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Pain Therapeutics

Many research studies show, pain is a significant source of suffering for many people and seriously affects their quality of life. Treatment of these patients is a great challenge and requires special approaches.
 

SAE Media Group is proud to present the return of 16th Annual Pain Therapeutics to London, UK on 23-24 of May 2016. Through a series of interactive presentations and panel discussions, the event will introduce the insights from key industry leaders, outlining the current activities, key issues and trends in pain medicine. This event will bring highlights of research and development in the pain relief field as well as new models and innovation of overcoming issues in the niche market.
 

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Achim Kless

Achim Kless

Associate Scientific Director , Grunenthal GmbH
Catherine Stehman-Breen

Catherine Stehman-Breen

VP Clinical Sciences, Regeneron Pharmaceuitcals Inc
Stephen Doberstein

Stephen Doberstein

Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Nektar Therapeutics
Steven Kamerling

Steven Kamerling

Therapeutic Area Head for Pain, Inflammation and Oncology, Zoetis

Achim Kless

Associate Scientific Director , Grunenthal GmbH
Achim Kless

Alex Mullen

Professor of Pharmacy, University Of Strathclyde
Alex Mullen

Andrea Houghton

Executive Director, MSD, USA
Andrea Houghton

Aoibhinn McDonnell

Clinician, Director, Pfizer
Aoibhinn McDonnell

Catherine Stehman-Breen

VP Clinical Sciences, Regeneron Pharmaceuitcals Inc
Catherine Stehman-Breen

Chao Chen

Therapy Area Head, Glaxosmithkline
Chao Chen

Darren Cawkill

Head of Assay Development & Screening, Pfizer
Darren  Cawkill

Fiona Boissonade

Head of Neuroscience Research Group, The University Of Sheffield
Fiona Boissonade

Geert Jan Groeneveld

Research Director Neurology & Pain, Centre for Human Drug Research
Geert Jan Groeneveld

Martin Koltzenburg

Chair of Clinical Neurophysiology, University College London
Martin Koltzenburg

Praveen Anand

Professor of Neurology, Imperial College London
Praveen Anand

Remigiusz Lecybyl

Consultant in Chronic Pain, The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust
Remigiusz Lecybyl

Shaloo Pandhi

Global Program Medical Director, Novartis
Shaloo Pandhi

Sigal Meilin

Scientific Director, MD Biosciences
Sigal Meilin

Sravan Mandadi

Principal Scientist, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited
Sravan Mandadi

Stephen Doberstein

Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Nektar Therapeutics
Stephen Doberstein

Steven Kamerling

Therapeutic Area Head for Pain, Inflammation and Oncology, Zoetis
Steven Kamerling

Thomas Christoph

Senior Director, Head of Pain Pharmacology, Grunenthal GmbH
Thomas Christoph

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Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Opening remarks and introductions

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9:10

Contribution of animal models to the research and understanding of pain

•Important milestones in the development of current animal models
•Differentiation of reflexive withdrawal response and general animal behavior in pain studies

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Advantages and limitations of animal models in the development process for drug candidates in the area of pain

Sigal Meilin

Sigal Meilin, Scientific Director, MD Biosciences

•Studies comparing systemic vs. topical pain-relief drugs using animal models
•How do rodent studies predict the PK/PD ratio in human application

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10:30

Morning Coffee

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The application of molecular markers in the study of drug candidates in pain

•Contribution of biomarker analysis to the understanding of the cross-talk between neuronal and other pathways, including the immune system
•The use of biomarkers for the better understanding of pain mechanism and the discovery of new targets for pain therapy

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11:40

The application of swine models in studying drug candidates for the topical and/or local treatment of pain

•Translational, predictive swine models in the study of pain and pain therapy
•Presentation of a post-operative pain model in the swine

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12:20

Closing remarks

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12:30

End of workshop

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13:30

Registration

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Opening remarks and introductions

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Why is treating pain as a disease important?

•Considerations in the clinic
•Considerations pre clinically

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14:50

The impact of sensitisation and chronification

•What patients and why?
•Impact on pain treatment

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15:30

Coffee

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The role of descending inhibition

•Importance in pain
•…and treatment

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16:40

Nocimarkers- Human biomarkers for pain conditions

•Biomarkers in CSF
•How do we use nocimarkers?

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17:20

Closing remarks

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17:30

End of workshop

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Steven Kamerling

Steven Kamerling, Therapeutic Area Head for Pain, Inflammation and Oncology, Zoetis

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9:10

Pain Drug Discovery: Learnings over a Decade?

Sravan Mandadi

Sravan Mandadi, Principal Scientist, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited

•Current treatments and gaps
•What to target –Enzymes? Receptors?
•Where to target – Central of Peripheral?
•New Analgesics – Myth or Reality?

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Understanding ligand recognition on the molecular level

Achim Kless

Achim Kless, Associate Scientific Director , Grunenthal GmbH

•Identification of NF770 as a potent and competitive antagonist for P2X2 (purinergic ion channel) 
•Double mutant cycle analysis and protein-ligand interactions
•Protein modeling and simulation for compound design

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10:30

Morning Coffee

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11:00

MDB010506: Discovery of a novel, highly effective small molecule compound for neuropathic pain; from phenotypic screening to full, preclinical lead validation

Sigal Meilin

Sigal Meilin, Scientific Director, MD Biosciences

•The use of in vivo phenotypic screening for the identification of pharmaceutically relevant activity 
•Description of the preclinical program for the development of the candidate compound MDB010506
•Summary of results

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11:40

Drug Delivery Advances In Pain Therapeutics

Alex Mullen

Alex Mullen, Professor of Pharmacy, University Of Strathclyde

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12:20

Networking Lunch

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13:30

Current questions to animal models of pain

Thomas Christoph

Thomas Christoph, Senior Director, Head of Pain Pharmacology, Grunenthal GmbH

•Models
•Readouts
•Translation

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14:10

Pain, Osteoarthritis & Translational Veterinary Medicine

Steven Kamerling

Steven Kamerling, Therapeutic Area Head for Pain, Inflammation and Oncology, Zoetis

•Medical management of osteoarthritis and pain in people and pets
•What can be learned across species with regard to models and spontaneous diseases: translational veterinary medicine
•Focus on pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical approaches

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14:50

Afternoon Tea

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Reproducibility of a battery of human evoked pain tests to determine the pharmacological profile of novel analgesic drugs

Geert Jan Groeneveld

Geert Jan Groeneveld, Research Director Neurology & Pain, Centre for Human Drug Research

•A battery of human evoked pain tests that can be used to profile new analgesic drugs and to determine the active drug dose range in humans prior to phase II
•Unique profile for different reference analgesic compounds that was compatible with expected pharmacology
•Reproducibility of the pharmacological effects and pain test battery profile of different analgesic compounds that were used as positive controls in four phase I studies

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Translational biomarker for studying target engagement of ion channels in peripheral nerve

Martin Koltzenburg

Martin Koltzenburg, Chair of Clinical Neurophysiology, University College London

•Ion channels are crucial in controlling the excitability of peripheral nerves and action potential propagation.
•Different subtypes of sodium channel are key for action potential propagation in different subtypes of sensory neurons
•Potassium channels and hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated contribute to firing pattern of axons
•Nerve excitability profiling (NEP) allows study of these channels in rodents and primates including humans in vivo and in vitro
•NEP can investigate the effect of sodium channel blockers on transient and persistent currents and state- and use-dependency and tonic blocks

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Human Tissue in pain research

Fiona Boissonade

Fiona Boissonade, Head of Neuroscience Research Group, The University Of Sheffield

•Human neuroma tissue in studies of neuropathic pain
•Human tooth pulp as a model of inflammatory pain
•Correlation of clinical symptoms with specific markers

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17:20

Panel discussion: Medical incidents in an experimental drug trials

•Clinical trial methodology
•Challenges facing the current methods
•Medical exams procedure
•Reviews and recommendation

Thomas Christoph

Thomas Christoph, Senior Director, Head of Pain Pharmacology, Grunenthal GmbH

Chao Chen

Chao Chen, Therapy Area Head, Glaxosmithkline

Martin Koltzenburg

Martin Koltzenburg, Chair of Clinical Neurophysiology, University College London

Steven Kamerling

Steven Kamerling, Therapeutic Area Head for Pain, Inflammation and Oncology, Zoetis

Fiona Boissonade

Fiona Boissonade, Head of Neuroscience Research Group, The University Of Sheffield

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18:00

Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

Steven Kamerling

Steven Kamerling, Therapeutic Area Head for Pain, Inflammation and Oncology, Zoetis

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Stephen Doberstein

Stephen Doberstein , Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Nektar Therapeutics

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9:10

NKTR-181, A Novel mu-opioid Analgesic Designed for Inherent Low Abuse Liability

Stephen Doberstein

Stephen Doberstein , Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Nektar Therapeutics

•Engineering brain entry rate of MOR agonists to reduce euphoria and abuse liability
•Maintaining mu-opioid receptor activity while modulating brain entry rate
•Preclinical to clinical translation of opioid characteristics

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9:50

Strategies to minimise risk for opioid dependence

Remigiusz Lecybyl

Remigiusz Lecybyl, Consultant in Chronic Pain, The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust

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10:30

Morning Coffee

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EMA401- Novel treatment option for neuropathic pain

Shaloo Pandhi

Shaloo Pandhi, Global Program Medical Director, Novartis

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Experimental pain models in early phase drug development

  • Model selection and validation
  • Acute and neuropathic pain models
  • Implementation in phase I trials
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    Voltage gated sodium channels… new pain therapies

    Aoibhinn McDonnell

    Aoibhinn McDonnell, Clinician, Director, Pfizer

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    Treatment of moderate to severe chronic pain

    Catherine Stehman-Breen

    Catherine Stehman-Breen, VP Clinical Sciences, Regeneron Pharmaceuitcals Inc

    •Epidemiology of moderate to severe chronic pain
    •Treatment options for treatment of moderate to severe chronic pain
    •Emerging treatment options for treatment of moderate to severe chronic pain

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    Networking Lunch

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    Small fibre neuropathy and channelopathy: from pain relief to disease modification

    Praveen Anand

    Praveen Anand , Professor of Neurology, Imperial College London

    •Overview of clinical presentations, advanced diagnostic techniques, and current pain treatments
    •Clinical translation success in Phase II trials for pain and itch: p38 MAP kinase inhibitor Dilmapimod, Angiotensin II Type 2 receptor antagonist EMA401, and Trk A inhibitor CT327
    •Use of capsaicin 8% patch Qutenza for pain relief and disease modification

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    Design and Interpretation of Clinical Proof-of-Concept Trials for Pain Drugs

    Chao Chen

    Chao Chen, Therapy Area Head, Glaxosmithkline

    •Clinical proof of concept informs major investment decisions
    •Conventional design and analysis reflect improvement opportunities
    •Principles and examples will be presented to explore these opportunities

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    15:20

    Afternoon Tea

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    Phenotypic Screening with iPSC-Sensory Neuron Excitability Assays

    Darren  Cawkill

    Darren Cawkill, Head of Assay Development & Screening, Pfizer

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    Developing translational assays to support a small molecule Nav1.7 inhibitor program

    Andrea Houghton

    Andrea Houghton , Executive Director, MSD, USA

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    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

    Stephen Doberstein

    Stephen Doberstein , Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Nektar Therapeutics


    Associate Scientific Director
    Grunenthal GmbH
    Professor of Pharmacy
    University Of Strathclyde
    Executive Director
    MSD, USA
    Clinician, Director
    Pfizer
    VP Clinical Sciences
    Regeneron Pharmaceuitcals Inc
    Therapy Area Head
    Glaxosmithkline
    Head of Assay Development & Screening
    Pfizer
    Head of Neuroscience Research Group
    The University Of Sheffield
    Research Director Neurology & Pain
    Centre for Human Drug Research
    Chair of Clinical Neurophysiology
    University College London
    Professor of Neurology
    Imperial College London
    Consultant in Chronic Pain
    The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust
    Global Program Medical Director
    Novartis
    Scientific Director
    MD Biosciences
    Principal Scientist
    Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited
    Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer
    Nektar Therapeutics
    Therapeutic Area Head for Pain, Inflammation and Oncology
    Zoetis
    Senior Director, Head of Pain Pharmacology
    Grunenthal GmbH

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    Workshops

    An Interview with Workshop Hosts - Grunenthal

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    Pain Therapeutics: An Interview with GSK Senior Director, Dr Chao Chen

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    An Interview with Shaloo Pandhi, Global Program Medical Director from Novartis

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    Pain Therapeutics 2016 Attendee List

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    A Written Interview with Dr Geert Jan Groeneveld, Research Director from the Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR)

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    Cellectricon

    Sponsors and Exhibitors
    http://www.cellectricon.com/

    Cellectricon offers advanced cell-based screening services to accelerate Pain and CNS drug discovery projects. Our Cellaxess®Elektra platform enables compound profiling in primary cells and native tissue, helping our Clients to identify phenotypic effects in highly relevant biological models early in the project lifecycle providing true decision-making value and considerable cost savings.


    Centre for Human Drug Research

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    http://www.chdr.nl/

    Since 1987, CHDR has developed into a unique research organisation specialising in early phase studies which combines knowledge and academic collaborations with operational excellence in clinical trial services. CHDR's strong track record in analgesic and pain research allows us to offer an efficient route towards proof of concept in patients.



    MD Biosciences

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    https://www.mdbneuro.com

    MD Biosciences Neuro is a preclinical and translational contract research organization (CRO) offering services for drug development in the field of neurology and pain research. We understand that finding a trust-worthy preclinical partner is a top priority for drug developers and believe that you should have confidence in the partner you choose. That's why we are dedicated to providing each client valued expertise and advice, experience for flawless execution, and flexibility to meet the needs of rapidly changing requirements.

    With a presence in the innovation hubs of Cambridge, Massachusetts and with state of the art laboratories in Israel, our team is dedicated to building collaborative programs and creating lasting partnerships in the biotechnology community.



    PRA Health Sciences

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    PRA Health Sciences delivers innovative drug development solutions that improve patients’ lives. Our people work tirelessly for clients, offering exceptional experience across all phases, therapeutic areas and a broad spectrum of services. With 12,000+ employees covering 80+ countries, we provide an impressive global presence and in-depth knowledge of local regulations, standards of care and cultural customs. At PRA, we love what do, because we are making a difference in the lives of patients and their family members worldwide.

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    The British Journal of Pain

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    The British Journal of Pain is the official journal of the British Pain Society. It provides scientists and clinicians in pain medicine with peer-reviewed review articles and expert opinions on all aspects of pain management from basic science to its clinical application including pain physiology, pharmacology and interventions. This journal provides content of multidisciplinary interest and reviews and forecasts important issues and trends in the management of acute and chronic pain.


    Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

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    Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, quarterly publication that addresses advances in acute, chronic, and end-of-life symptom management. Learn more about the journal at www.tandfonline.com/ippc.


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    Pain News

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    The British Pain Society Newsletter Pain News is published quarterly and is edited by Dr Arasu Rayen. Members of the Society will receive a free copy and are encouraged to contribute to the content.

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    GBI is an information, applications, and services company focused on the healthcare industry. Leveraging data from across the healthcare value chain, GBI creates web and mobile applications that enable individuals and organizations to make better decisions and communicate more effectively.


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    Pharmatching.com is an efficient, targeted and easy-to-use-“Web2.0”-tool for finding the right partners in the pharmaceutical industry worldwide. It saves time and costs in all (out)sourcing and business development processes, as it fascilitates and accelerates the searching process for appropriate business partners significantly. Pharmatching.com is particularly advantageous for projects where a special service is (immediately) required or to offer capacities which are currently available. It is useful for services in all categories and stages of drug development including contract manufacturing, contract research, laboratory investigations, contractual testing, non-clinical and clinical research, active pharmaceutical ingredients, consulting, marketing, registration, in- and outlicensing etc.


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    Pharmalicensing (www.pharmalicensing.com) is the premier biopharmaceutical Open Innovation resource designed for professionals involved with partnering, licensing and business development worldwide. Actively supporting all forms of partnering and in- and out-licensing activities, Pharmalicensing utilizes the unique online Showcase Profiling & Discover services, as well as its renowned Partnering Search service leveraging its global network of industry experts, to enable companies to identify and engage with appropriate partners around the world. Pharmalicensing is actively utilized by many tens of thousands of industry professionals each month. Pharmalicensing is a division of Cognis Group, Inc.


    BioPharm Insight

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    BioPharm Insight is your definitive guide to the global life sciences community. Subscribers take action on forward-looking intelligence uncovered by an independent team of investigative journalists, and make strategic business decisions using the most comprehensive and powerful real-time database of market analytics and key contacts. Featuring an intuitive online interface and exclusive Active IntelT relational content technology, BioPharm Insight provides an unrivaled capability to segment and analyze the industry with detailed and searchable profiles.


    Absave

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    Absave.com is the leading savings website for Antibodies and Immunological Products. Search our extensive database of Antibodies, Kits, Proteins & Peptides, Reagents, etc. to find the best savings!


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    Mednous

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    MedNous is a print publication and website about medical innovation in Europe. It carries exclusive interviews with companies that are at the forefront of medical technology, as well as contributor articles from prominent practitioners. Our mission is to identify significant advances in medicine and to explain how this innovation is being commercialised. In doing so, we talk to venture capitalists about what products and platforms they are supporting. We report on how regulators cope with the accelerating pace of innovation. And we regularly cover the latest developments in the discovery and development of new medical concepts in the area of antibodies, vaccines, small molecules, regenerative medicine and nanomedicines. MedNous combines the English word for medicine with the Greek word for intellect. And those with nous are readers of our publication. Visit our website: www.mednous.com


    Pharmavision

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    http://www.pharmavision.co.uk

    PharmaVision offers a consultancy service providing independent pharmaceutical thematic research to the healthcare industry, the investment community and competitive intelligence specialists. We perform due diligence research and provide expert commentary in healthcare. Our reports combine scientific analysis in drug delivery, R&D technologies and pharmaceutical products including patient modelling, product/technology forecasts and market trends evaluation.


    CanBiotech

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    http://www.canbiotech.com

    CanBiotech - A Portal and B2B Outsourcing Marketplace for the Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industry. The Marketplace features the Outsourcing Services Showcase; the Portal features our biopharmaceutical and venture capital directories and databases. Publications include the BioMedical Outsourcing Report and the Bio Outsourcing Asia© Publication.


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    Inderscience is a dynamic, leading, independent journal publisher. The company disseminates the latest research across the broad fields of science, engineering and technology; management, public and business administration; environment, ecological economics and sustainable development; computing, ICT and internet/web services, and related areas. Inderscience offers over 35 years' experience in publishing and has succeeded in building a substantial collection approaching 400 high-quality peer-reviewed international research journals in both online and print formats. We offer a variety of ways to keep up-to-date with the latest published leading-edge research while our online collection represents a fully-searchable digital archive of around 60,000 articles.


    Swiss Biotech Association

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    The Swiss Biotech Association (SBA) is the national industry association for biotechnology, including pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, agriculture, food, cosmetics, environmental biotechnology, and specialty chemicals. Members are companies active in modern biotechnology, such as R&D, Production, Marketing and Sales, Finance, Services and Consulting. SBA provides a networking platform for Life Science clusters, academic and federal institutions the like. Founded in March 1998, the Association grows steadily.


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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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    SelectScience is an independent, online information resource for the worldwide scientific community, and the home of trusted information for laboratory scientists. Discover impartial, expert opinion and trusted reviews about latest laboratory equipment and techniques; plus videos, application notes and science news from around the world. Become a member for free today.

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    WHAT IS CPD?

    CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development’. It is essentially a philosophy, which maintains that in order to be effective, learning should be organised and structured. The most common definition is:

    ‘A commitment to structured skills and knowledge enhancement for Personal or Professional competence’

    CPD is a common requirement of individual membership with professional bodies and Institutes. Increasingly, employers also expect their staff to undertake regular CPD activities.

    Undertaken over a period of time, CPD ensures that educational qualifications do not become obsolete, and allows for best practice and professional standards to be upheld.

    CPD can be undertaken through a variety of learning activities including instructor led training courses, seminars and conferences, e:learning modules or structured reading.

    CPD AND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES

    There are approximately 470 institutes in the UK across all industry sectors, with a collective membership of circa 4 million professionals, and they all expect their members to undertake CPD.

    For some institutes undertaking CPD is mandatory e.g. accountancy and law, and linked to a licence to practice, for others it’s obligatory. By ensuring that their members undertake CPD, the professional bodies seek to ensure that professional standards, legislative awareness and ethical practices are maintained.

    CPD Schemes often run over the period of a year and the institutes generally provide online tools for their members to record and reflect on their CPD activities.

    TYPICAL CPD SCHEMES AND RECORDING OF CPD (CPD points and hours)

    Professional bodies and Institutes CPD schemes are either structured as ‘Input’ or ‘Output’ based.

    ‘Input’ based schemes list a precise number of CPD hours that individuals must achieve within a given time period. These schemes can also use different ‘currencies’ such as points, merits, units or credits, where an individual must accumulate the number required. These currencies are usually based on time i.e. 1 CPD point = 1 hour of learning.

    ‘Output’ based schemes are learner centred. They require individuals to set learning goals that align to professional competencies, or personal development objectives. These schemes also list different ways to achieve the learning goals e.g. training courses, seminars or e:learning, which enables an individual to complete their CPD through their preferred mode of learning.

    The majority of Input and Output based schemes actively encourage individuals to seek appropriate CPD activities independently.

    As a formal provider of CPD certified activities, SAE Media Group can provide an indication of the learning benefit gained and the typical completion. However, it is ultimately the responsibility of the delegate to evaluate their learning, and record it correctly in line with their professional body’s or employers requirements.

    GLOBAL CPD

    Increasingly, international and emerging markets are ‘professionalising’ their workforces and looking to the UK to benchmark educational standards. The undertaking of CPD is now increasingly expected of any individual employed within today’s global marketplace.

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    We can provide a certificate for all our accredited events. To request a CPD certificate for a conference , workshop, master classes you have attended please email events@saemediagroup.com

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