Neurodegenerative disorders and their treatment

6th June 2007
Eli Lilly, Windlesham, Surrey

 
Programme:
 
09.30   Registration and Coffee
 
Session 1. Chair: Eric Karran, Lilly
10.00 Jill Richardson, GlaxoSmithKline
Overview of neurodegenerative disorders, mechanisms of cell death and approaches to treatment
10.40 Dr Roger Bullock, Kingshill Research Centre
Current therapies for Alzheimer’s Disease
11.20 Dr Lit-Fui Lau, Pfizer Global Research, USA
The prospects for modifying the course of Alzheimer’s dementia
12.00 Prof Alan Crossman, University of Manchester
Pharmacologicial approaches to the treatment of Parkinson’s disease
12.40 Lunch
 
Session 2. Chair: Stephen Mitchell
13.40 Dr Steve Dunnett, Cardiff University
Cellular and regenerative approaches to the treatment of Parkinson’s disease
14.20 Dr Michael O'Neill, Lilly
Treatment prospects for stroke
15.00 Tea
 
Session 3. Chair: Alan Palmer, Pharmidex
15.30 Prof Ed Dixon, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Treatment prospects for traumatic brain injury
16.10 Prof Ken Smith, Kings College
Preventing axonal degeneration in multiple sclerosis
16.50 Close
 

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