Therapeutic proteins – focus on analysis and formulations

Preliminary program including lectures topics is now available click here

The main purpose of the symposium is to review the state of the art of analytical tools and formulation concepts as applied to therapeutic proteins, and to highlight the needs of new innovative solutions for remaining problems.

Therapeutic proteins

Therapeutic proteins represent an area under rapid development. In fact, biologics globally dominate clinical trials and registrations of new pharmaceutical drugs. Large investments for research and development are currently being made in many countries. In Sweden, the government, the Wallenberg Foundation and several pharmaceutical companies have recently funded large research programs in the area. Therapeutic proteins are often developed for very serious and sometimes life-threatening illnesses like congenital genetic diseases, cancer and immunological disorders. The size and complexity of the molecules require development of new analytical techniques and formulation concepts that are often fundamentally different from those applied to conventional small molecular drugs.

Program

Day 1: February 5, 09.30 hrs with registration. The program starts at 10.20 hrs
Session 1: Novel techniques and methods for therapeutic proteins
Koen Sandra, Research Institute for Chromatography, Belgium
Sebastian Hansson, Solve, Sweden
Stefan Ulvenlund, Enza Biotech AB, Sweden
Session 2: Purity determinations
Margareta Ramström, Medical Product Agency, Sweden
Christian Neusüss, University of Aalen, Germany
Session 3: Registration aspects
Mats Welin, Medical Product Agency, Sweden
Session 4: Biophysical characterization
Torgny Fornstedt, Karlstad University, Sweden
Natalia Markova, Microcal, Malvern Instruments Ltd, Sweden

Symposium dinner

Day 2: February 6, 08.30 hrs
Session 5: Biosimilars
TBD
Session 6: Stability and aggregation studies
Christine Lagerquist Hägglund, Sobi, Sweden
Helen Sjögren, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Denmark
Jonas Fransson, Sobi, Sweden
Ulla Elofsson, Research Institutes of Sweden – RISE
Anna Millqvist Fureby, NextBioForm, Research Institutes of Sweden – RISE

Who should attend?

This symposium will be of interest to people working with research and development of therapeutic proteins in the Academia, Industry and Government authorities.

Abstract submission

The Program Committee welcomes you to submit an abstract to the Therapeutic proteins – focus on analysis and formulation Symposium 2019. Accepted abstracts will be selected for oral or poster presentation, please, state your preference. Deadline for Abstract submission: January 7, 2019.

Abstract is to be sent to jenny.hagberg@lakemedelsakademin.se

Venue and dinner

The meeting will take place at Apotekarsocieteten, Wallingatan 26A in Stockholm, February 5-6, 2019. It starts Tuesday February 5 at 09.30 hrs with registration and the program starts at 10.20 hrs. On Wednesday February 6, the symposium starts at 08.30 hrs. The program ends at approximately 12.45 hrs with lunch. The official language is English.

A symposium dinner will be held in a restaurant close to to the symposium venue on February 5 at 19.00 hrs.
The dinner needs to be pre-booked when signing up for the symposium.

Organizing committee

Douglas Westerlund, Uppsala University; Stefan Ulvenlund, Enza Biotech AB; Brita Rippner, Chiesi Pharma AB; Jonas Bergquist, Uppsala University; Ahmad Amini, Medical Products Agency; Sara Richardsson, AstraZeneca; Sophie Hoas, Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Lisa Bandholtz, Swedish Pharmaceutical Society

Participant list

In connection with the course start, we usually distribute a participant list. Many participants request a list of participants in connection with education and we see networking as an important part of the competence development. With reference to this, we judge that as a participant you have that interest and the legal basis is therefore justified interest. The lists contain first and last names and organization. If you do not want your name and organization to be included on the participant list that is handed out, you email the responsible project administrator at the time of registration or otherwise as soon as possible. If you otherwise have questions regarding the list of participants, you are welcome to contact your responsible project administrator.

Participation fees

The participation fee for Industry and private company delegates is 5000 SEK and for Academy and authorities 4000 SEK. For those who are PhD students the fee is 2000 SEK.
Included in the fees are a digital abstract book, coffee, lunch and a symposium dinner
All prices are excluding VAT.