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Pain Therapeutics
11 June - 12 June 2007
Pain Therapeutics
As pharmaceutical companies continually strive to find new and evolving ways to combat neuropathic and neurological pain, The SAE Media Group’s 8th Annual Pain Therapeutics Conference once again showcases the new advances within the pharmaceutical industry.

Listen to case studies on novel targets for effective pain relief such as ion channels, CB2 receptors and the purinergic cascade and explore revolutionary strategies for confronting neuropathic pain.

Senior representatives from the top 10 Pharmaceutical Companies together with those from pharmaceutical companies that specialise in pain medication will deliver a series of specialised presentations detailing the discoveries and advances they have made over the last 12 months

The conference will be delivered by an excellent panel of speakers, including:
  • Dr James Sullivan, Divisional Vice President, Neuroscience Discovery, Abbott Laboratories
  • Dr Linda Surh, Director, CEDD Global Regulatory Affairs, GlaxoSAE Media GroupthKline
  • Dr Keith Bley, Senior Vice President, Nonclinical R&D, NeurogesX Inc
  • Dr Shimon Amselem, Vice President, Pharmaceutical Development, Pharmos Ltd
  • Professor Theo Meert, Senior Research Fellow, Therapeutics Area Leader & Biology Head,  CNS, Pain & Neurology, Johnson & Johnson
  • Dr Liza Leventhal, Principal Research Scientist 1, Neuroscience Discovery Research, Wyeth
  • Dr Steve England, Associate Research Fellow, Discovery Biology, Pfizer
  • Dr John Connell, Director, Clinical Pharmacodynamics & Project Management, Icon Development Solutions
  • Dr Emanuele Sher, Research Advisor, Pain/Migraine Team, Eli Lilly and Company
  • Roland Kozlowski, Chief Executive Officer, Lectus Therapeutics
  • Dr Edward Kaftan, Principal Research Scientist, Wyeth
  • Dr Peter Schafer, Director, Biology, Drug Discovery, Celgene Corporation
  • Dr John Hutchinson, Development Director and Board Member, Vernalis
  • Dr Helmut Buschman, Research Director, Laboratorios Dr. Esteve   
  • Andrew Sutton, Medical Director, Guildford Clinical Pharmacology
The continual success of The SAE Media Group’s Pain Therapeutics Conference stands as proof of its reputation as the leading conference in the field. With this year's promising to be the most successful, attendance is compulsory in order to keep abreast of developments in this ever-evolving industry.

Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Welcome & Introduction

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9:05

The Critical Path in the Discovery of New Pain Therapeutics

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10:00

Species Differences

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10:30

Morning Coffee

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11:00

NEUROPATHIC PAIN- LESSONS FROM MIGRAINE

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11:20

OPEN SPACE- INTERACTIVE SESSION, REAL LIFE ISSUES

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12:30

CLOSE OF EXECUTIVE BRIEFING

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairperson's Opening Remarks

Dr Liza Leventhal

Dr Liza Leventhal, Principal Scientist 1, Wyeth Research

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9:10

TRPV1 AGONIST APPROACHES TO LOCALIZED MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN

Dr Keith Bley

Dr Keith Bley, Senior Vice President, Nonclinical R & D, Neurogesx Inc

·          Bases of nociceptor overactivity
·          Expression of TRPV1 in hyperactive nociceptors
·          Agonist-induced desensitization
·          Phase 2 clinical data for nociceptive pain
·          Phase 3 clinical data for neuropathic pain
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9:50

CANNABINOR, A CB2 SELECTIVE SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID AGONIST FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN

Dr Shimon Amselem

Dr Shimon Amselem, Vice President, Pharmaceutical Development, Pharmos Ltd.

·          CB2 receptors as drug targets for neuropathic and chronic pain
·          Rational drug design of CB2 agonists
·          CB receptor binding affinity and selectivity
·          Pharmacological efficacy in animal models
·          Pharmaceutical development
Human trials with Cannabinor
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10:30

Morning Coffee

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11:00

NOVEL APPROACHES TO PAIN MEASUREMENTS IN RODENTS

·          Brief overview of traditional methods for evaluating pain in preclinical models
·          Introduction to alternative approaches for evaluating pain in preclinical models
·          Review of studies evaluating gait analysis in preclinical pain models
·          Alternative approaches and endpoints
·          Future directions

Dr Liza Leventhal

Dr Liza Leventhal, Principal Scientist 1, Wyeth Research

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11:40

SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF Kv1.X/Kvß CHANNEL SUBUNIT

Roland Kozlowski

Roland Kozlowski, Chief Executive Officer , Lectus Therapeutics

·          Kv channels as targets for the treatment of pain
·          Kv1.x/Kvß LEPTICS® assay development and hit identification
·          In vitro electrophysiological characterisation of novel inhibitors of
Kv1.x/Kvß subunits in rat DRGs
·          In vivo evaluation of novel inhibitors of Kv1.x/Kvß subunits in models
of inflammatory and neuropathic hyperalgesia
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12:20

Networking Lunch

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13:50

ENGAGING THE REGULATORY AUTHORITIES WITH EMERGING BIOMARKERS: NEW WHYS AND WAYS

Dr Linda Surh

Dr Linda Surh, Director, CEDD Global Regulatory Affairs , GlaxoSmithKline

·          Drivers for biomarkers in the industry
·          Some working definitions and terms of engagement
·          Application of biomarkers across the pipeline, from imaging to systemic biomarkers
·          Biomarker-specific considerations with regulatory authorities in the US and EU 
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14:30

ION CHANNELS, CAN THEY PROVIDE NEW TARGETS FOR EFFECTIVE PAIN RELIEF?

Dr Steve England

Dr Steve England, Associate Research Fellow, Discovery Biology, Pfizer

·          Voltage-gated sodium channels and what human genetic data tells us
·          Calcium Channels; can we improve on Ziconotide?
·          Ligand-gated channels; which are the most likely winners?
·          Emerging ion channel targets
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15:10

Afternoon Tea

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15:40

THE PURINERGIC CASCADE AS TARGETS FOR PAIN TREATMENT

Professor Theo Meert

Professor Theo Meert, Senior Research Fellow, Therapeutic Area Leader & Biology Head, CNS, Pain & Neurology, Johnson & Johnson

·          The role of adenosine in pain: P1 receptors and adenosine modulation
·          The role of P2X
The role of P2Y
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16:20

SOME COMPELLING REASONS TO MEASURE MOODS DURING CHRONIC PAIN STUDIES

Andrew Sutton

Andrew Sutton, Medical Director, Guildford Clinical Pharmacology Ltd (GCPL)

  • Chronic pain makes people angry, sad, fatigued and irritable
  • These moods can be measured more reliably than pain itself
  • They are risk factors for cardiovascular events such as seen in the Vioxx study
  • Pain may decrease but if these moods do not, the risks remain.
  • Doing so improves: patient selection and compliance, dose efficacy monitoring, data variance & trial sensitivity
  • It demonstrates a quality of life advantage for the product.
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    17:00

    Chairperson’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

    Dr James Sullivan

    Dr James Sullivan, Divisional Vice President, Neuroscience Discovery, Abbott Laboratories

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    9:10

    CASE STUDY: ABBOTT’S NEURONAL NICOTINIC RECEPTOR PROGRAMME

    Dr James Sullivan

    Dr James Sullivan, Divisional Vice President, Neuroscience Discovery, Abbott Laboratories

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    9:50

    ACTIVATING CHOLINERGIC NICOTINIC RECEPTORS, GROUNDBREAKING APPROACHES TO NEUROPATHIC PAIN

    Dr Emanuele Sher

    Dr Emanuele Sher, Research Advisor, Pain/Migraine Team, Eli Lilly & Company

    ·          Inducing antinociception by the activation of nicotinic receptors by the endogenous neurotransmitter acetylcholine or exogenous agonists
    ·          The efficacy of nicotinic agonists shown in preclinical models of inflammatory and neuropathic pain
    ·          Suggestions of how this efficacy can be achieved in man
    ·          The preclusion of prior further development due to poor margin of safety
    ·          Achieving a better margin of safety by activating nicotinic receptors in the CNS without activating peripheral nicotinic receptors
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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    NOVEL APPROACHES TO INFLAMMATORY AND NEUROPATHIC PAIN

    Dr Peter Schafer

    Dr Peter Schafer, Director, Biology, Drug Discovery, Celgene Corporation

    ·          Rationale for use of immunomodulatory agents (IMiDs®) in pain
    ·          Preclinical pharmacology of thalidomide and lenalidomide
    ·          Clinical studies in complex regional pain syndrome
    ·          Implications for future research and therapeutics
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    11:40

    DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A VOLUNTEER MODEL OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN

    ·          What clinical end points are appropriate for healthy volunteers?
    ·          selection of a model
    ·          validation and bench-marking of a model
    ·          Can a healthy volunteer model predict clinical efficacy?

    Dr John Connell

    Dr John Connell, Director, Clinical Pharmacodynamics & Project Management, Icon Development Solutions

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    12:20

    Networking Lunch

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    13:50

    TARGETING SIGMA RECEPTORS AS A NEW THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY FOR NEUROPATHIC PAIN

    Dr Helmut Buschmann

    Dr Helmut Buschmann, Research Director, Laboratorios Dr. Esteve

    ·          How Sigma 1 receptor knockout mice do not develop allodynic behaviours after sciatic nerve lesions are induced
    ·          Spinal cords from mice lacking Sigma 1 receptors show reduced wind-up amplification
    ·          Neuropathic pain behaviours in wild-type animals are inhibited by new and selective Sigma 1 receptor antagonists
    ·          Medicinal chemistry approaches for discovery and development of highly selective Sigma receptor ligands
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    14:30

    DEFINING THE ROLE OF MrgD IN PAIN

    Dr Edward Kaftan

    Dr Edward Kaftan, Principal Research Scientist, Wyeth

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    TRIPTANS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MIGRAINES AND OTHER HEADACHE DISORDERS

    ·          Review of the pharmacology of triptans
    ·          Review of recent data relevant to migraine management
    ·          Efficacy and safety of the triptans in migraine treatment
    ·          Menstrual migraine prevention with frovatriptan
    ·          Triptans and management of other headaches

    Dr Stephen Pawsey

    Dr Stephen Pawsey, Director, Medical Affairs, Vernalis

    John Hutchinson

    John Hutchinson, Development Director and Board Member, Vernalis

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    15:50

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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