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24 September - 25 September 2008
Metabolic Diseases

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Emerging Therapeutic Strategies for Metabolic Disorders

 


Metabolic diseases affect millions of sufferers worldwide and are having an increasingly negative impact upon the health of our society as a whole. Diabetes affects approximately 246 million people worldwide and is increasing; the IDF predicts 380 million diabetics by 2025. The Global Diabetes drug treatment market was valued at over $21 billion in 2006 and the market is still expanding rapidly due to the high prevalence of diabetes and lifestyle changes. According to recent figures, type II diabetes affects more than 90% of diabetic people whilst those meeting the criteria set for obesity reaches 300 million respectively.

The SAE Media Group would like to announce its 2nd Metabolic Diseases Conference designed specifically to uncover the latest market trends, challenges and emerging therapies.

Take a closer look at key disease specific drugs on track towards regulatory approval and market release. Learn how to overcome challenges in developing novel metabolic therapies and discover what is really expected in a new product application and how to achieve it.

 

 


    Dr Michael Mark, Vice President, Metabolic Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim
    Dr Michael R. Hanley, Vice President of Discovery Research, Amylin Pharmaceuticals
    Dr Douglas Greene, Chief Medical Officer, Sanofi-Aventis
    Professor Jon Arch, Professional Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Metabolic Research, University of Buckingham and former Director, Drug Discovery, GlaxoSAE Media GroupthKline
    Dr Michael Trautman, Medical Fellow, Clinical Investigations, Eli Lilly
    Dr Brian Hubbard, Senior Director, Atherosclerosis, Merck
    Dr John H, Johnson, Senior Director, Worldwide Business Development, Pfizer
    Professor David Heal, Director, Renasci
    Dr Johannes Zanzinger, Director, Global Licensing Metabolic Diseases, Boehringer Ingelheim
    Dr Timothy Herpin, Director, Metabolic Disease Licensing, Bristol-Myers Squibb
    Dr Manfred Ganz, Associate Professor of Clinical Management , Campus Biomedico, University of Rome, Italy
  • Dr Uwe Gudat, Global Brand Medical Director, Dyslipidemia & Diabetes, Novartis
  • Dr Tomas Landh, Director, Novo Nordisk
  • Dr  Alexei Kharitonenkov, BioTechnology Discovery Research, Eli Lilly
  • Dr Shankari Mylvaganam, Vice President of Research, Sapient Discovery
  • Dr Farzaad Abdi-Dezfuli, Partner, Sarsia Seed Management AS
  • Dr Eric Tomlinson, President & Chief Executive Officer, Altea Therapeutics Corporation
  • Dr Mike Cawthorne, Director of Metabolic Research, University of Buckingham

This year’s conference cover:

  • Emerging therapeutics in the metabolic disease market
  • The future of drug discovery for metabolic diseases
  • Current and future targets for next generation drugs in order for treating diabetes and obesity
  • Regulatory developments and the licensing landscape
  • Patient adherence issues and solutions
  • Translational medicine
  • Many metabolic links to symptomatic and pathophysiological manifestations of AD
  • Kinase inhibitors in the treatment of metabolic diseases
  • Fatty acids and fatty acid receptors
  • Obesity as an inflammatory disease: how to treat
  • Comparing DPP4 inhibitors with GLP-1 mimetics
  • Nonpeptide GLP-1 agonists
  • New generations of PPARs

 


 

Conference agenda

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13:30

Registration & Coffee

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14:00

Types of Metabolic Diseases

Shankari Mylvaganam

Shankari Mylvaganam, Vice President, Co-Founder, Sapient Discovery

Kal Ramnarayan

Kal Ramnarayan, President and Chief Scientific Officer, Sapient Discovery

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14:15

The Market Opportunity

Shankari Mylvaganam

Shankari Mylvaganam, Vice President, Co-Founder, Sapient Discovery

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14:30

Major Players in Metabolic Diseases

Shankari Mylvaganam

Shankari Mylvaganam, Vice President, Co-Founder, Sapient Discovery

  • US Pharma and Biotech
  • EU Pharma and Biotech
  • Asian Pharma and Biotech
  • Other players
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    15:00

    Metabolic Diseases Drug Targets

    Shankari Mylvaganam

    Shankari Mylvaganam, Vice President, Co-Founder, Sapient Discovery

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    15:20

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    Issues in Metabolic Diseases Drug Discovery

    Shankari Mylvaganam

    Shankari Mylvaganam, Vice President, Co-Founder, Sapient Discovery

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    16:00

    Approaches for Metabolic Diseases Drug Discovery

    Shankari Mylvaganam

    Shankari Mylvaganam, Vice President, Co-Founder, Sapient Discovery

  • Serendepity, case studies
  • HTS, case studies
  • Structure Based Drug Discovery, case studies
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    16:20

    Sapient Discovery’s Approach to Metabolic Diseases Drug Discovery

    Shankari Mylvaganam

    Shankari Mylvaganam, Vice President, Co-Founder, Sapient Discovery

  • Case studies
  • New and upcoming Targets for Metabolic Diseases Drug Discovery
  • Emerging Technologies
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    17:00

    Close of Briefing

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    8:30

    Registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Jon Arch, Professorial Research Fellow & Deputy Director, Metabolic Research, University of Buckingham

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    9:10

    EMERGING THERAPEUTICS IN THE METABOLIC DISEASE MARKET

    Johannes Zanzinger

    Johannes Zanzinger, Director, Global Licensing Metabolic Diseases, Boehringer Ingelheim

  • Current and upcoming therapies for T2D
  • Profiling the market and future medical needs for the treatment of Metabolic Diseases
  • Chances and risks of novel approaches that target various risk factors simultaneously
  • How to overcome the challenges in developing novel  'cardio-metabolic' therapies
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    9:50

    EXPLORING THE METABOLIC PEPTIDOME FOR NOVEL THERAPEUTICS

    Michael Hanley

    Michael Hanley, Chief Scientific Officer, Amylin Pharmaceuticals

  • We have built a proprietary bioactive peptide library which constitutes a rich resource for metabolic drug discovery 
  • Library-wide screens have identified multiple novel peptides with potential utility as diabetes and obesity treatments 
  • We have implemented a strategy, Integrated Neurohormonal Therapy,  which captures the superior drug attributes of combination drugs 
  • Parent peptides are rarely the drug candidates, so targeted pharmaceutical property improvement is key to moving a candidate to a potential product  
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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    BASAL INSULIN TRANSDERMAL PATCH

    Eric Tomlinson, President & Chief Executive Officer, Altea Therapeutics Corporation

  • Sustained and constant insulin delivery at therapeutic levels
  • Potential for lower risk of hypoglycemia
  • Efficient delivery of insulin
  • Potential for convenient storage at room temperature
  • Anticipated greater patient compliance and earlier adoption of insulin in diabetes management
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    11:40

    DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LICENSING LANDSCAPE

    Timothy Herpin

    Timothy Herpin, Director, Strategy Transaction Group, Bristol-Myers Squibb

  • Licensing landscape
  • Deal making trends
  • Financing and strategic development of diabetes biotech companies
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    12:20

    Networking Lunch

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    13:50

    SEE THE FULL PICTURE: VALUE AND IMPACT OF GLYCEMIC VARIABILITY (GV) IN DIABETES MELLITUS

    Manfred Ganz

    Manfred Ganz, Associate Professor of Clinical Management, Campus Biomedico, University of Rome

  • GV is more than just HbA1c
  • importance of "peaks and valleys"
  • how to measure: 7-point SMBG or Continuous Monitoring?
  • GV as independant risk marker for cardiovascular complications?
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    14:30

    THERAPEUTIC USE OF THE INCRETIN SYSTEM IN TYPE 2 DIABETES

    Michael Trautmann, Medical Fellow - Global Exenatide Team, Eli Lilly & Company

  • The incretin effect in normal physiology and Type 2 Diabetes
  • Effects of GLP-1
  • Therapeutic approaches: GLP-1 analogs and DPP IV inhibition
  • Exenatide: The first incretin mimetic
  • Clinical trial results
  • Future developments
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    15:10

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:30

    SATISFYING THE REGULATORS' DEMANDS FOR ANTI-OBESITY DRUGS

    Jon Arch, Professorial Research Fellow & Deputy Director, Metabolic Research, University of Buckingham

  • Regulators' expectations of anti-obesity drugs.
  • How well do current drugs meet these targets?
  • Will drugs and combinations of drugs in development do better?
  • Novel approaches that target fat metabolism may offer most metabolic benefit.
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    16:10

    DPP 4 INHIBITORS: FEATURING BI 1356 - BI'S PHASE III DPP 4 INHIBITOR

    Michael Mark

    Michael Mark, Vice President, Metabolic Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim

  • DPP 4 inhibition as treatment for type 2 diabetes          
  • Comparison of DPP 4 inhibitors with GLP-1 analogs      
  • BI 1356 (proposed trade-name ONDERO) - profile of a novel DPP 4 inhibitor   
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    16:50

    PANEL DISCUSSION

    Wick Johnson, Senior Director, Worldwide Business Development, Pfizer

    Timothy Herpin

    Timothy Herpin, Director, Strategy Transaction Group, Bristol-Myers Squibb

    Johannes Zanzinger

    Johannes Zanzinger, Director, Global Licensing Metabolic Diseases, Boehringer Ingelheim

    Farzaad Abdi-Dezfuli

    Farzaad Abdi-Dezfuli, Partner, Sarsia Seed Management

    Mike Cawthorne, Director of Metabolic Research, The University of Buckingham

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    17:30

    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

    Douglas Greene

    Douglas Greene, Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Sanofi-Aventis

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    9:10

    DEVELOPMENTS IN THERAPEUTIC PROTEINS FOR DIABETES CARE

    Tomas Landh

    Tomas Landh, Director, Novo Nordisk

    • Diabetes outlook
    • Current developments and pipelines in the field of diabetes care
    • Modern insulins
    • New polypeptide therapeutics
    • Alternative drug delivery initiatives and formulations
    • Key challenges facing the industry
    • Important patient needs
    • Outlook on the future protein therapetuics and protein drug delivery for treating diabetes
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    9:50

    STRUCTURE BASED DRUG DESIGN: EXPERIENCES OF A CRYSTALLOGRAPHER ON A METABOLIC DISEASES TARGET

    Shankari Mylvaganam

    Shankari Mylvaganam, Vice President, Co-Founder, Sapient Discovery

  • X-ray crystallography is now an integral part of lead discovery and optimization
  • A case study will be presented on a metabolic diseases target using an SBDD platform
  • The crucial feedback from crystallography for the lead optimization will be highlighted
  • Applications to other ongoing programs will be outlined
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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    THE “METABOLIC/OBESITY EPIDEMIC,” A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD GENERATING GLOBAL MEDICAL NEED AND STRIKING REACTIVE REGULATORY FEAR

  • Demographic and nutritional trends increase the depth and breadth of metabolic illness
  • Increasing scientific potential to decipher and ameliorate complex diseases
  • Growing political disillusion and professional mistrust of the biomedical and healthcare delivery community
  • Regulatory focus on absolute rather than relative risk or risk/benefit
  • Beyond the precautionary principle:  Risk management in a risk aversive environment for novel treatment modalities of widespread “non-life-threatening disease
  • Douglas Greene

    Douglas Greene, Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Sanofi-Aventis

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    11:40

    GLYCEROLIPID ACETYLTRANSFEREASES AND METABOLIC DISORDERS

  • Triglyceride and phospholipid metabolic pathways
  • Emerging players and hypothesis
  • Relevance to diseases and the opportunities to intervene
  • Guoqing Cao

    Guoqing Cao, Research Advisor, Lilly Research Laboratories USA

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    12:20

    Networking Lunch

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    13:50

    PATIENT ADHERENCE ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS

    Uwe Gudat

    Uwe Gudat, Global Brand Medical Director, Dyslipidemia & Diabetes, Novartis

  • Adherence problems resulting in glycemic control difficult to attain
  • Reducing diabetes by effective adherence techniques
  • Factors underlying the scope of the adherence problem
  • Concepts of compliance and adherence
  • Adopting a more collaborative model of care emphasizing patient autonomy and choice
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    14:30

    ARRY-588 AND ARRY-403, NOVEL GLUCOKINASE ACTIVATORS WITH POTENT GLUCOSE-LOWERING ACTIVITY IN ANIMAL MODELS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS

    Steven Boyd

    Steven Boyd, Director, Array BioPharma

  •  Potent  in vitro activation of glucokinase, a key regulator of glucose metabolismGood drug-like properties (permeability, solubility, low potential for drug-drug interactions, orally bioavailable)
  • Demonstate dose-dependent Acute anti-hyperglycemic efficacy in normal mice (oral glucose tolerance test)
  • Effiacious in mouse models of type 2 diabetes (acute and sub-chronic dosing)
  • No increase in weight relative to controls, no adverse effect on serum cholesterol or triglycerides
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    15:10

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    EMERGING CNS APPROACHES TO OBESITY TREATMENT

    David Heal, Director, RenaSci

  • The most recent drugs approved for obesity treatment and its related co-morbidities i.e. the SNRI, sibutramine, and the cannabinoid CB1 antagonist, rimonabant, decrease food intake by central mechanisms
  • Sceptism whether the next generation of centrally-acting drugs will deliver the degree of greater efficacy combined with improved safety/tolerability that is an absolute requirement for success in this therapeutic indication
  • Some of the most interesting new CNS approaches will be reviewed such as 5-HT6 receptor ligands, 5-HT2C receptor agonists, noradrenalinine reuptake inhibitor + 5HT1A agonist compounds and fixed-dose combination therapies
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    VENTURE CAPITAL AND THE FUNDING OF EMERGING THERAPEUTICS FOR TREATMENT OF METABOLIC SYNDROME ABNORMALITIES

    Farzaad Abdi-Dezfuli

    Farzaad Abdi-Dezfuli, Partner, Sarsia Seed Management

  • Prospect procurement and risk-management - affiliation of big pharma with venture capital
  • Financing and strategic development of companies in the field - private vs. corporate venture
  • Innovative technologies/compounds under development
  • Value offering:  novelty versus more of the same but better - prospect source: academia vs. companies
  • Partnership deals between big pharma  and VC backed small biotech - licensing versus acquisition and recent collaborations in the disease cluster area
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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Conference

    Copthorne Tara Hotel

    Scarsdale Place
    Kensington
    London W8 5SR
    United Kingdom

    Copthorne Tara Hotel

    The Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington is an elegant contemporary four-star hotel in prestigious Kensington, located just a two minutes walk from High Street Kensington underground station, making exploring easy. The hotel offers well-appointed and comfortable guest rooms combining Standard, Superior and Club accommodation. Club rooms offer iconic views over the city and include Club Lounge access for complimentary breakfast and refreshments. Guests can sample the authentic Singaporean, Malaysian and Chinese cuisine at Bugis Street, traditional pub fare at the Brasserie Restaurant & Bar or relax with a delicious drink at West8 Cocktail Lounge & Bar.

    The Copthorne Tara Hotel boasts 745 square meters of flexible meeting space, consisting of the Shannon Suite and the Liffey Suite, ideal for hosting conferences, weddings and social events. Facilities include access to the business centre 24 hours a day, fully equipped fitness room, gift shop, theatre desk and Bureau de Change. With ample onsite parking outside the London congestion charge zone and excellent transport links via Heathrow Airport, the hotel is the perfect location for business or leisure stays. The hotel is within close proximity to the shops of High Street Kensington, Knightsbridge and Westfield London, Olympia Conference Centre, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Palace and Hyde Park.

     


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