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Cardiovascular Summit 2000: Heart Failure Drugs
2 October - 3 October 2000
Cardiovascular Summit 2000: Heart Failure Drugs
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a major health issue, it is the leading cause of hospitalisation of the over 65’s in the US and has an unacceptably high morbidity. Current polypharmacy treatment regimens do prolong and improve quality of life however CHF therapies still fall far short of the clinical need.

Fortunately recent advances in molecular biology have greatly improved understanding of the disease and are assisting in the hunt for new therapeutics. Targets such as kinases, ion channels and specific receptors all look to be promising and the range of targets currently under investigation in the pharmaceutical industry has greatly increased.

As a senior industry executive, you will be aware of the importance and potential of this field. We would therefore like to invite you to register for SAE Media Group’s Cardiovascular Summit 2000: Heart Failure Drugs. As you will see from the brochure, the standard of speakers from both the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors makes this an unmissable event.

Please register now to guarantee your place at this important conference.

Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Introduction: imaging in Drug R & D

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9:15

Overview of imaging in cardiology

  • Cardiac imaging techniques
  • Medical questions that can be addressed
  • Future developments and needs
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    9:45

    Cardiac imaging in research and pre-clinical development

  • To what extent is imaging currently employed?
  • What techniques can be used to identify therapeutic ligands?
  • How can imaging be used for pre-clinical proof-of-concept testing?
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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    Cost effectiveness of imaging

  • How does imaging impact on drug R & D cost and time?
  • Value of imaging data when submitting compounds for regulatory approval
  • Pharmaco-economic considerations
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    12:00

    Case Study - Demonstration of how imaging can and is being employed in therapeutic drug R & D

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    12:30

    Discussion and Questions- review of the session

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    8:30

    Registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Prof John Cleland

    Prof John Cleland, Foundation Chair in Cardiology, University of Hull

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    9:10

    DIRECTIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS

    Dr Norbert Bender

    Dr Norbert Bender, Head, Cardiovascular, Clinical Research, BASF

  • Efficacy of current treatments
  • Unmet clinical needs in congestive heart failure and hypertension
  • Effectiveness of polypharmacy approaches
  • Inflammatory processes: an important role in cardiovascular disease?
  • Directions in developing treatments aimed at established targets
  • What is the potential for identification of new targets?
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    9:40

    MYOCYTE APOPTOSIS: IMPLICATIONS FOR DRUG DEVELOPMENT

    Dr Stephen Mento

    Dr Stephen Mento, President & CEO, Idun Pharmaceuticals

  • Is myocyte apoptosis a cause or an effect of CHF?
  • Molecular pathways implicated in myocyte apoptosis
  • Potential targets arising from the elucidation of the molecular pathways
  • Impact of current therapeutics on myocyte apoptosis
  • Using myocyte apoptosis as a prognostic indicator
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    10:20

    GENE THERAPY FOR HEART FAILURE

    Dr H Kirk Hammond

    Dr H Kirk Hammond, Professor of Medicine, USCD, Scientific Founder & Chief Scientist, Collateral Therapeutics

  • Rationale for new paradigms for the treatment of heart failure
  • Adenylate Cylcase as a candidate for gene therapy for heart failure
  • FGF4 gene therapy for heart failure
  • Clinical trials using non-surgical cardiovascular gene therapy
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    SERCA2A AS A THERAPEUTIC TARGET

    Dr Sian Harding

    Dr Sian Harding, Reader in Cellular Pharmacology, Imperial College School of Medicine

  • Role of SERCA2a in cardiac excitation-contraction coupling
  • Evidence that reduced activity of SERCA2a is central to changes in myocardial contraction in failing human heart
  • Gene transfer of SERCA2a into human and animal isolated cardiac myocytes using adenoviral vectors
  • Increased expression if SERCA2a reverses failure-induced contractile change sin human myocytes
  • Contrasting effects of SERCA2a overexpression with -adrenoceptor stimulation on arrhythmogenesis
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    12:00

    TARGET IDENTIFICATION

    Dr Andrés Negro-Vilar

    Dr Andrés Negro-Vilar, Senior Vice President, R & D, Chief Scientific Officer, Ligand Pharmaceuticals

  • Introduction to recent advances in nuclear receptor technology gene identification
  • Nuclear receptor co-factors and tissue selectivity
  • Gene identification strategies
  • How are these technologies being applied to cardiovascular research?
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    12:40

    Lunch

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    13:40

    ENDOTHELIN ANTAGONISTS

    Dr Richard Dixon

    Dr Richard Dixon, Senior Vice President, Research, Texas Biotechnology

  • Slowing the rate of disease progression
  • Pathways involved in myocardial remodelling
  • Elucidating the role of endothelin myocardial remodelling
  • Endothelin signalling as a target for CHF drugs
  • Development of TB11251
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    14:20

    ANTI-INFLAMMATORY COMPOUNDS

    Dr Douglas Williams

    Dr Douglas Williams, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Immunex

  • History of Enbrel and it’s success in rheumatoid arthritis
  • Role of inflammation in heart failure
  • Mechanism of action of Enbrel: anti-TNF
  • Clinical data for Enbrel in heart failure patients
  • Future directions for the research
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    15:00

    METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITORS

    Dr Mark Perrone

    Dr Mark Perrone, Executive Director, Cardiovascular, Bristol Myers Squibb

  • Mechanism of action of omapatrilat
  • Preclinical data
  • Clinical experience with omaptrilat
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    15:40

    Afternoon Tea

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    16:00

    MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS AS TARGETS

    Dr Antoine Bril

    Dr Antoine Bril, Director, Cardiovascular Pharmacology, SmithKline Beecham

  • Mechanism of regulation of myocyte pH
  • The sodium proton exchanger
  • The sodium bicarbonate cotransporter
  • Methods to determine the role of these transporters in CHF
  • Proposed role of membrane transporters in the development of CHF
  • Applying this knowledge to the development of new drugs
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    16:30

    DIAGNOSING HEART FAILURE

    Dr George Jackowski

    Dr George Jackowski, President & Chief Scientific Officer, Syn X Pharma

  • Problems in the diagnosis of CHF and the need for a POC test
  • Identification of ANF and BNP
  • Development of a diagnostic test using protein markers
  • Market value for a CHF test
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    17:30

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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    17:40

    Networking drinks reception for delegates and speakers

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    8:30

    Re-registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Dr Desmond Fitzgerald

    Dr Desmond Fitzgerald, Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde

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    9:10

    INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY

    Dr Desmond Fitzgerald

    Dr Desmond Fitzgerald, Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde

  • The relevance of integrative biology in the genomic area
  • Integrative biology and complex systems
  • Its role in candidate drug selection in cardiovascular research
  • Future trends and obstacles
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    9:40

    ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY

    Dr Patrick Kleyn

    Dr Patrick Kleyn, Chief Scientific Officer, Gemini Genomics

  • Clinical genomics: the primary source of novel gene-based targets
  • Diverse human populations: the raw material for gene identification
  • Comprehensive clinical information: dissecting complex disorders
  • Detailed genetic data: searching for common variation
  • Bioinformatics: identifying disease-gene associations
  • From gene to target: unlocking the therapeutic potential
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    10:20

    FROM GENES TO CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPEUTICS

    Dr Paul Eisenberg

    Dr Paul Eisenberg, Acting Vice President, Cardiovascular Discovery & Clinical Investigation, Eli Lilly

  • Identification of targets: too many targets and too little time?
  • Identifying the best target from the plethora of choice
  • Methods to elucidate the role of and the signalling cascades of potential targets
  • Moving from target to patentable ligand
  • Individualised medicine, is this the way forward for cardiovascular therapies?
  • Molecular cardiovascular programmes underway at Eli Lilly
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    TRANSLATION OF THE TARGET INTO CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT

    Dr Milton Pressler

    Dr Milton Pressler, Senior Director, Clinical Research, Cardiovascular, Parke Davis

  • Potential hurdles in clinical trials for heart failure drugs
  • Identifying the right patient group
  • Determining effective end points for heart failure drugs
  • Added complications with other cardiac problems
  • Research directions at Parke Davis
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    12:00

    COMBATING AGE RELATED HEART DISESASE

    Dr John Egan

    Dr John Egan, Executive Director, Licensing & Technology Development, Alteon

  • The role of Advanced Glycosylation End-product (A.G.E) crosslinks in the pathophysiology of heart disease
  • Pre-clinical development of ALT-711
  • Mechanism of action of ALT-711: A.G.E crosslink breakage
  • Clinical development of ALT-711 and impact on the aged cardiovascular system
  • Other potential clinical applications
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    12:40

    Lunch

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    13:40

    AN UPDATE ON IMMUNOTHERAPIES

    Dr Arthur Rushton

    Dr Arthur Rushton, Chief Operating Officer, Proteus International

  • Why use immunotherapies in cardiovascular disease?
  • Development of peptide conjugate vaccines
  • Targeting the renin-angiotensin system with immunotherapeutics
  • Other immunotherapeutic targets with potential for cardiovascular disease
  • Clinical evidence for the efficacy of vaccines in cardiovascular disorders
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    14:20

    PROTEOMICS AS A RESEARCH TOOL

    Alison Pearce

    Alison Pearce, Business Development Manager, Proteome Sciences

  • Introduction to proteomics
  • How powerful is this as a target identification tool?
  • Application of proteomics to chronic heart disease and chronic rejection after heart transplantion
  • Current research directions at Proteome Sciences
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    15:00

    CURAGEN & COR THERAPEUTICS: IDENTIFICTION OF PLATELET AND ENDOTHELIAL CELL GENES

    Dr Fuad Mehraban, Senior Research Scientist, Discovery Research, CuraGen Corporation

    Dr Fuad Mehraban, Senior Research Scientist, Discovery Research, CuraGen Corporation, , Dr James Topper, Vice President, Biology, COR Therapeutics

  • Rapid generation of human platelet and endothelial cell expressed gene databases
  • Methods focused on protein coding regions
  • Identification of predicted secreted, membrane-associated, and signalling molecules as potential drug targets
  • High-throughput differential expression profiling using an open-architecture system
  • Focus on the identification of novel vascular genes modulated by various stimuli
  • Identification of protein interactions and pathway analysis using a high-throughput yeast 2-hybrid system
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    15:40

    Afternoon Tea

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    16:00

    A NEW MODEL TO WORK FROM

    Dr Giora Feuerstein

    Dr Giora Feuerstein, Senior Director, Cardiovascular Diseases Research, DuPont Pharmaceuticals

  • Myocardial dysfunction: a progressive disorder
  • Systems involved in myocardial re-modelling
  • Sympathetic nervous system
  • Neurohormonal systems
  • Viability of these systems as potential drug targets
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    16:00

    CASE STUDY: FATTY ACID OXIDATION INHIBITORS

    Dr Hani Sabbah

    Dr Hani Sabbah, Director, Cardiovascular Research, Henry Ford Health System

  • Myocardial metabolism
  • Inhibition of fatty acid oxidation
  • Heart failure
  • Left ventricular performance
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    17:00

    Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Conference

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