Breakout Discussion Groups Announced at CHI's Immunogenicity Summit 2012 in Bethesda, MD, Oct. 10-12

Needham, MA, September 11, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI) today announced details of ten breakout discussion groups, each to be hosted by a different moderator, at its fourth annual Immunogenicity Summit 2012 to be held on October 10-12, 2012 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Bethesda, MD. Approximately 300 delegates from over 50 organizations will attend. This 2-part event will cover developments in assay technologies, risk assessment, regulatory guidance and means of predicting and avoiding immunogenicity.

Breakout Discussions Part One, Wednesday October 10:

Table 1: Challenges in Developing Neutralizing Antibody Assays
Moderator: Deborah Finco, Ph.D., Senior Principal Scientist, Immunotoxicology COE, Pfizer, Inc.

Table 2: Dealing with Pre-existing Positive ADA Activity in Study Patients
Moderator: Jim McNally, Ph.D., Senior Principal Scientist, Pfizer, Inc.

Table 3: Practical Application of Immunogenicity Pre-Clinical Risk Assessment
Moderator: Paul Chamberlain, NDA Advisory Board

Table 4: Detection of Immune Complexes and Their Impact on Immunogenicity Assessment
Moderator: Steve J. Swanson, Ph.D., Executive Director, Medical Sciences, Clinical Immunology, Amgen, Inc.

Table 5: Immunogenicity Testing During Clinical Trials
Moderator: Frank F. Weichold, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Clinical Pharmacology and DMPK, Translational Science, MedImmune, LLC

Table 6: IgE Anti-drug Assay Development and Validation
Jörgen Dahlström, Ph.D., MBA, Scientific Director, ImmunoDiagnostics, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Breakout Discussions Part Two, Friday October 12:

Table 1: Product-related Factors that Contribute to Immunogenicity
Moderator: Wim Jiskoot, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Drug Delivery Technology, Leiden University

Table 2: To what Extent can Immunogenicity Prediction affect the Clinical Strategy?
Moderator: Timothy Hickling, Ph.D., Associate Research Fellow, PDM Immunogenicity Sciences, Pfizer, Inc.

Table 3: Immune Tolerance Approaches
Moderator: Amy Rosenberg, M.D., Director, Therapeutic Proteins, CDER/FDA

Table 4: Relevance of Animal Models for Predicting the Immunogenicity of Therapeutic Proteins
Jack Ragheb, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Immunology, Therapeutic Proteins, CDER/FDA

Delegates attending the Immunogenicity Summit 2012 may track-hop to the sessions at CHI’s concurrent event, PK/PD of Novel Constructs: Bispecific Antibodies, Antibody Fragments, and ADCs.

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