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7:00 am Check In, Morning Coffee & Light Refreshments

Bringing ADCs to Earlier Line Oncology Therapies: Showcasing ADC Development Providing Long-Term Benefit to Patients

8:00 am Reviewing the ADC Clinical & Approval Landscape: What Direction are ADCs Heading to Reshape Frontline Oncology Treatments For Patients?

Program Director, Breast Medical Oncology & Assistant Chief, Translational Research, Division of Hematology-Oncology, UCLA
  • Reviewing the breast cancer patient treatment landscape: Where do ADCs currently fit in with standard of care treatments and how is this evolving?
  • Explaining the physician’s perspective and patient attitudes to ADC treatments given anti-tumor efficacy and toxicity profiles
  • Assessing the rise of ADC patient resistance mechanisms and explaining the importance of mechanism and design differentiation to provide long-term patient benefit

8:30 am Spotlighting Enhertu’s Historic HER2-Positive Solid Tumor Agnostic & Metastatic Breast Cancer HER2-Ultralow Approvals

Vice President, Asset & Portfolio Management & Global Team Lead, Enhertu, Daiichi Sankyo
  • Breaking down readouts from DESTINY clinical trials which led to tumor-agnostic HER2-positive solid tumor approval
  • Outlining DB06 data and results of Enhertu in HER2 ultralow patient populations: what impact does target expression have across tumor types
  • Evaluating the impact of Enhertu demonstrating superiority vs. chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer to advance ADCs towards earlier-line oncology treatments

9:00 am Harnessing ADC Design Strategies for Next-Generation AOCs

Director, Abzena
  • Expanding architecture of linker payload and conjugation modality for AOCs
  • Solving the challenges of next generation conjugates using Thiobridge® technology
  • Supporting characterization and manufacture of bioconjugates through Abzena’s integrated offering

9:30 am Showcasing Updated Clinical Profile & Sustained Overall Survival Benefit of Belantamab Mafodotin Combination to Understand How ADC MoA Translates to Advancing to Earlier Line Oncology Treatments

Vice President, Medicine Development Leader, Oncology R&D, GSK
  • Breaking down the updated clinical profile of belantamab mafodotin combinations from DREAMM-7 trial with sustained overall survival benefit in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma
  • Explaining how multi-modal mechanism of action across payload, immunogenic cell death, and adaptive immune response translates to durable patient response and long-term clinical benefit
  • Contextualizing belantamab mafodotin’s ongoing regulatory journey
  • Evaluating the journey of ADCs transitioning to earlier-line treatments for oncology patients across tumor types

10:00 am Morning Break & Networking

Discovery Chemistry

Spotlighting Novel Payload MoAs for Next-Gen ADC Design to Combat Patient Resistance

4 Sessions

Presentation Sneak Peek:

Senior Scientist, PROxAb Shuttle, Merck KGaA

Targeted PROTAC Delivery: Principles of Crafting PROTAC-ADCs & Self-Assembling PROxAb Shuttles

  • Summarizing the current technological status of Degrader-ADCs, emphasizing the challenges in their generation
  • Introducing the PROxAb Shuttle technology, which has the potential to expedite Degrader-ADC discovery
  • Presenting data showcasing the practical application of the PROxAb Shuttle in vivo
Discovery Biology
Preclinical
Translational Medicine
Clinical Lessons
Process & Analytical Development
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

1:00 pm Lunch & Networking

Discovery Chemistry

Approaching ADC Chemistry Innovation with Clinical Differentiation In Mind

4 Sessions

Presentation Sneak Peek:

Senior Scientist, PROxAb Shuttle, Merck KGaA

Targeted PROTAC Delivery: Principles of Crafting PROTAC-ADCs & Self-Assembling PROxAb Shuttles

  • Summarizing the current technological status of Degrader-ADCs, emphasizing the challenges in their generation
  • Introducing the PROxAb Shuttle technology, which has the potential to expedite Degrader-ADC discovery
  • Presenting data showcasing the practical application of the PROxAb Shuttle in vivo
Discovery Biology
Preclinical
Translational Medicine
Clinical Lessons
Process & Analytical Development
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

4:00 pm Afternoon Break & Networking

Evaluating Performance of Novel ADC Design & MoA Differentiation to Assess Activity Versus Validated Clinical Successes

5:00 pm Panel Discussion: Delving into Novel Design & Development to Strive for Next-Generation ADCs Providing Long-Term Benefit to Patients

Senior Vice President & Head of Research & Development Biologics Engineering, Oncology Targeted Discovery, AstraZeneca
Chief Scientific Officer, Sutro Biopharma
Chief Scientific Officer, Iksuda Therapeutics
Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, Oncology R&D, Pfizer
Head, ADC Discovery, Eli Lilly & Co.
Distinguished Scientist, Discovery Oncology, Genentech
  • Evaluating the landscape of ADC therapies: is the risk of innovation now lower than the risk of irrelevancy?
  • Assessing hurdles and opportunities to achieve differentiated ADC profiles in crowded ADC payload and target fields
  • Delving into novel ADC payloads: what new MoAs are emerging and what has been demonstrated so far?
  • Understanding perspectives on the future of ADC development across ADC design, targeting, and precision medicine approaches

5:45 pm Leveraging Novel Conjugation Technology & Enhanced Antibody Targeting to Engineer the Next Generation of ADCs & Targeted Oncology Therapeutics

Senior Vice President & Head of Research & Development Biologics Engineering, Oncology Targeted Discovery, AstraZeneca
  • Understanding the scope to differentiate ADCs through novel targets and antibody engineering to widen target indications and patient populations
  • Leveraging non-natural amino acid conjugation technology to design ADCs with enhanced design and properties
  • Incorporating in silico and AI tools to enhance next-generation ADC engineering and desig

6:15 pm Expediting Development of Novel ADCs Through WuXi XDC’s Innovative Technology Platform & Fully Integrated CMC Services

Chief Technology Officer, WuXi XDC
  • Exploring WuXiDAR4, WuXi XDC’s proprietary conjugation technology which produces more homogenous ADC compared to the DAR4 ADC generated through random conjugation. This results in enhanced efficacy, improved (PK), and a superior safety profile in clinical trials
  • Sharing WuXi XDC’s novel linker and payload-linker, which enables the development of better ADCs with increased stability and a wider therapeutic index
  • Showcasing our one-stop discovery service platform, which accelerates the selection of pre-clinical candidates, and our fully integrated CMC service, which reduce the ADC development timeline from DNA to IND filing to just 13-15 months

6:45 pm Unveiling Novel Payload & ADC Design Attributes & Performance for Next Generation ADC Targeting & Tolerability

Distinguished Scientist, Discovery Oncology, Genentech
  • Highlighting the drivers for ADC development beyond traditional cytotoxic payloads
  • Detailing development and design of more well-tolerated ADCs with improved therapeutic index and defined patient populations
  • Showcasing late-stage preclinical development of novel ADC programs preparing for IND applications

7:15 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

Chief Scientific Officer, Iksuda Therapeutics

7:15 pm Evening Drinks Reception

8:00 pm End of Scientific Program Day One