Medicines Research: current trends and case histories.
(In association with, and part of, Genesis 2008)

9th December 2008
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London, UK

 
Programme:
 
09.00 Registration opens
  BioLondon Cafe & Exhibition Opens
09.30 Welcome - Baroness Jo Valentine, Chief Executive, London First
09.40 PLENARY SESSION: Opening Address - Professor Dame Julia Polak
10.00    Chris Brinsmead, President AstraZeneca UK / President ABPI (invited)
'I have a dream!’
   
10.20 Dennis Smith, Pfizer UK
Pharma, a victim of its own success?
   
10.40 Baroness Susan Greenfield
Healthy people on a healthy planet: Is biotechnology the answer?
   
11.00 Coffee/Tea, networking and exhibitor visits
   
SMR break out stream: Medicines Research: current trends and case histories Trends:
11.30 Ming Zhang, Biotica
Optimizing nature’s privileged structures in nature’s way?
   
12.00

Douglas Williamson, Vernalis
Integrating fragments into drug discovery

   
12.30 SMR AGM & Exhibition
   
13.00 Lunch
   
Case Histories:
14.00 Sam Butterworth, AstraZeneca
The discovery of AZD1152: a selective inhibitor of Aurora B kinase with potent anti-tumour activity.
   
14.30 Michael Roe, Vantia
Discovery of agonists and antagonists of the vasopressin receptors
   
15.00 Thien Duc Tran, Pfizer
Design and synthesis of gp120-CD4 inhibitors for the treatment of HIV
   
15.30 Tea
   
16.15 Emmanuel Demont, GSK
The discovery of orally active BACE-1 Inhibitors
   
16.45 Dennis Smith, Pfizer
Is a historical perspective useful in predicting the future of drug discovery and development?
   
17.30 Close of SMR Meeting
17.45 Drinks Reception
19.00 Close
 

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