Explore the Agenda
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 & Structured Networking
Discovery Chemistry
Discovery Biology
Preclinical
Translational Medicine
Clinical Lessons
Process & Analytical Development
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Discovery Chemistry
Leveraging Novel Payload MoAs & Combinations to Differentiate ADC Mechanisms & Combat Patient Resistance
Executive Director, Oncology Research, Pfizer
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
Associate Director, Medicinal Chemistry, AstraZeneca
- 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
Senior Director - Bioconjugation Chemistry, Abzena
- 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
Principal Scientist, Pfizer
- 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 Lonza’s GlycoConnect Technology for Best-in-Class ADCs: Emerging Clinical Insights
Head of Bioconjugates Research, Lonza
- Exploring how Lonza’s GlycoConnect and HydraSpace technologies enable ADCs with best-in-class therapeutic potential
- Sharing clinical development insights on the rapidly expanding and advancing pipeline of Lonza’s GlycoConnect technology based partnered ADC assets
- Discussing technology expansion towards high-DAR and dual payload ADCs
Discovery Biology
Preclinical
Translational Medicine
Clinical Lessons
Process & Analytical Development
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
1:00 pm Lunch & Learn Session Presented By Simtra Biopharma Solutions
Discovery Chemistry
Discovery Biology
Preclinical
Translational Medicine
Clinical Lessons
Process & Analytical Development
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Discovery Chemistry
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
Chief Scientific Officer, Callio Therapeutics
- 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 Targeting Solid Tumors & Hematological Malignancies With Mono & Dual Payload ADCs Utilizing Auristatin, Topo1 & Novel Modality Payloads
Chief Executive Officer, Glykos
- Developing a hydrophilic linker with optimized cleavable moiety to enable efficient auristatin, exatecan and novel linker-payloads for ADCs
- Showing DAR4 and DAR8 MMAU auristatin ADCs with outstanding therapeutic window against solid tumors and hematological malignancies
- Utilizing optimized linker and conjugation technologies for dual payload ADCs
3:00 pm Developing Novel Dual Payload ADCs With Tailored Mechanistic Combinations to Address Diverse Clinical Challenges
Chief Scientific Officer, Hangzhou DAC Biotech Co. Ltd.
- 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
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, CatenaBio
- 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
Discovery Biology
Preclinical
Translational Medicine
Clinical Lessons
Process & Analytical Development
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
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 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
5:30 pm Expansion of ADC R&D & Manufacturing Capabilities in a Payload-Linker CDMO
- Navigating buildout of ADC clinical manufacturing for diverse, highly potent payloads
- Exploring implementation of bioconjugation and bioanalytical capabilities within R&D
- Leveraging process and analytical characterization insights from commercial ADCs
6:00 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
6:30 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks
6:30 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.