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Targeting Obesity Conference: Solutions and Therapeutics
26 September - 27 September 2007
Targeting Obesity Conference: Solutions and Therapeutics
Obesity is fast becoming a modern-day epidemic, and with direct links to diabetes and the metabolic syndrome, it has been tagged by the U.S administration a ‘public health crisis’.
However, existing obesity therapeutics have failed to meet the overwhelming market demand, often accompanied by significant side-effects and demonstrating only marginal weight loss.
  
The 2007 Targeting Obesity Conference examines the latest developments in the research of therapeutics for Obesity and related disorders:
   
  • Seeking greater efficacy in existing obesity treatments
  • Successful target identification and innovative approaches
  • Overcoming the challenges of adverse side-effects

The event brings together Vice Presidents, Directors, and leading Researchers from the pharmaceutical industry to share successes and discuss the critical issues surrounding the development of innovative solutions.
   
Confirmed speakers include:
  • Dr Douglas Greene, Vice President, Regulatory Development, Sanofi-Aventis
  • Dr Marcus Schindler, Director, Metabolic Diseases Research, Boehringer-Ingelheim
  • Dr Marc Reitman, Director, Metabolic Disorders, Merck
  • Dr Glenn Matfin, Head, US Medical Affairs, Novo Nordisk
  • Dr Uwe Gudat, Global Brand Medical Director, Dyslipidemia and Diabetes, Novartis
  • Dr Michael Trautmann, Medical Fellow, Clinical Investigation, Eli Lilly

  

Who Should Attend the SAE Media Group Targeting Obesity Conference?

  • Medical Directors
  • Director of Metabolic Diseases
  • Senior Scientists - Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Directors of Clinical Research
  • Senior Clinical Project Managers

   
Targeting Obesity Conference offers a unique opportunity to hear about the latest developments from industry leaders. Bringing together knowledge and expertise, it’s designed to create the perfect setting for the exchange of ideas and networking opportunities.
                                                                                                                
For Speaking opportunities please contact Venus Simbulan at vsimbulan@SAE Media Group-online.co.uk
For Sponsorship opportunities please contact Martin Cawte at mcawte@SAE Media Group-online.co.uk

Conference agenda

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13:30

Registration & Coffee

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14:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Dr Preeti  Jethwa

Dr Preeti Jethwa, Research Associate, University Of Nottingham

  • Overview of workshop
  • Introduction of guest speakers
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    14:10

    Responses to an obesogenic diet

    Dr Julian  Mercer

    Dr Julian Mercer, Head, Obesity and Metabolic Health Division, Rowett Research Institute

  • Hypothalamic and forebrain gene expression
  • Diet choices
  • Liquid diets
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    14:50

    Early origins of obesity: lessons from sheep

    Dr Clare  Adam

    Dr Clare Adam, Scientist, Early Life Nutrition Group, Rowett Research Institute

  • Sheep model of intra-uterine growth retardation (IUGR)
  • Foetal programming and obesity in later life
  • Nutrition on hypothalamic energy balance regulatory pathways in foetus and offspring
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    15:30

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:45

    Seasonal models of obesity

    Prof Francis   Ebling

    Prof Francis Ebling, Professor of Neuroendocrinology, University Of Nottingham

  • Seasonal cycles of body weight as natural states of obesity and leanness
  • Long-term weight loss without compensatory hyperphagia
  • Weight loss, thyroid hormone availability and hypothalamic gene expression
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    16:25

    Animal models – a perspective from the pharmaceutical industry

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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Workshop

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    8:30

    Registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Prof Mike Cawthorne

    Prof Mike Cawthorne, Director of Metabolic Research, Clore Laboratory, University of Buckingham

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    9:10

    EXENATIDE AND INCRETIN MIMETICS

    Dr Michael Trautmann

    Dr Michael Trautmann, Medical Fellow, Clinical Investigations, Eli Lilly

  • Actions of GLP-1 and incretin mimetics beyond stimulating insulin release
  • Effects on appetite and food intake
  • Improved glucose control in overweight patients with Type 2 Diabetes
  • Long term weight effects in Diabetes patients
  • What is known about incretin mimetic effects in non-diabetic people
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    9:50

    REDUCING CALORIE INTAKE THROUGH APPETITE REGULATION

    Prof Stephen Bloom

    Prof Stephen Bloom, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer , Thiakis

  • Need for further agents
  • Natural appetite regulating pathways are the safest therapeutic entry point
  • Gut hormones act both accutely after meals and chronically in gut disease to limit appetite
  • Choice of Ghrelin inhibitors, pancreatic polypeptide (PP), PYY3-36, GLP-1 and oxyntomodulin type agents
  • Methods of delivery critical for practical peptide therapies
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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    NEUROHORMONAL APPROACH TO TREATING OBESITY

    Dr David Maggs

    Dr David Maggs, Vice President, Medical Affairs, Amylin Pharmaceuticals

  • Review of neurohormonal systems regulating body weight control
  • Evidence for impacting pathophysiology
  • New treatment plan
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    11:40

    “LEAN GENES” AS POTENTIAL TARGETS FOR OBESITY TREATMENT

    Dr Itzhak Harosh

    Dr Itzhak Harosh, Chairman and Chief Scientist Officer, ObeTherapy

  • Why obesity genes do not deliver an answer for obesity treatment
  • The “thrifty genotype” and the “expenditure genotype” as possible clues for obesity treatments
  • Searching for “lean genes” in lean phenotype
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    12:20

    Networking Lunch

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    14:00

    REGULATORY APPROVAL FOR TREATING OBESITY AND THE METABOLIC SYNDROME

    Dr Douglas Greene

    Dr Douglas Greene, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Office , Sanofi-Aventis

  • Are anti-obesity compounds viewed as a ‘lifestyle drug’?
  • Pathways for the pharmaceutical industry towards accelerated approval
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    14:40

    PHARMACOGENOMIC APPROACHES FOR OBESITY DRUG THERAPY

    Dr Marc Reitman

    Dr Marc Reitman, Director, Metabolic Disorders, Merck Research Laboratories

  • Possible uses for pharmacogenomics
  • Application to obesity and diabetes
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    15:20

    MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR (MC4R) AGONISTS AS POTENTIAL ANTI-OBESITY THERAPEUTICS

    Dr Alison M Strack

    Dr Alison M Strack, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, Merck Research Laboratories

  • MC4R as the currently single known CNS GPCR to have both an endogenous agonist (a-MSH) and an endogenous antagonist (AGRP)
  • Complex regulation within the neural network regulating energy homeostasis
  • Selective MC4R agonists suppress feeding and increase energy expenditure, leading to decreased body weight and adiposity
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    16:00

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

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    8:30

    Registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Prof Mike Cawthorne

    Prof Mike Cawthorne, Director of Metabolic Research, Clore Laboratory, University of Buckingham

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    9:10

    THE PHARMACEUTICAL APPROACH TO OBESITY – ROADS TO PROGRESSION

    Prof Mike Cawthorne

    Prof Mike Cawthorne, Director of Metabolic Research, Clore Laboratory, University of Buckingham

  • Existing drugs and the search for greater efficacy
  • Satisfying the regulator, funder, doctor and patient
  • Is targeting lipid metabolism and energy expenditure a viable option?
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    9:50

    ANIMAL IN VIVO PHARMACOLOGY FOR CENTRAL MECHANISMS REGULATING FOOD INTAKE

    Dr Marcus Schindler

    Dr Marcus Schindler, Associate Director, Metabolic Diseases Research, Boehringer-Ingelheim

  • Comparative mechanisms governing food intake in rodents and humans
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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    THE CHOICE OF ANIMAL MODELS IN EFFICACY VALIDATION

    Dr Philip J Larsen

    Dr Philip J Larsen, Chief Executive Officer, Rheoscience

  • The choice of animal models in efficacy validation of drugs targeting metabolic disorders  
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    11:40

    ANIMAL MODELS FOR FACETS OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME

    Prof Ingrid Klöting

    Prof Ingrid Klöting, Researcher, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald

  • WOKW rats with polygenetical inherited facets of metabolic syndrome
  • Congenic rat strains define chromosomal regions for obesity in the rat
  • Are there candidate genes for obesity in these regions in rat and human?
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    12:20

    Networking Lunch

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    13:50

    OXYGEN AND PROTON FLUXES ENABLE KINETIC STUDIES OF FATTY ACID OXIDATION AND MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION

    Dr David Ferrick

    Dr David Ferrick, Vice President, Assay Development, Seahorse Bioscience

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    14:30

    CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPING THERAPIES FOR THE METABOLIC SYNDROME

    Dr Glenn Matfin

    Dr Glenn Matfin, Vice-President and Head, Global Medical and Scientific Affairs,, Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co

  • Registering mechanisms as treatments and the efficacy debate
  • The impact of recognizing the Metabolic Syndrome as a disease
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    15:10

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    OPENSOURCE DIETS FOR METABOLIC DISEASE RESEARCH

    Matthew Ricci

    Matthew Ricci, Ph.D., Director of Project Management, Research Diets Inc.

    • Description of purified, OpenSource Diets and their use
    • Metabolic Disease Data Generated using OpenSource Diets
    • Global continuity of animal models
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    16:20

    SIRT1: A NOVEL TARGET FOR THE TREATMENT OF METABOLIC DISEASE

    Dr Jill Milne

    Dr Jill Milne, Senior Director, Biology, Sirtris Pharmaceuticals

    ·   Sirtuins and Type 2 Diabetes
    ·   SIRT1 and Calorie Restriction & Mitochondrial function
    ·   Discovery of small molecule SIRT1 activators
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    17:00

    Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Conference

    Workshops

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