London, UK.

Professor Calder is an immunologist with considerable research experience in inflammatory eye diseases (posterior uveitis, atopic and vernal keratoconjunctivitis). Immunosuppressive drugs can be effective but often have devastating side-effects, especially for the eye, when taken long term. Accessibility of drugs, especially to the back f the eye, and toxicity are also key challenges.
Professor Calder’s research has investigated underlying immune mechanisms and potential novel therapeutic targets, as well as testing drug efficacy. This involves utilizing relevant experimental models of disease and validating results with clinically well-defined donor specimens. She has considerable expertise in determining the toxicity and therapeutic efficacy of novel compounds in vitro and in vivo, in her research collaborations with Pharma.
 

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Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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Opening remarks and introductions

Thakur Raghu Raj Singh

Thakur Raghu Raj Singh, Professor in Pharmaceutics, Founder and CTO Re-Vana Therapeutics, Chair for Ocular Delivery Focus Group, Queen's University Belfast

Laurence  Fitzhenry

Laurence Fitzhenry, Lecturer & Project Coordinator, ORBITAL-ITN

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Understanding the challenges of ocular drug delivery

  • This initial session will prioritise delivery of therapeutics to the anterior and posterior segment of the eye.
  • The session will also review the most pressing challenges faced in ocular drug delivery.
  • Thakur Raghu Raj Singh

    Thakur Raghu Raj Singh, Professor in Pharmaceutics, Founder and CTO Re-Vana Therapeutics, Chair for Ocular Delivery Focus Group, Queen's University Belfast

    Laurence  Fitzhenry

    Laurence Fitzhenry, Lecturer & Project Coordinator, ORBITAL-ITN

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    What have we learnt from existing LA systems?

  • During this session we will review the opportunities and drawbacks for in vitro testing
  • Assessing the limitations surrounding regulations in the evaluation of LA drug delivery systems
  • Thakur Raghu Raj Singh

    Thakur Raghu Raj Singh, Professor in Pharmaceutics, Founder and CTO Re-Vana Therapeutics, Chair for Ocular Delivery Focus Group, Queen's University Belfast

    Laurence  Fitzhenry

    Laurence Fitzhenry, Lecturer & Project Coordinator, ORBITAL-ITN

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    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    Analysis of current challenges in the design of LA drug delivery systems loaded with small molecules vs large molecules

  • In this session we will discuss current possibilities and constraints in the design of an LA system for the delivery of therapeutics to the ocular environment.
  • Thakur Raghu Raj Singh

    Thakur Raghu Raj Singh, Professor in Pharmaceutics, Founder and CTO Re-Vana Therapeutics, Chair for Ocular Delivery Focus Group, Queen's University Belfast

    Laurence  Fitzhenry

    Laurence Fitzhenry, Lecturer & Project Coordinator, ORBITAL-ITN

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    Future gazing: a look into the next generation of delivery platforms

  • During this session we will review recent developments of both new ocular therapeutics LA systems under clinical investigations and other new technologies on the horizon
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    Thakur Raghu Raj Singh

    Thakur Raghu Raj Singh, Professor in Pharmaceutics, Founder and CTO Re-Vana Therapeutics, Chair for Ocular Delivery Focus Group, Queen's University Belfast

    Laurence  Fitzhenry

    Laurence Fitzhenry, Lecturer & Project Coordinator, ORBITAL-ITN

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    Closing Remarks

    Thakur Raghu Raj Singh

    Thakur Raghu Raj Singh, Professor in Pharmaceutics, Founder and CTO Re-Vana Therapeutics, Chair for Ocular Delivery Focus Group, Queen's University Belfast

    Laurence  Fitzhenry

    Laurence Fitzhenry, Lecturer & Project Coordinator, ORBITAL-ITN

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    Registration & Coffee

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    Opening remarks and introductions

    Brian Levy

    Brian Levy, CEO, Ocunexus Therapeutics

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    14:10

    Identifying unmet clinical needs favouring drug delivery technology

    Brian Levy

    Brian Levy, CEO, Ocunexus Therapeutics

  • Assessing the major issue of patient compliance
  • Addressing shortfalls in therapy tolerability and efficacy
  • Other major benefits to the patient beyond compliance
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    Understanding the pharmacological challenges for drug delivery and development pathway including cost and timelines

    Brian Levy

    Brian Levy, CEO, Ocunexus Therapeutics

  • Harnessing unique technologies to treat complex disease processes where current technologies/treatments are either inadequate or unavailable
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    Coffee Break

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    Appreciating the science and art of formulating drug delivery products

    Brian Levy

    Brian Levy, CEO, Ocunexus Therapeutics

  • Many issues come into play including the disease process, the therapeutics and regimen required, the pharmacology and pharmacokinetics, the formulation, scalability and manufacturing issues for delivery systems, cost of goods
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    Regulatory landscape for product approval

    Brian Levy

    Brian Levy, CEO, Ocunexus Therapeutics

  • Looking at the regulatory landscape globally
  • Availability and usefulness of animal preclinical models for technology evaluation that would be translatable
  • Clinical Trial Strategies for evaluating safety and effectiveness that is likely to be acceptable to regulatory agencies globally
  • Risk/benefit models and reimbursement environment globally
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    Closing Remarks and end of workshop

    Brian Levy

    Brian Levy, CEO, Ocunexus Therapeutics

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    Registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chair's Opening Remarks

    Mitchell De Long, Vice President, Chemistry, Aerie Pharmaceuticals

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    9:10

    Port Delivery System with Ranibizumab: A surgery, device, drug combination product

    Jaya Chidambaram, Lead Medical Director, Port Delivery System Clinical Development Team, Roche

    • PDS technology and procedures
    • Clinical outcomes of the Archway Phase 3 Trial in nAMD
    • Unique aspects of development of a combination product
     

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    Design and characteristics of a sustained release local ocular formulation of carboxyamidotriazole, a safe and effective antiangeogenic with a novel mechanism of action

    Alan Franklin, CEO, ForwardVue Pharma

    • Established systemic safety in cancer trials
    • Safety and efficacy in ocular preclinical models
    • Novel mechanism of action, ORAI1 inhibition
    • Design and characteristics of durable local ocular formulation

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    SmartCelle TA-A001, A new mechanism anti-inflammatory for dry eye disease and AMD

    Damon Smith

    Damon Smith, CEO, TALLC Inc

    • TA-A001: a new CB2 receptor agonist for the treatment of ocular pain and inflammation
    • SmartCelle technology to deliver TA-A001 to the eye
    • SmartCelle TA-001 in preclinical models of acute pain, corneal surgery, uveitis and retinopathy
     

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    Morning Coffee

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    11:40

    For Topical Drug Delivery to the Retina – Design the Right Drug

    David J Tanzer, Chief Medical Officer, Executive Vice President , OcuTerra Therapeutics

    • “Purpose engineering” to design OTT166 selective integrin antagonist
    • Review of preclinical research demonstrating delivery and activity of OTT166 with eye drop dosing
    • Clinical research results with OTT166 in diabetic retinal disease and wAMD to date, plans for Phase 2
     

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    Preclinical large animal AMD models

    Giedrius Kalesnykas, President and Chief Executive Officer, Experimentica Ltd

  • Sodium iodate models in rabbits and mini-pigs
  • DL-AAA model for retinal neovascularization in rabbits
  • Species considerations: anatomy and translatability

     

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    From the trabecular meshwork to the retina – Ophthalmological research at Aerie

    Mitchell De Long, Vice President, Chemistry, Aerie Pharmaceuticals

    • Update on Aerie’s ROCK & combination treatments for glaucoma, including our 2021 approval in the EU and ongoing clinical trials in Japan
    • Aerie’s ongoing clinical and preclinical studies for retinal diseases, including the clinical programs for AR-1105, and AR-13503
    • Introduction to AR-15512, a clinical candidate for Dry Eye disease
    • Future outlook for glaucoma treatment and for long-term ocular dosing for the treatment of ocular disease
     

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    Networking Lunch

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    Managing a Complex Ophthalmology Study During the Pandemic – Lessons Learned

    Peter MacLennan, Chief Executive Officer, TCR Solutions

  • Key success factors for early phase ophthalmology trials
  • COVID-19 - Interacting with regulators, ethical bodies, and trial sites
  • Lessons learned that we will apply to trial management post-COVID
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    15:00

    Novel upstream target inhibiting the NLRP3 inflammasome in geographic atrophy and diabetic retinopathy

    Brian Levy, CEO, InflammX Therapeutics

    • Disruptive and transformative potential for disease modification
    • Xiflam - orally administered small molecule cx43 hemichannel inhibitor
    • MOA and Xiflam efficacy demonstrated in phenotypical models of disease (GA, DR)
    • Target Cx43 hemichannel is present in human tissue with disease (AMD and DR)
    • MOA confirmed in ex vivo human cadaver retinas with diseases of interest
    • In Phase 2B clinical studies by Q4/20

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    Afternoon Tea

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    Diabetic Macular Ischaemia: A hidden unmet medical need

    Victor Chong, VP, Global Head of Retina, Janssen R&D

    • Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of working age blindness
    • With the advances of vitrectomy and anti-VEGF, why do patients continue to go blind?
    • Diabetic macular ischaemia can now be measured
    • Why not have more companies working on that?

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    Patient centricity as a driver for drug delivery innovation in ophthalmology

    Gregoire Schwach, Leader Ocular and Drug Delivery, PTD Biologics Europe, Roche

    • Patient centric pharmaceutical drug product design
    • Ocular delivery challenges
    • Treatment efficacy improvement opportunities
    • Ocular long-acting drug product approaches
     

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    Chair’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

    Mitchell De Long, Vice President, Chemistry, Aerie Pharmaceuticals

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    8:30

    Registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chair's Opening Remarks

    Mitchell De Long, Vice President, Chemistry, Aerie Pharmaceuticals

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    9:10

    Ocular Gene Therapy

    Daniel  Chung

    Daniel Chung, Chief Medical Officer, SparingVision

    • The basic tenets of ocular gene therapy
         o What we have learned
         o What we still need to know
    • Update on current ocular gene therapy
         o Current genotypes under investigation
         o Who’s in clinical trials
         o What’s on the market
    • The future of ocular gene therapy
         o Delivery systems
         o Gene agnostic approaches
     

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    Development of Lumevoq gene therapy in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) subjects

    Magali Taiel, Chief Medical Officer , Gensight-Biologic

    • Key clinical development steps
    • EMA & FDA regulatory pathways
    • Results of pivotal studies
    • Key learnings and next steps
     

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    Morning Coffee

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    Advancements in treatments for inherited retinal diseases

    Aniz Girach, Chief Medical Officer, ProQR Therapeutics

    • Antisense oligonucleotides have shown much promise in Ph1/2 Clinical Trials in LCA10 and Usher’s Syndrome
    • Recent Interim Analyses in key trials have shed much light on mechanism of action of antisense oligonucleotides
    • Overview of the data available from clinical trials
     

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    11:40

    Panel Discussion: Genetic therapy for inherited retinal diseases

  • Latest trends in genetic therapy for Inherited Retinal Diseases
  • Clinical Trial Endpoints for Inherited Retinal Diseases
  • Regulatory guidance/thresholds for Clinical Trial Endpoints in Inherited Retinal Diseases
     
  • Aniz Girach, Chief Medical Officer, ProQR Therapeutics

    Daniel  Chung

    Daniel Chung, Chief Medical Officer, SparingVision

    Magali Taiel, Chief Medical Officer , Gensight-Biologic

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    Non-viral gene therapy for the prolonged delivery of proteins in the eye

    Francine Behar-Cohen, Chief Innovation Officer, Eyevensys

    • Eyevensys develops a non-viral gene therapy combined therapy to deliver plasmids encoding any therapeutic proteins in the ciliary muscle
    • A simple procedure using a disposable device and an external application has been developed
    • Sustained protein production in the eye has been demonstrated
    • Phase I/II study has demonstrated the safety of the procedure- Phase II studies ongoing in Europe and in the US
     

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    Networking Lunch

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    Ocular delivery of small molecules and biologics using long-acting injectable photocrosslinked implants

    Thakur Raghu Raj Singh, Professor in Pharmaceutics, Founder and CTO Re-Vana Therapeutics, Chair for Ocular Delivery Focus Group, Queen's University Belfast

  • Intravitreal injections and eye drops offer little ocular bioavailability - leading to frequent administrations and poor patient compliance
  • Innovative solutions are needed to address the unmet need in ocular delivery of molecules
  • Understanding current challenges and engineering new delivery systems
  • Insight into novel photo-crosslinked in situ depot forming and preformed implants
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    Nanomaterials for posterior segment drug delivery

    Laurence Fitzhenry, Lecturer & Project Coordinator, ORBITAL-ITN

    • Outline of the ORBITAL network
    • Specific examples of nano/micro technologies for ophthalmic delivery
    • Challenges associated with posterior segment delivery
    • Outline of the projects and focus of the ORBITAL-ITN

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    Ocular tolerability and formulation toxicity in drug development

    Virginia Calder, Professor in Ocular Immunology, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

    • In vivo and In vitro models for tolerability and toxicity
    • Characterising the physical and biological stability of new ocular therapies
    • The in vivo toxicity of Brolucizumab in the macula
    • Advances in cationic emulsions to moderate dry eye disease

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    Afternoon Tea

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    Innovative pathways and compounds for improved therapies of retinal vascular disorders (DME, wet AMD, RVO): Beyond anti-VEGF

    Petra Kozma, Head of Clinical Development, Oxurion NV

    • Oxurion at the forefront with 2 global Phase 2 clinical programs:
            o Update on THR-149 (a plasma kallikrein inhibitor), a treatment for DME in patients with suboptimal response to previous anti-VEGF
            o Update on THR-687 (a pan-RGD integrin antagonist), a treatment for all DME patients, with fast follow development potential in wet AMD and RVO
     

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    Recent advancements in the formulation and delivery of APIs to the ocular surface and anterior segment of the eye

    Ali Athab Al-Kinani, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmaceutics, Kingston University

    • Glaucoma and cataract are the two leading causes for blindness worldwide, whereas dry eye is the most widely treated eye condition
    • Conventional dosage forms, mainly in the form of eye drops and surgery are still widely used to manage these conditions
    • Conventional treatment offers poor efficacy, whilst surgery is associated with complications and is not readily available to patients in developing countries
    • There is a need for innovative delivery technologies to overcome these issues
     

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    Chair’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

    Mitchell De Long, Vice President, Chemistry, Aerie Pharmaceuticals


    CEO
    ForwardVue Pharma
    Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmaceutics
    Kingston University
    Chief Medical Officer
    ProQR Therapeutics
    CEO
    InflammX Therapeutics
    CEO
    TALLC Inc
    Chief Medical Officer
    SparingVision
    Chief Medical Officer, Executive Vice President
    OcuTerra Therapeutics
    Chief Innovation Officer
    Eyevensys
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Experimentica Ltd
    Leader Ocular and Drug Delivery, PTD Biologics Europe
    Roche
    Lead Medical Director, Port Delivery System Clinical Development Team
    Roche
    Lecturer & Project Coordinator
    ORBITAL-ITN
    Chief Medical Officer
    Gensight-Biologic
    Vice President, Chemistry
    Aerie Pharmaceuticals
    Chief Executive Officer
    TCR Solutions
    Ophthalmology specialist & pharmaceutical physician; Senior Medical Advisor
    Bayer
    Head of Clinical Development
    Oxurion NV
    Professor in Pharmaceutics, Founder and CTO Re-Vana Therapeutics, Chair for Ocular Delivery Focus Group
    Queen's University Belfast
    VP, Global Head of Retina
    Janssen R&D
    Professor in Ocular Immunology
    UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

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    Long-acting Platforms in Ocular Drug Delivery

    Long-acting Platforms in Ocular Drug Delivery

    Holiday Inn Kensington Forum
    24 November 2021
    London, United Kingdom

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    Speaker Interview with PETRA KOZMA, Oxurion NV

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    Speaker Interview with David J Tanzer, OcuTerra Therapeutics

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    Speaker Interview with Virginia Calder, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

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    Speaker Interview with Daniel Chung, Chief Medical Officer, SparingVision

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    SPEAKER INTERVIEW WITH Brian LEVY, CEO, INFLAMMX THERAPEUTICS

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    Speaker Interview with Victor Chong, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG

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    Speaker Interview with Magali Taiel, Gensight - Biologic

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    Speaker Interview with Alan Franklin, ForwardVue Pharma

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    Ophthalmic Drugs Brochure 2021

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    Experimentica

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    Experimentica combines expertise in Ophthalmology and preclinical ocular models with state of the art imaging and functional assessment capabilities.

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    TALLC is a pre-clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing our new mechanism medicines to treat acute and chronic conditions in the eye.

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    Largely virtual, the high experienced TALLC team will first focus on SmartCelle TA-A001, a micellar formulation of our novel CB2 receptor specific drug candidate: • As a topically instilled eye drop for the severe pain and inflammation that occurs after cross-linking surgery for keratoconus • As a topical treatment to avoid the pain and inflammation resulting from PRK, LASIK, SMILE and Cataract surgeries • TALLC is also developing extended release formulations of our pipeline candidates for treatment of Dry-Eye Disease, Uveitis, AMD and Glaucoma



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    Eye News, both in print and online, provides a comprehensive tour of the wide range of current issues facing all eye care professionals. Ever issue is written by key opinion leaders in the field and includes clinical features, commentary, overviews of the key recent academic papers, book reviews and industry news. The magazine boasts a comprehensive training and conference diary in addition to in-depth conference reports and a monthly events enewsletter. The magazine gives a breadth of filtered information on all aspect of ophthalmology specialist and key related issues and subscription is free to readers in the UK. “Time is precious and we pride ourselves at Eye News in the task of scouring the land to secure acknowledged experts to give practical and pragmatic advice, teaching the reader in an entertaining and informative way” Prof Bal Dhillon, Editor, Prof of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Edinburgh and Hon Consultant Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, Edinburgh https://www.eyenews.uk.com/


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    Ophthalmology Times Europe, is a physician-driven media brand that presents cutting-edge advancements from around the world in surgery, clinical diagnosis, drug therapy, and technology to elevate the delivery of progressive eye health from physician to patient.

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    Experimentica Ltd. is a global company and the largest ophthalmic CRO in Northern Europe, striving to provide scientific excellence by relying entirely on in-house expertise. Experimentica Ltd. is headquartered in Kuopio, Finland with offices in Tampere, Finland, Chicago, IL, USA, Shanghai, China, and R&D site in Vilnius, Lithuania. For more information, visit www.experimentica.com.


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    ProMed Pharma specializes in the molding of drug-loaded silicones and thermoplastics and leverages this expertise to manufacture long-term implants and combination devices under cGMP. Working with established and early stage companies, we utilize robust manufacturing processes for controlled release of APIs utilizing a variety of materials. From clinical trial materials to commercial products, ProMed supports pharmaceutical and medical device companies developing controlled release formulations including subcutaneous, orthopedic, cardiovacular, and ophthalmic implants, intravaginal rings, and steroid-eluting components. Please visit www.promedpharmallc.com for more details.


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    Eyetube.net is ophthalmology’s leading source for high-quality, full-narrated ophthalmic surgical videos. The Web site was created by a panel of experts to better educate ophthalmologists through the online archiving and sharing of videos. Our mission is to foster a secure, engaging physician community across all sub-specialties powered by user-generated content, whether it be videos, discussion threads, or blogs.


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    Gene Therapy Net is the information resource for basic and clinical research in gene therapy, and the site serves as a network in the exchange of gene therapy information and breaking news items. Visitors can keep track of the latest scientific papers, conference announcements, gene therapy jobs, regulations and guidelines

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    Drug Discovery Today covers the whole of the preclinical drug discovery process. The reviews are cutting edge, written by experts in their respective fields and cover all aspects of drug discovery from genomic and proteomic approaches, computational drug design, medicinal chemistry and the translation of these sciences to therapies.


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