25
May

08am BST

MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Strategy Meeting West Coast Online 2021

Leveraging medicinal chemistry and biological perspectives that address challenges in drug discovery to stimulate R&D productivity

Strategy meetings

Medicinal Chemistry & Biology insights without leaving your home

A true strategy meeting platform where we learn the “How To” as well and the “Who” and “What” to stay ahead of the field. Consisting of virtual roundtable discussions on how we are making progress in the medicinal chemistry and biology fields. Engage in productive conversations and in-depth technical debates with the right academics and industry thought leaders – allowing you to take away the knowledge to tackle your key challenges.

What makes our strategy meetings unique?

Roundtable Discussions

Intimate discussions led by renowned clinical and oncology experts. Have your voice heard and debate alongside like-minded life science executives.

Unrivalled Networking

With senior delegation from big pharma and innovative biotech from across the West Coast, you can network with peers from different locations, all in one place.

Personalised Agenda

Choose the topics that matter to you. Reserve your place at the roundtable discussions and ensure your whole day delivers the insights you need to hear.

Totally Virtual Format

It’s more important than ever to encourage collaboration while promoting safety and accessibility. And that’s exactly what you can expect from our online meeting format.

Industry Researched Topics

We guarantee our agenda is up-to-date and mission critical because its designed by you. We speak to our extended network of senior decision makers to ensure the most important topics are discussed.

Senior Decision Makers

The entire Strategy Meeting is specifically tailored to the needs and challenges of senior life science professionals. Discover how your peers are perfecting their clinical operations and dealing with the same challenges as you.

Facilitator Faculty

Our panel of facilitators play a key role in shaping the agenda. See who will be bringing their expertise to the 2021 Strategy Meeting:

Prasun Mishra

Founder & CEO Agility Pharmaceuticals

Ankush Argade

Founder, President & CSO Amarit Biosciences

Mathias Schmidt

CEO ArmaGen Inc

Dr. Schmidt joined JCR Pharmaceuticals in June 2020, overseeing global strategy, and serving as President and CEO of its subsidiaries, JCR USA and ArmaGen. He previously held the position as President and CEO of ArmaGen until the merger with JCR Pharmaceuticals in 2020. Dr. Schmidt has over 20 years of global biopharmaceutical industry experience in various strategic and operational positions including Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Nycomed GmbH, Altana Pharma, and ASTA Medica. 
After working for several years at various cancer hospitals, he joined the pharmaceutical industry in 1999, where he developed a great passion for drug discovery and development, especially for protein therapeutics in rare genetic diseases. Serving patients whose hopes for better therapies rely on us has always been front and center to his work and motivation. In 2011, he was awarded the venia legendi in pharmacology from the University of Constance, Germany. Dr. Schmidt received his academic education from the University of Stuttgart and his Ph.D. in Tumor Biology from the University of Freiburg, Germany.

Dr. Bonnie Wang

Manager Bristol-Myers Squibb

Jatinder Singh

Head, Toxicology Forma Therapeutics

Uli Schmitz

Executive Director, Structural Chemistry Gilead Sciences

Bill Shirley

Senior Director, Structural Chemistry Gilead Sciences

Bill received his Ph.D. from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, for his work in ab initio method development. He subsequently worked with Roald Hoffmann at Cornell where he applied semi-empirical methods to the design of novel materials. He then joined Charles L. Brooks III at Scripps in San Diego to use molecular dynamics to understand the determinates of protein structure. Subsequently, he was employed at several San Diego & Bay Area biotechnology and small pharmaceutical companies (e.g. CombiChem, Neurocrine) as a computational chemist or as a cheminformatician.
After a few years of increasing his software knowledge (as a solution architect and product manager at Biovia), he returned to chemical informatics with a data science focus at Novartis in Emeryville. After the site’s transition away from therapeutic research for virology and bacteriology, he was asked to join Gilead. At Gilead, he leads the Research Informatics group and is responsible for data systems, research workflow systems and predictive chemical informatics.

Yvonne Will

VP, Predictive, Investigative and Translational Toxicology (Nonclinical Safety) Janssen

Jacqueline Kinyamu-Akunda

Senior Scientific Director, Nonclinical Safety, Janssen R&D J&J

Vuong Trieu

Chairman & CEO Mateon Therapeutics

Carla Gauss

Senior Application Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry Nanome

Werner Rubas

Executive Director Nektar Therapeutics

Dr. Werner Rubas is the Executive Director for Non-Clinical PK at NEKTAR Therapeutics in San Francisco, CA. He received his Pharmacy Degree (1982) and his Ph. D. (1986) from ETH-Zurich, Switzerland.
Werner started his career in Academia at ETH Zurich in the laboratories for pharmaceutical technology under Professor P. P. Speiser, who pioneered the field of nano-particles as a Researcher and Teaching Assistant. Werner then joined Dr. G. Grass at Syntex (Palo Alto, CA) as postdoctoral researcher in 1989, where oral absorption models such as Caco-2 monolayers were pioneered for industrial use. In 1991 he joined Genentech and was instrumental in establishing ADME for small molecules. In 2000, he joined Cor Therapeutics and established in vitro ADME. In 2002 he took a position at ChemoCentryx and built a DMPK Department from ground up. Between 2006 and 2010, Werner was at Roche Palo Alto responsible for Pre-Clinical Modeling and Simulation and PK/ADME for all Virology projects. After spending two years as an independent consultant, he joined NEKTAR Therapeutics in 2012 where he leads BA, Non-Clinical Modeling &amp; Simulation, in vivo PK and PK/ADME.
During his career, Werner worked on small molecules, biologics and nano-medicines. He has been involved in numerous IND’s and worked on NDA’s and BLA’s.

Katherine Matsumoto

Director, Product Management Recursion Pharmaceuticals

Robert Hilgraf

Senior Director, Medicinal Chemistry REVOLUTION Medicines

Cathy Tralau-Stewart

Senior Director Alliances Takeda

Hiroomi Tada

Chief Medical Officer Tyra Biosciences

Peter Kotsonis

Executive Director, Office of Strategic Alliances, UCSF Innovation Ventures University of California

PhD MRACI CChem MCPM
Executive Director and Head of Strategic Alliances, UCSF Innovation Ventures, University of California, San Francisco
PhD neuroscientist and “drug hunter”, business development / alliance professional with over 14 years in the pharmaceutical industry. From 1997-1999, project leader of the nitric oxide synthase program at VasoPharm Biotech GmbH (academic start up) resulting in first-in-class clinical candidate, ronopternin (VAS203), for traumatic brain injury currently in Phase III clinical development. From 2000-2006 in various R&D roles at Novartis Ag, including research group leader and a migraine project leader. From 2007-2012 at Sunovion Pharmaceuticals (subsidiary of Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co, Ltd) as the head operations and alliance function for the Discovery and Early Clinical Research group; primarily involved in defining research strategy, portfolio management and, establishing an external innovation strategy. Joined UCSF in 2013 within the Office of Innovation, Technology and Alliances. Responsibilities include driving new partner opportunities, developing novel partnering models and, programmatic support using alliance management “best practices” comparable to industry.

Ellen Kats Ph.D

Assistant Director, Business Development & Licensing UCSF

Tudor Oprea

Professor of Medicine and Chief, Translational Informatics Division, Department of Internal Medicine University of New Mexico

Paul Galatsis

VP, Chemistry Vibliome Therapeutics

John S. Wai, Ph.D

Vice President, Medicinal Chemistry WuXi AppTec

Letian Kuai, Ph.D

Executive Director, DEL Technology and Strategy Chief Scientific Officer, Crelux WuXi AppTec

Qunsheng Ji, Ph.D

Vice President, Head of Oncology and Immunology Unit WuXi AppTec

Henry Lu, Ph.D

Vice President, Head of Biology WuXi AppTec

Yuhua Ji

Head of Medicinal Chemistry Zai Lab US

Reasons to Attend the Virtual Strategy Meeting

Fully Interactive Virtual Conference

We’re all bored of the same webinar format by now. Instead, join intimate groups of like-minded professionals and discuss the topics that really matter to you

Personalised and Easy to Join Agenda

Pick the roundtable discussions that you want to be part of. Simply choose your sessions and we will send you the direct links and calendar reminder to join

Senior Decision Makers

All our roundtable discussions are aimed at director level and above. Discover how your peers are tackling the industries biggest challenges and have your thoughts heard

Private and Intimate Discussions

Each sessions is read by an industry expert and the roundtables are limited to ensure you have fruitful and genuine conversations with your colleagues

Agenda

See Which Topics Are Discussed at the Online Strategy Meeting

08:00 PT

Opening Keynote and welcome address

The Great Debate: The Utilization of True AI in All Aspects of Drug Discovery

08:45 PT

Roundtable Tracks

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning – Evaluating the impact of AI generative methods and ML models in drug discovery Chemical Biology & Cheminformatics – Translating Novel Academic Research into Driving Professional Pharma Standards in Drug Discovery Programs Hit To Lead Identification – Novel strategies to balancing high-throughput capabilities with multi-parametric studies Integrated Drug Discovery – Effective Integration of Multidisciplinary Teams to Ensure Seamless Drug Discovery Processes In Vivo & In Vitro Pharmacology – Future Challenges and Solutions with Advanced In-Vitro Assay Systems – A Look at Phenotypic and Biomarker Assays Target Discovery, Identification & Validation – The Need for Better Targets for Solid Tumor Targeting with High Potency Modalities Dmpk, Adme & Toxicology – Assay Development for the Near Future – How to Solve Problems In Early Stage Predictive Assays For PK and Toxicology Strategic Partnerships, Collaborations & Alliance Management – Strategic Biopharma Partnerships – Marriage for Love Versus Being a Means to an End

10:00 PT

Roundtable Tracks

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning – Harnessing the technology of noisy intermediate scale quantum (NISQ) in drug discovery Chemical Biology & Cheminformatics – Opportunities and challenges in discovering novel chemical entities with DNA-Encoded Library (discovery chemistry) Hit To Lead Identification – In Silico Design and Molecular Glues Integrated Drug Discovery – Advancing cycle time, analysis and purification efficiency through novel technologies and innovative approaches In Vivo & In Vitro Pharmacology – In-vitro and in-vivo platform to support COVID preclinical research Target Discovery, Identification & Validation – Target Discovery, Identification and Validation Dmpk, Adme & Toxicology – Implementing AI for Decision Making in Drug Discovery: How Can Applying AI in DMPK Impact Drug Discovery? Strategic Partnerships, Collaborations & Alliance Management – Implementing Open Innovation in the Industry: Joining Pharmaceuticals, Biotechs and Academia Together to Accelerate R&D Processes

11:15 PT

Integrating Practical AI and Quantum Mechanics tools to synthesis in Medicinal Chemistry

12:00 PT

Roundtable Tracks

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning – Beyond the AI hype: What has worked, and what will be improved in the future? Chemical Biology & Cheminformatics – Leveraging DNA-encoded libraries and heminformatics to discover novel reactions and chemistries Hit To Lead Identification – Computational Methods for Hit to Lead Optimization – how do we prioritize good from bad? Integrated Drug Discovery – Partnering and Licensing with an Academic Medical Center In Vivo & In Vitro Pharmacology – New Tools and Technologies – Can 3D Culture, HiPSC and Organ-on-chip Technologies Help to Bridge the Translational Medicine Gap? Target Discovery, Identification & Validation – TGF-beta Target for COVID-19 Therapies Dmpk, Adme & Toxicology – Translation of Pre-Clinical PK of PEGylated Biologics to Man Strategic Partnerships, Collaborations & Alliance Management – Maximizing Value Through Biology-Driven Strategic Outsourcing and Partnership

13:45 PT

Roundtable Tracks

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning – Beyond the Hype of New Machine Learning Technology and Onto Delivery Chemical Biology & Cheminformatics – Evaluating the challenges surrounding obtaining and structuring the right data sets Hit To Lead Identification – Targeting Protein-Protein Interactions (PPIs) – Challenges and Technologies Integrated Drug Discovery – Reinstating phenotypic screening in your drug discovery workflow: discover novel phenotypes brought by innovative screening tools In Vivo & In Vitro Pharmacology – Can In-Silico Modeling Bridge the Gap Between Non-Clinical and Clinical Data? A Critical Look at the Advantages and Limitations for Practical Application Target Discovery, Identification & Validation – How Do We Improve Our Hit Rate for Target Validation Dmpk, Adme & Toxicology – Solutions to Mitigate Against ADME Related Issues Early in the Drug Discovery Project – A Critical Discussion Strategic Partnerships, Collaborations & Alliance Management – Innovative Clinical Trials – How can non-profits and patient advocates help address unmet patient needs in oncology clinical trials

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MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Strategy Meeting West Coast Online 2021

Medicinal Chemistry & Biology insights without leaving your home

What makes our strategy meetings unique?

Roundtable Discussions

Unrivalled Networking

Personalised Agenda

Totally Virtual Format

Industry Researched Topics

Senior Decision Makers

Facilitator Faculty

Prasun Mishra

Ankush Argade

Mathias Schmidt

Dr. Bonnie Wang

Jatinder Singh

Uli Schmitz

Bill Shirley

Yvonne Will

Jacqueline Kinyamu-Akunda

Vuong Trieu

Carla Gauss

Werner Rubas

Katherine Matsumoto

Robert Hilgraf

Cathy Tralau-Stewart

Hiroomi Tada

Peter Kotsonis

Ellen Kats Ph.D

Tudor Oprea

Paul Galatsis

John S. Wai, Ph.D

Letian Kuai, Ph.D

Qunsheng Ji, Ph.D

Henry Lu, Ph.D

Yuhua Ji

Reasons to Attend the Virtual Strategy Meeting

Fully Interactive Virtual Conference

Personalised and Easy to Join Agenda

Senior Decision Makers

Private and Intimate Discussions

See Which Topics Are Discussed at the Online Strategy Meeting

Opening Keynote Panel Session

Opening Keynote and welcome address

Roundtable

Roundtable Tracks

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Keynote Session

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