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Market Opportunities & Technology Trends in Molecular Diagnostics
29 October - 30 October 2003
Market Opportunities & Technology Trends in Molecular Diagnostics
A unique opportunity to learn from leading industry experts including:

  • Dr Heiner Dreismann, Head, Molecular Diagnostics, Roche Molecular Diagnostics
  • Dr Peter Knueppel, Senior Vice President, Nucleic Acid Diagnostics Segment, Bayer Healthcare
  • Dr Keith Dionne, Vice President, Research & Development Strategy, Millennium
  • Vinod Kaushal, Vice President, Product Strategy, Amersham Health
  • Dr Andrew Heaton, Chief Medical Officer & Vice President, Blood Testing, Chiron
  • Dr Bernd Haase, Business Development Manager, Europe, Affymetrix
  • Dr Hans Jorg Grill, Chief Technology Officer, Business Area, Clinical Diagnostics, Tecan
  • Dr Metin Colpan, Chief Executive Officer, Qiagen
  • Thomas Soriano, President & Chief Executive Officer, Diagnostic Oncology CRO
  • Jan Mous, President & CEO, IntegraGen

    Benefits of Attending

  • MARKET OPPORTUNITES: Identify where the gaps in the market lie
  • TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS: Evaluate methods being used for molecular diagnostics, including immunoassays, probe-based nucleic acid assays and microarrays
  • PRINCIPLES & APPLICATIONS: Discover chief molecular test areas including early screening, prognostic monitoring and pharmacogenomic testing
  • STRATEGIES: Learn of the practices being utilised by leading diagnostic companies to increase their market share
  • KEY INDUSTRY PERSONNEL: Meet the leaders in the field
  • Conference agenda

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    8:30

    Registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Doris-Ann Williams

    Doris-Ann Williams, Director General, British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA)

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    9:10

    KEYNOTE ADDRESS

    Dr Heiner Dreismann

    Dr Heiner Dreismann, Head, Molecular Diagnostics, Roche Molecular Diagnostics

  • The challenge of creating the molecular diagnostics market
  • Identification of current technology trends
  • Review of molecular technology platforms including nucleic acid testing and microarrays
  • Identifying feasible market opportunities through the identification of expanding markets
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    9:40

    MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS IN RESEARCH

    Dr James Prudent

    Dr James Prudent, Chief Scientific Officer, EraGen Biosciences

  • Nucleic acid and protein testing
  • Searching for targets – drivers and bottlenecks of HT technologies
  • Linking therapeutics to diagnostics
  • Involvement of bioinformatics
  • Global forecast
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    10:20

    INCORPORATING MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS IN A THERAPEUTIC DEVELOPMENT WORLD

    Dr Keith Dionne

    Dr Keith Dionne, Vice President, Research & Development Strategy, Millennium

  • Co-developing therapeutic and diagnostic products
  • Developing molecular diagnostics to support research and development portfolios
  • Developing molecular diagnostics as commercial agents
  • Portfolio impacts of joint therapeutic/diagnostic products
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    CLINICAL APPLICATIONS

    Dr Stephen Little

    Dr Stephen Little, Chief Executive Officer, DxS Ltd

  • Role in predisposition, early screening, prognostic, monitoring and pharmacogenomic testing
  • The diagnostic therapeutic interface
  • Developing innovative business strategies to bridge the gap
  • Tackling regulations, product launch costs and medical acceptance and reimbursement
  • Logistics, samples and technology
  • Long term prospects for clinical diagnostics
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    12:00

    US REGULATION OF MOLECULAR IVD PRODUCTS

    Thomas Soriano

    Thomas Soriano, President & Chief Executive Officer, Diagnostic Oncology CRO

  • FDA Overview
  • Regulations and guidance documents of interest
  • ASRs and “Home Brews”
  • Projected changes in policies and regulations, et al
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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    13:40

    ONE PATIENT…MANY PATENTS

    Brian Voyce

    Brian Voyce, Attorney, VPX LLC

  • A forest of diagnostic patents
  • Interests of the deliverers Vs the discoverers
  • How to blend multiple technology into a single product
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    14:20

    ENHANCING GENE IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS

    Dr Rhiannon Sanders Ph.D

    Dr Rhiannon Sanders Ph.D, Director Market Development, Pyrosequencing AB

  • Applications for DNA-based testing
  • Enhancing drug efficacy and safety
  • Issues in assessing technologies
  • Current technology limitations and opportunities
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    15:00

    REALISING THE POTENTIAL OF COMPANION DIAGNOSTICS

    Angus Hastie

    Angus Hastie, Director, Marketing & Business Development, Roche Molecular Diagnostics

  • Strategies to develop this field to its full potential
  • Prospects for predicting treatment response or adverse reactions using molecular diagnostics
  • Healthcare economic benefits of combining diagnostic testing with pharmaceutical prescription
  • Developing partnerships between diagnostic and pharmaceutical companies
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    15:40

    Afternoon Tea

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    16:00

    FAST AND RELIABLE DISCOVERY OF DISEASE GENES

    Dr Jan Mous

    Dr Jan Mous, President & CEO, Integragen

  • Genome Hybrid Identity Profiling, a radically innovative gene mapping technology
  • Unmatched statistical power and fast results
  • Proven concept : results of target discovery in complex genetic diseases, like obesity and autism
  • Strategy to identify genetic markers of diagnostic value
  • Demonstrating cost benefits
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    16:40

    RELIABLE AND FLEXIBLE SAMPLE PREPARATION

    Dr Simon Douglas

    Dr Simon Douglas, Chief Executive Officer, DRI Ltd

  • Inhibitor-free DNA for reliable downstream processing
  • Sample preparation designed to meet end user needs
  • Cost effective automation
  • Simplifying NAT with Charge Switch™
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    17:20

    NUCLEIC ACID TESTING (NAT)

    Dr Peter Knueppel

    Dr Peter Knueppel, Senior Vice President, Nucleic Acid Diagnostics Segment, Bayer Healthcare

  • Individualised medicine and nucleic acid testing
  • Overview of the major market segments
  • Qualitative Vs quantitative tests
  • Limitations of NATs
  • The drive towards miniaturisation and automation
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    18:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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    8:30

    Re-registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Bruce Savage

    Bruce Savage, Managing Director, Cytocell

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    9:10

    IMPACT OF NAT AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS IN A HIGHLY REGULATED BLOOD SAFETY MARKET

    Dr Andrew Heaton

    Dr Andrew Heaton, Chief Medical Officer & Vice President, Blood Testing, Chiron

  • Development of strategic partnerships to pursue blood safety opportunities
  • Application of nucleic acid testing to enhance blood product safety
  • Implementation of accelerated product development to meet blood safety initiatives
  • Application and potential of new technologies to sustain blood safety development
  • Focused product development and customer relationship development
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    9:40

    AUTOMATION – THE KEY TO THE NAT MARKET

    Dr Hans-Jörg Grill

    Dr Hans-Jörg Grill, Chief Technology Officer, Business Area, Clinical Diagnostics, Tecan

  • The role of multi probe assays, biochips and micro fluidics in NAT testing
  • The commercial impact of automation on the market
  • Overcoming the hurdle of automated sample preparation
  • Importance of simplifying diagnostics to penetrate the POC market
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    10:20

    PRE-ANALYTICAL SAMPLE PREPARATION AND AUTOMATION IN MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

    Dr Metin Colpan

    Dr Metin Colpan, Chief Executive Officer, Qiagen

  • Sample collection, stabilization and purification technologies
  • The impact on sample preparation on performance and dynamic range
  • Overcoming the hurdle of automated sample preparation and reaction set up
  • Automation needs and solutions for NAT
  • The drive towards universal integrated solutions
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    THE DIAGNOSTIC MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR DNA MICROARRAYS

    Dr Bernd Haase

    Dr Bernd Haase, Senior Business Development Manager, Europe, Affymetrix

  • Signature identification using microarrays
  • RNA expression analysis and its future
  • Novel DNA analysis strategies
  • Patient stratification
  • Regulatory issues
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    12:00

    GENETIC TESTING FOR INFECTIOUS PATHOGENS

    Dr Tom Whitaker

    Dr Tom Whitaker, President & Chief Executive Officer, Atom Sciences

  • Review of the infection disease genetic testing market
  • Importance of increasing speed and reducing cost
  • Significance of being able to identify bacterial drug resistance
  • Analysis of new technologies set to have a major impact on infectious disease testing
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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    13:40

    CASE STUDY: RUBICON GENOMICS

    Dr John Langmore

    Dr John Langmore, Co-Founder & Vice President, Commercial Development, Rubicon Genomics

  • Bioinformatics of genome-wide methylation screens as a critical discovery tool
  • Importance of retrospective and prospective studies
  • Integration of point-of-care genetic, epigenetic, and expression analysis
  • Protocols for early detection of occurrence and recurrence from miniscule amounts of degraded DNA and RNA
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    14:20

    DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING

    Vinod Kaushal

    Vinod Kaushal, Vice President, Product Strategy, Amersham Health

  • Potential of in vivo imaging in personalised medicine
  • Key technologies that will be utilised
  • Disease areas with the greatest commercial propect
  • Demostrating the cost benefits
  • Forming strategic partnerships with the pharmaceutical industry for mutual gain
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    15:00

    APPLIED GENOMICS AND ASSAY DEVELOPMENT

    Jeffrey Walsh

    Jeffrey Walsh, Vice President, Business Development & Strategy, EXACT Sciences

  • What is applied genomics?
  • The fundamentals of an applied genomics development program in cancer
  • A review of the process for developing an assay in molecular diagnostics
  • EXACT Sciences’ model for market-based assay development
  • Colorectal cancer and PreGen Plus
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    15:40

    Afternoon Tea

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    16:00

    MOLECULAR TESTING IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE

    Dr Richard Schifreen

    Dr Richard Schifreen, Director,Technology & Market Development, Promega

  • Clinical and analytical drivers for the development of new diagnostic tests
  • Determining the clinical value of new diagnostic tests
  • Integrating diagnostic testing with the development of new therapeutics
  • New business models for delivering diagnostic testing
  • Changing international regulatory models and their impact on the diagnostics industry
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    16:40

    PHARMACOGENOMIC MEASUREMENT OF DRUG EFFICACY

    Prof Steven Wong

    Prof Steven Wong, Director of Clinical Chemistry/Toxicology, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Pharmacogenomics & Proteomics / Scientific Director, Toxicology Department, Medical College of Wisconsin / Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office

  • Strategies for developing this infant field of study to its full potential Governmental regulatory agencies perspectives
  • The prospects for testing the responsiveness of a patient to a treatment via DNA based tests
  • Economic benefits of predicting drug toxicity and the targeting of new drugs to the right patients
  • An opportunity to resurrect old drugs which proved toxic to some and not to others
  • Acquisitions of diagnostic tests by pharmaceutical companies
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    17:20

    Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Conference

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