Conference Day One
Thursday 24th January 2008


08.00 · Coffee and Registration

08.30 · Chairman's Opening Remarks

Dr. Willem Schoonen
Group Leader In Vitro Toxicology and Toxicogenomics
NV Organon, Schering-Plough Corporation

08.45 · Improved Risk Assessment Due to Challenges by 3R’s Principal

Dr.Rita Cortvrindt
CEO
Eggcentris NV

09.30 · Predictive In Vivo Toxicity and Safety Screening in the Zebra fish

Dr. Adrian Hill
Head of Toxicology
Summit plc

10.15 · Networking Coffee Break


10.45 · Mechanisms of Toxicity and In Vitro Methods to Determine Toxic Potential and Their Use by Pharmaceutical Companies for Drug Development

Dr. Nicky Hewitt
European Scientific Consultant
SWS/DMPKORE

11.30 · High Throughput Screening for In Vitro Toxicity Screening: A Gradual Acceptance of New Test Methods

Dr. Willem Schoonen
Group Leader In Vitro Toxicology and Toxicogenomics
NV Organon, Schering-Plough Corporation


12.15 · Networking Lunch


13.45 · Early Toxicity Screening Strategy at UCB-Pharma

Dr. Franck Atienzar
Head In Vitro Toxicology Unit
UCB-Pharma

14.30 · A Strategy in Genotoxicity Testing for Drug Development: Some Examples

Dr. Elisabeth Lorge
Head of Genetic Toxicology Unit
Servier Group

15.15 · The Importance of the In Vivo Comet Assay in Genotoxicity Testing

Dr. Hajime Kojima
Director of JaCVAM
Division of Pharmacology, Biological Safety Research Center
National Institute of Health Sciences, Japan


16.00 · Networking Coffee Break


16.30 · HERG-450: Combining Assays for Safety Assessment of Drug Candidates

Dr. Katya Tsaioun
CEO
Apredica

17.15 · Using Allele-specific Competitive Blocker PCR Measurement of Tumor-Associated Mutations to Predict Carcinogenesis

Dr. Barbara Parsons
Research Microbiologist
Division of Genetic and Reproductive Toxicology
National Center for Toxicological Research (US FDA)

18.00 · Chair's Closing Remarks

18.30 · End of Day One



Conference Day Two
Friday 25th January 2008


08.00 · Coffee and Registration

08.30 · Chairman's Opening Remarks

Dr James McKim
President and CEO
CeeTox

08.45 · A Novel In Vitro Model for Blood-to-Brain Absorption

Dr. Hinnerk Boriss
CEO
Nimbus-Biotech/Sovicell

09.30 · Interpreting Compound Profiles in the Context of the Human Drug Experience

Dr. Jacques Migeon
Principal Scientist
Cerep Inc


10.15 · Networking Coffee Break


10.45 · Human Microdosing, Growing Acceptance and Implementation of Phase 0 Studies and What Impact the CREAM Trial Results Will Have on the Industry

Dr. Mark Seymour
Chief Study Director
Xceleron Ltd.

11.30 · Time-Dependent CYP Inhibition

Dr. Ken Grime
Team Leader Discovery DMPK
Astra-Zeneca


12.15 · Networking Lunch


13.45 · Mechanism-Based Inactivation of Human Cytochrome P450 Enzymes: Strategies for Diagnosis and Drug-Drug Interaction Risk Assessment

Dr. Amin Rostami
Professor of Systems Pharmacology
University of Sheffield
Director of Scientific Development
Simcyp Limited

14.30 · Translational In Vitro Toxicology: Collecting and Interpreting In Vitro Toxicity Data that has In Vivo Relevance

Dr. James McKim
President & CEO
CeeTox, Inc

15.15 · Comprehensive Reversible QSAR in Toxicity and Biological Activity: Fragment Approach

Dr. Tarmo Tamm
Head Research and Development
Molcode Ltd.


16.00 · Networking Coffee Break


16.30 · ADME/DMPK Optimisation Strategies and Unpredictable Toxicity: Room for Thought?

Dr. Constance Höffer
Founder and CSO
DMPKORE

17.15 · Predictive Toxicology in Europe - an Integrated Project within the "Innovative Medicines for Europe" Initiative

Dr. Phil Hewitt
Head of Toxicogenomics
Merck Serono Research

18.00 · Closing Comments from the Chair

18.30 · Close Conference