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

7:55 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

President & Chief Executive Officer, Aarvik Therapeutics

Spotlighting ADC Clinical & Approval Success Across 2024 & 2025 Driving ADC Access to Wider Patient Populations

8:00 am Showcasing Pivotal-Stage Clinical Performance of Sigvotatug Vedotin & PDLIV ADCs in Combination with Keytruda For First-Line Thoracic Cancers

Head Vice President, Thoracic Oncology Therapeutic Area Development, Pfizer
  • Exploring late-stage clinical data of Sigvotatug vedotin and PDLIV ADCs in combination with Keytruda, highlighting the significance of vedotin ADCs causing immunogenic cell death vs. Topo1 ADCs
  • Delving into rationale and synergistic benefit of Keytruda combination approach in thoracic cancers
  • Laying out potential for Sigvotatug vedotin and PDLIV combinations to improve thoracic cancer standard of care and impact oncology patients 

8:30 am ADC Manufacturing Strategy & Solutions

roduct Strategy Manager, Cytiva
  • Discussing tools used for the efficient and scalable manufacturing of the mAb intermediate, which serves as a key starting point for ADC conjugation
  • Highlighting various chromatography systems and resins used in the process, such as the ÄKTAâ„¢ systems and MabSelect PrismAâ„¢ resin, which are designed for robustness and efficient purification
  • Presenting the compatibility of materials in single-use systems with solvents used in the ADC manufacturing process, detailing the steps involved in the analysis

9:00 am Exploring the Clinical Profile & Journey of Datroway from TROPION-Breast Trials & Assessing Future Directions in Solid Tumor Indications

Executive Director, Global Clinical Lead, Oncology Clinical Development , Daiichi Sankyo
  • Detailing clinical data from TROPION-Breast01 trial with US and Japanese approval in previously metastatic HR positive, HER2 negative breast cancer
  • Exploring fresh insights from TROPION-Breast02 in triple negative breast cancer
  • Looking ahead to TROPION-Breast 03, 04, and 05 trials and highlighting other investigations of Datroway in solid tumors 

9:30 am From IND to Long Term Commercial Supply: a Step Ahead Against the Challenges of the Bioconjugates

Head of Sales, Technical Business Development, BSP Pharmaceuticals
  • Serving the innovators from the candidate selection to the IND, from Phase I to the long term commercial supply
  • Highlights on the approach to support early stage program through robust development studies
  • Overview on conjugation and fill/finish capabilities
  • Delivering important updates on conjugation and fill-finish capacity
Discovery Chemistry

Contrasting Design & Efficacy of Dual Payload ADCs Versus Classical Mono-Payload Design

4 Sessions

Presentation Sneak Peek:

Chief Scientific Officer, ADC Therapeutics

Exploring a Rational Design Approach to Novel Exatecan-Based Payloads for Application in Dual Conjugate ADCs

  • Exploring the prospect of dual conjugate ADCs versus classic ADC design
  • Assessing generation of novel exatecan based linker-drugs to maximize the design space for dual conjugate ADCs
  • Examining selection of targets and payload combinations for dual conjugate ADCs 
Discovery Biology
Preclinical
Translational Medicine
Clinical Lessons
Process & Analytical Development
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

1:00 pm Lunch & Networking

Discovery Chemistry

Leveraging Linker Chemistry to Widen Payload Applications & Therapeutic Index

3 Sessions

Presentation Sneak Peek:

Chief Scientific Officer, ADC Therapeutics

Exploring a Rational Design Approach to Novel Exatecan-Based Payloads for Application in Dual Conjugate ADCs

  • Exploring the prospect of dual conjugate ADCs versus classic ADC design
  • Assessing generation of novel exatecan based linker-drugs to maximize the design space for dual conjugate ADCs
  • Examining selection of targets and payload combinations for dual conjugate ADCs 
Discovery Biology
Preclinical
Translational Medicine
Clinical Lessons
Process & Analytical Development
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

3:30 pm Afternoon Break & Networking

Putting the Why Behind ADC Clinical Profiles & Learning From the Past to Lay the Groundwork For Next Generation ADCs

4:00 pm From Cell Painting to AI Assisted CT Scans: Holistically Using Science & Medicine to Better Monitor, Prevent & Detect Interstitial Lung Disease in Solid Tumor Patients Treated with ADCs

Group Medical Lead, Early Oncology Safety, Abbvie
  • Evaluating distinctive trends in ADC clinical trials and real-world data to characterize areas for risk mitigation
  • Establishing a non-clinical toolbox for comprehending pathophysiologic mechanism of action to support ADC asset design and screening
  • Embracing innovative, non-traditional methods to elevate risk comprehension to better select patients or decrease incidence of ILD

4:30 pm A Versatile Approach to Generating Next-Generation Antibody Conjugates Through AJICAP® Technologies

ADC Researcher, Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services
  • AJICAP Conjugation: Leveraging site-specific Technologies in next-generation ADCs to enhance clinically relevant biological properties through precise DAR control such as 1, 2, 4, 8 and higher 
  • AJICAP® Linker: Demonstrating a novel hydrophilic linker technology that enhances stability and enables versatile synthesis of ADCs with higher DAR numbers, even with highly hydrophilic payloads
  • Application for new modality conjugates: Bispecific antibodies and AOCs produced by fully chemical conjugation technology

5:00 pm From Bench to Breakthrough: The Evolution of Amanitin ADCs – Insights from HDP-101 Phase I/II & the Future of Payload Differentiation

Chief Executive Officer, Heidelberg Pharma
  • Differentiation through payloads: showcasing amanitin payloads and stressing the need for new ADC payload MoAs
  • Exploring Phase I/II dose expansion data of HDP-101 and evaluating clinical performance against conjugates with validated payloads 
  • Reflecting on the development journey of HDP-101 to understand the hurdles to overcome with bringing a novel ADC payload to the clinic

5:30 pm Contextualizing Historical Successes & Challenges in ADCs to Set Up Future ADC Development for Success

Former Distinguished Research Fellow, Independent
  • Deep diving into the comprehensive and chequered history of ADCs to understand how they have progressed towards standard of care oncology treatments 
  • Translating past ADC successes and failures into 2025 and beyond: how can these lessons be applied to improve ADC design and development?
  • Hypothesizing future directions for the ADC field to evaluate predictions for next generation ADCs and understanding the innovation to make it a reality 

6:00 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

President & Chief Executive Officer, Aarvik Therapeutics

6:30 pm 12th Annual World ADC Awards

8:30 pm End of Scientific Program Day Two