SAVE THE DATE FOR THE APPLIED PHARMACEUTICAL TOXICOLOGY (APT) 2025 CONFERENCE!
May 13-15, 2025 @ Genentech, South San Francisco, CA
Speakers Confirmed for 2025
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Plenary Speaker Richard Bonneau, PhD VP ML for Drug Discovery, gRED Computational Sciences @ Genentech Integrating Generative AI with Active Learning To Power Next Generation Drug Discovery |
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Plenary Speaker Zhichao Liu, PhD Director of AI and Digital Information @ Boehringer Ingelheim Harnessing Generative AI in Nonclinical Safety Evaluation |
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Tom Forest, PhD Distinguished Scientist @ Merck Comparison of Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning Scoring of Histology Images |
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Magali Guffroy, DVM, Diplomate ACVP Global Head of Pathology, Preclinical Safety @ AbbVie Unique Platform Toxicities of ADC's - Learnings over the last decade |
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Fangyao Hu, PhD Tech Lead Manager Digital Pathology | Safety Assessment @ Genentech Model Detection of the Seen and Unseen: A Multi-paradigm Approach to Histologic Anomaly Detection |
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Pia Kasperkovitz, PhD Senior Director Toxicology @ Bright Peak Therapeutics Case study: Regulatory Interactions and Path To IND For a Novel Antibody-protein Conjugate |
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Mahua Roy, PhD Associate Director, Translational PKPD ; ADC Clinical Pharmacology Quantitative Pharmacology @ AstraZeneca Integrating PKPD Modeling and Clinical Toxicity Meta-Analysis Towards Therapeutic Index Prediction for Antibody-Drug Conjugate |
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Kimberly Homan, PhD Sr. Director of Complex in Vitro Systems Group @ Genentech Opportunities and Insights From Pharma On the Use of NAMs to Replace Large Animal Studies in Nonclinical Safety Assessments fro Biotherapeutics |
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Jessica D. Sims, PhD, DABT Principal Scientist-Toxicology @ Genentech Safety Considerations for Developing Molecular Glues and other Targeted Protein Degraders |
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Lauren Black, PhD Distinguished Scientist @ Charles River Laboratories Supporting Clinical Trials for Non-Cancer Cell Therapies - From Patient and Treatment Plans, Backwards |
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Kevin Snyder, PhD Associate Director of Nonclinical Informatics @ FDA Regulatory expertise on the use of virtual controls in toxicity studies and the use of NAMs in the toxicology package to support clinical development - Title TBA |
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Xiaoting Wang, PhD, DABT Director, Translational Safety and Bioanalytical Sciences @ Amgen Global Off-target Profiling of Targeted Protein Degraders With a Cell-based Proteomics Platform |
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Jillian Wendel, PhD Study Director and Neurobehavioral Subject Matter Expert @ Labcorp Insights into Building a Robust Virtual Control Database and Selection Methods for Use on Retrospective Analysis of Nonclinical Safety Assessment Studies |
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Haley Neff-LaFord, PhD, DABT Executive Director, ADC Therapeutic Area Lead @ Pfizer Talk title TBA
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Christina Zuch de Zafra, PhD Director, Nonclinical Sciences @ Pfizer Nonclinical Safety Strategies for ADC Development - Looking back to move forward. |
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David Gallegos, PhD Senior Scientist @ Takeda Context-Specific Applications Across Spatial Transcriptomic Platforms |
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Sonja Schrepfer, MD, PhD Scientific Founder & Senior VP @ Sana Biotechnology Protecting Allogeneic Transplants From Immune Rejection Is the Key To Bringing Cell-based Therapies to Patients |
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Laura Leung, PhD Principal Scientist, Toxicology @ Avidity Biosciences, Inc. Nonclinical Safety Assessment of Antibody-Oligo Conjugates from IND-Enabling Through Late-Stage Clinical Trials |
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Diana Lac, PhD Toxicologist @ Genentech The Use of In Vitro Assays for Novel Payload Selection in New-Generation ADC's |
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Byunghak (BK) Kang, PhD Associate Director @ Novartis Digital pathology - title TBA |
Proposed Sessions:
Sessions for the 2025 Discovery Toxicology Workshop
Session I: Digital Pathology & Spatial Transcriptomics - Applications
Chairs: Jodi Goodwin, Takeda; Darcey Clark, Merck; Yoav Timsit, Novartis
Session II: New Modalities & Traditional Molecules - Case studies
Chairs: Connie Wu, Genentech; Jonathan Heyen, Treeline Bio; Helen Yu, Vertex
Session III: 4th Generation of ADC's
Chairs: Rama Pai, Merck & Prathap Kumar Mahalingaiah, AstraZeneca
Sessions for the 2025 Development Toxicology Workshop
Session I: Revolutionizing Toxicology: Virtual Controls, Digital Pathology, NAMs, and Species Alternatives in Drug Development
Chairs: Betty Pettersen, Alexion; Yuan Lu, CinRX Pharma; Surekha Akella, AbbVie
Session II: New Generations ADC's ( Antibody-siRNA-Conjugates (ARC), Peptide-drug Conjugates (PDC)
Chairs: Christine Mollica, Amgen; Edward Dere, Genentech; Daniella Pizzurro, Merck; Pia Kasperkovitz, Bright Peak Therapeutics
Session III: Pioneering Cell and Gene Therapies: Expanding Horizons Beyond CAR-T
Chairs: Heather Kowalski, BlueRock Therapeutics; Joe Cichocki, Vertex; Michael Santostefano, Merck