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7:00 am Check In, Morning Coffee & Light Refreshments
7:55 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Striving for the Next Wave of ADC Innovation: Contextualizing Novel ADC Mechanism & Design Validation to De-Risk Future ADC Development & Deliver Differentiated Patient Benefit
8:00 am Panel Discussion: Contextualizing the Current Status of Novel ADC Design & Development to Ensure Future ADC Success & Differentiated Patient Impact
- Evaluating the landscape of ADC therapies one year on: Is the field pursuing the right amount of innovation to secure the next wave of ADCs beyond Topo1?
- Delving into payload mechanisms and non-traditional ADC design: What avenues of innovation are showing promise and what needs to be demonstrated?
- Assessing hurdles and opportunities to achieve differentiated ADC clinical profiles and patient impact in crowded oncology indications
- Peering into the crystal ball: Debating the future direction of the ADC field and pioneering future possibilities
9:00 am WuXiDARx™ Conjugation Technology & Proprietary Payload-Linker Platform: A Powerful Alliance for Next-Generation Dual Payload ADC Development
- Advancing next-generation dual-payload ADCs to address traditional challenges like drug resistance and narrow therapeutic windows
- Leveraging WuXiDARx™ technology for flexible DAR1-6 and WuXiTecan2™ hydrophilic linker, enabling streamlined dual-payload construction without antibody engineering
- Demonstrating a substantially wider therapeutic index alongside significantly enhanced anti-tumor efficacy in proof-of-concept studies
9:30 am Unveiling the Early Clinical Safety & PK Profile of STRO-004 to Understand How Enhanced Design & Preclinical Characterization Links to Differentiated ADC Clinical Performance
- Laying out the development and vision of STRO-004 leveraging enhanced antibody engineering and linker-payload design to translate into impactful clinical performance against existing ADC therapies
- Exploring brand-new Phase I clinical safety and PK data targeting Tissue Factor, contextualized with how well STRO-004 translated from cyno monkey preclinical data, to understand ADC clinical benefit and enhanced therapeutic index
- Highlighting rationale, development and the power of dual payload ADCs to subvert patient resistance mechanisms to single payload ADCs
10:00 am Morning Break & Icebreaker Networking Session
Broaden your network of like-minded ADC experts. Make your way to the Exhibition Hall and join the designated zones matching your ADC remit to engage in rounds of short, introductory conversations to expand your ADC scientific insights and connections.
Leveraging Novel Payload MoAs & Combinations to Differentiate ADC Mechanisms & Combat Patient Resistance
Striving for Innovative Payload Mechanisms to Advance Beyond the Topo1 Dogma
11:00 am PROTAC ADCs: Incorporating Historical Learnings to Navigate Novel Payload Development Beyond Blind Potency
- Highlighting rationale for developing the first reported degrader payloads versus a known oncology target in light of lack of efficacy from small molecule inhibitors
- Laying out medicinal chemistry approaches to optimize PROTAC payload properties and exploring variety of conjugation approaches
- Showcasing potent data generated in preclinical models and highlighting next steps in novel payload development
11:30 am Streamlining Innovation in ADC Design Through Manufacturing With ThioBridge Conjugation & Linker Technology
- Delving into mechanistic insights of ThioBridge and advantages over conventional stochastic conjugation approaches, demonstrated through in vitro and in vivo ADC stability data
- Exploring how DAR can be precisely controlled using ThioBridge to optimize ADC therapeutic activity
- Assessing design strategies for optimizing linker-payload combinations to improve in vivo efficacy, supported by relevant preclinical data
- Manufacturing Considerations: Understanding key aspects of ThioBridge linker-payload and ADC manufacturing processes
12:00 pm Deep-Diving Into Mechanistic Insights of a Novel ADC Payload That Inhibits Protein Translation
- Describing preclinical development of a novel ADC payload targeting protein synthesis
- Evaluating how translation inhibitor ADCs elicit robust anti-tumor activity across a diverse range of tumor types in in vitro and in vivo investigation
- Spotlighting preclinical data to indicate a unique MoA among protein synthesis inhibitors that drives immunogenic cell death
12:30 pm Advancing Next-Generation ADCs: Clinical Insights from the GlycoConnect® Platform & Expansion of Lonza’s toxSYN® Platform
Discovering how Lonza’s GlycoConnect®, HydraSpace®, and toxSYN® technologies are shaping differentiated ADCs designed to enable improved therapeutic index
Getting an inside look at a pipeline of 30+ GlycoConnect® ADCs, including clinical insights from advanced partner programs
Exploring the future of targeted therapies dual payload toxSYN® classes to protein-protein conjugates with enhanced BBB transport
1:00 pm Lunch & Learn Sessions Presented By Simtra Biopharma Solutions
Employing Rationale-Driven Dual Payload Combinations to Circumvent Validated Payload Resistance
2:00 pm Harnessing the Promise of Dual Payload ADCs to Combat Resistance to Traditional ADCs
- Designing multi-mechanism complementary dual payload ADCs to drive deep and durable responses across a broad range of solid tumors
- Pioneering the next generation of dual payload ADCs featuring rationally selected payload combinations designed to overcome treatment resistance to single payload ADCs
- Advancing lead dual payload ADC, CLIO-8221, currently in clinical trials, and additional programs in IND-enabling studies
2:30 pm Expanding the Therapeutic Potential of Dual Payload ADCs Through Hydrophilic Linker Technology
- Overcoming the physicochemical limitations of dual payload ADCs with optimized hydrophilic linker technology
- Combining auristatins, Topo1 inhibitors and novel payload modalities while optimizing DAR and payload ratios for efficacy and tolerability
- Achieving deeper and more durable antitumor activity in treatment-resistant solid tumors and hematological malignancies
3:00 pm Developing Novel Dual Payload ADCs With Tailored Mechanistic Combinations to Address Diverse Clinical Challenges
- Introducing a pipeline of bispecific, dual payload ADCs combining multi-targeting and mechanistic innovations
- Contextualizing dual payload strategies combining Topo1 with an orthogonal or synergistic MoA to combat diverse resistance mechanisms
- Breaking down preclinical efficacy and safety data of dual payload programs and highlighting future clinical development plans
3:30 pm Leveraging Site-Selective Conjugation to Enable New Modalities & Groundbreaking Dual Payload ADCs With Superior Characteristics & Activity
- Introducing the CysTyr Platform and design parameters required for a successful dual payload asset
- Demonstrating significantly superior activity for dual payload ADCs versus leading ADCs in CDX and PDX models
- Outlining CysTyr superior manufacturing resulting in unprecedented product purity and homogeneity with tunable DAR
- Unveiling first report on NHP toxicity trial for CATB-101 and significant improvements in therapeutic index versus leading ADCs
4:00 pm Afternoon Break & Scientific Poster Showcase
Demonstrating the Transformative Impact of ADCs to Reshape the Standard of Oncology Care & Deliver Improved Therapeutic Outcomes for Patients in Early-Line Settings
5:00 pm Session Presented by METAvivor
5:15 pm Evaluating I-SPY2 Clinical Data & Toxicity Monitoring to Assess ADC Progression to Early-Stage Oncology Settings in TNBC & HER2+ Breast Cancer
- Contextualizing I-SPY2 trials evaluating progression of ADCs to neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings in TNBC & HER2+ breast cancer
- Laying out clinical data generated to investigate early-line ADC progression, including recent clinical performance of Enhertu and Datroway
- Evaluating concerns with ADC-associated side effects, focusing on ILD monitoring, when considering advancement to neoadjuvant settings
5:45 pm Panel Discussion: Building the Next Generation of ADC Linkers & Payloads: What do Innovators Need from Development & Manufacturing Partners?
- Discussing the scientific, technical, and strategic factors that drive ADC program success, spanning established linkers and payloads as well as emerging ADC mechanisms and designs
- Exploring how development and manufacturing partners can evolve to support the changing needs of both large pharmaceutical companies and emerging biotech organizations as ADC innovation accelerates and oncology applications expand
- Exploring evolving development and manufacturing requirements, key innovation challenges, and how partnerships can help accelerate the next generation of impactful ADC therapeutics
6:15 pm Setting the Scene for Novel Combination Partner Approaches for Vedotin-Based ADCs Including PADCEV
- Contextualizing the significance of combination approaches within the future of ADC patient impact in early-line oncology therapies
- Laying out the transformative clinical performance of Padcev-Keyruda combination including event free survival in MIBC
- Addressing the need and opportunity for novel combinations partners to enhance Padcev clinical impact
6:45 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks
6:45 pm Evening Drinks Reception
Enjoy an informal end to the busiest conference day. With a backdrop of palm trees and the San Diego sunset, savor a drink of your choice, reconnect with peers, and meet fresh faces to break down your ADC learnings and objectives.
7:15 pm End of Scientific Program Day One
7:30 Private Dinner Hosted By WuXi XDC
Invitation-only dinner.