Vera Brinks from ProQR Therapeutics Presenting Keynote at Oligonucleotide Therapeutics and Delivery 2020

London, United Kingdom, June 18, 2020 --(PR.com)-- SMi are pleased to inform you that Vera Brinks, Director Pharmaceutics from ProQR Therapeutics has confirmed her position as speaker at the upcoming Oligonucleotide Therapeutics and Delivery conference in September.

Vera will be presenting:

Oligonucleotide DP development and manufacturing for orphan ophthalmic diseases

• An overview of oligonucleotide products in development at ProQR Therapeutics for (ultra) orphan ophthalmic diseases.
• Outlining the DP development challenges related to intravitreal (IVT) administered products.
• Assessment and implementation of terminal sterilization of oligonucleotide products in development at ProQR Therapeutics.

Vera Brinks is director pharmaceutics at ProQR Therapeutics, Leiden, the Netherlands. With her team she is responsible for early and late phase oligonucleotide DP development. Vera received her PhD in 2009 in the field of biopharmaceutics at the Leiden University (The Netherlands). Before joining ProQR 6 years ago, Vera has worked as postdoctoral fellow at the FDA (CDER, DTP), and as postdoctoral researcher at the Utrecht University (the Netherlands) for 6 years. She has over 25 publications in the field of therapeutic proteins, biosimilars and formulation-related quality attributes.

The event brochure with the full agenda and speaker line-up is available to download: www.oligonucleotide.co.uk/prcom5

Oligonucleotide Therapeutics and Delivery
Main conference: 16th – 17th September 2020
London, UK

Proudly sponsored by: ChemGenes & Tosho Bioscience

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