Advances In Biologics Development And Delivery

Thursday, March 28, 2019 from 8:00 AM to 7:30 PM (PDT)

UCSF Mission Bay Campus, Byers Auditorium, Genentech Hall
600 16th St.
San Francisco, CA

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OVERVIEW

The event will bring together world-leading experts on biological drug development and delivery from across industry and academia to present leading edge biological research and key industry topics from cell line development through commercialization.

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AGENDA

8:00 am – 8:30 am | REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST

8:30 am – 8:45 am | WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
               -Dr. Cornell Stamoran, Founder and Chair, Catalent Institute

NEW BIOLOGIC MODALITIES
8:45 am – 9:30 am | ENGINEERING NEW VIRUSES FOR THERAPEUTIC GENE DELIVERY
               -Dr. David Schaffer, Professor, UC Berkeley

9:30 am – 10:15 am | IDENTIFICATION OF RECOMBINANT ANTIBODIES TO THE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATION SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF AGGRESSIVE CANCERS – USING ADCs AS AN EXAMPLE
               -Dr. Charles Craik, Professor, UC San Francisco

10:15 am – 10:30 am | BREAK

10:30 am – 11:15 am | IMPROVED METHODS FOR CELL LINE DEVELOPMENT OF DIFFICULT TO EXPRESS PROTEINS
               -Dr. Greg Bleck, Global Head of R&D, Catalent Biologics

11:15 am – 12:00 pm | DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIVALENT PROTEIN CONJUGATES AS A STRATEGY TO ENGINEER DRUG PHARMACOLOGY
               -Dr. Wesley Jackson, CEO and Co-Founder, Valitor, Inc.

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | NETWORKING LUNCH & MEET THE EXPERTS

THE FUTURE OF BIOLOGIC DRUG DELIVERY
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm | HIGH EFFICIENCY ENCAPSULATION OF SPARINGLY SOLUBLE AMORPHOUS DRUG PRECIPITATES IN LIPOSOMES FOR PARENTERAL AND ORAL DELIVERY
               -Dr. Francis Szoka, Professor, UC San Francisco

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm | LOCAL DRUG ACTIVATION – GETTING THERAPEUTICS TO THE AREA OF THE BODY WHERE YOU NEED THEM
               -Dr. Jose Mejia, CEO, Shasqi

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm | BREAK

3:15 pm – 4:00 pm | TBD

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Panel Discussion | Title: CHALLENGES, MISCONCEPTIONS AND CRAZY PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF BIOLOGICS
Panelists: 
               -Dr. Regis Kelly, Executive Director & Byers Family Distinguished Professor, QB3
               -Dr. Penelope Drake, Director, R&D, Catalent Biologics
               -Additional Speakers TBD
               -Moderated by Dr. Ronak Savla, Manager, Scientific Affairs, Catalent

5:00 pm – 7:30 pm NETWORKING RECEPTION