SAVE THE DATE FOR THE APPLIED PHARMACEUTICAL TOXICOLOGY (APT) 2025 CONFERENCE!

May 13-15, 2025 @ Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 

 

Speakers Confirmed for 2025

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

 

Plenary Speaker

Zhichao Liu, PhD

Director of AI and Digital Information @ Boehringer Ingelheim 

Harnessing Generative AI in Nonclinical Safety Evaluation

       

Tom Forest, PhD

Distinguished Scientist @ Merck

Comparison of Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning Scoring of Histology Images

 

Magali Guffroy, DVM, Diplomate ACVP

Global Head of Pathology, Preclinical Safety @ AbbVie

Unique Platform Toxicities of ADC's - Learnings over the last decade 

       

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

Pia Kasperkovitz, PhD

Senior Director Toxicology @ Bright Peak Therapeutics

Case study: Regulatory Interactions and Path To IND For a Novel Antibody-protein Conjugate

       

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

 

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

       

Jessica D. Sims, PhD, DABT

Principal Scientist-Toxicology @ Genentech

Safety Considerations for Developing Molecular Glues and other Targeted Protein Degraders 

Lauren Black, PhD

Distinguished Scientist @ Charles River Laboratories

Supporting Clinical Trials for Non-Cancer Cell Therapies - From Patient and Treatment Plans, Backwards

       
 

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

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

       
 

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

Haley Neff-LaFord, PhD, DABT

Executive Director, ADC Therapeutic Area Lead @ Pfizer 

Talk title TBA

 

       

Christina Zuch de Zafra, PhD

Director, Nonclinical Sciences @ Pfizer

Nonclinical Safety Strategies for ADC Development - Looking back to move forward.

David Gallegos, PhD

Senior Scientist @ Takeda

Context-Specific Applications Across Spatial Transcriptomic Platforms

       

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

 

Laura Leung, PhD

Principal Scientist, Toxicology @ Avidity Biosciences, Inc.

Nonclinical Safety Assessment of Antibody-Oligo Conjugates from IND-Enabling Through Late-Stage Clinical Trials  

       
 

 Diana Lac, PhD

Toxicologist @ Genentech

The Use of In Vitro Assays for Novel Payload Selection in New-Generation ADC's

 

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

 


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