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Medicinal Chemistry

Name: Medicinal Chemistry Strategy Meeting East Coast 2025 (Boston)
Start: 2025-05-08T08:00
End: 2025-05-08T18:00
Location: Crowne Plaza, London Docklands

Strategy Meeting East Coast USA 2025

Reinvigorating Productivity in Pharma Biotech Through Advanced Technologies and Innovative Techniques that Interrogate Activity and Mechanisms

Le Meridien Cambridge Boston

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A MEETING EXPERIENCE UNLIKE ANY OTHER

Fresh Medicinal Chemistry Insights

Tired of the same conference experience? Real discussions and genuine networking are often promised, but not always delivered. Proventa International’s R&D Strategy Meetings are designed to avoid the pitfalls of a typical conference, by providing the right environment to make those important connections through interactive roundtable discussions, exclusive networking and keynote panel debates. Join Medicinal Chemistry professionals from across the East Coast, in Boston MA, to discover new insights and take your company’s mission to the next level.

What makes our strategy meetings unique?

Roundtable Discussions

Intimate discussions led by renowned industry 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 East 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.

Solutions to your Problems

We've partnered with the best solution providers to solve your biggest challenges. Engage in pre-arranged, private meetings to address your specific needs and find a tangible solution.

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 dealing with the same challenges as you.

Meet Our Facilitators

Our panel of facilitators play a key role in shaping the agenda for the day. See who will be bringing their expertise to the table at our Medicinal Chemistry strategy meeting.

Aimee Usera

Vice President Chemistry Odyssey Therapeutics

Andrea Zuhl

Vice President Hyku Biosciences

Basma Hashmi

Head, Digital Solutions Takeda

Bertrand Le Bourdonnec

Chief Scientific Officer HDAX Therapeutics

George Naumov

Chief Operations Officer & Chief Business Officer RS Oncology

Govinda Bhisetti

Vice President and Head of Computational Chemistry Cellarity

Kara Herlihy

Head of Discovery Biology Frontier Medicine

Kenneth Duncan

VP, Chemistry Accent Therapeutics

Kerren Swinger

Vice President, Lead Discovery Entact Bio

Lee Fader

Vice President Congruence Therapeutics

Shankar Venkatraman

Executive Director, Chemistry IFM Therapeutics

<p>Over his 20+ year industrial career Shankar Venkatraman has invented and progressed multiple compounds through discovery and into clinical development. He has focused on discovering first-in-class small molecule modulators of new biological pathways, closely integrating medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, and safety to enter clinical trials with these novel entities. Before joining <strong>IFM Therapeutics</strong>, LLC, Shankar was a Director of Chemistry at Vitae Pharmaceuticals. There he led number of programs including Menin-MLL, resulting in Revumenib (SNDX-5613), currently undergoing multiple clinical trials for ALL/AML with an anticipated NDA filing by the end of 2023. Prior to Vitae, he was a Senior Research Fellow at Merck, where he worked on number of modalities including HIV, neuropathic pain and schizophrenia, and delivered number of clinical candidates. Before joining Merck, Shankar began his medicinal chemistry career at Axys Pharmaceuticals, and worked on cathepsin K, with efforts leading to the identification of Odanacatib. Shankar obtained his Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry from University of Minnesota and B.S. in chemistry from University of Bombay. He is co-author/inventor on more than 60 papers and patents.</p>

Stefan Gross

Senior Director and Head of Biochemistry Servier Pharmaceuticals

OUR AGENDA

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09:00 - 10:00

Roundtable Tracks

AI/ML
Revolutionizing Drug Discovery: Unleashing AI and Generative Modeling for Molecular Innovation (Topic TBC)

-Govinda Bhisetti
Vice President and Head of Computational Chemistry
Cellarity

Design, Synthesis & Emerging Modalities
Overcoming Challenges in DEL Synthesis and Selection

Chemical Biology, Targeted Protein Degradation And Undruggables
Beyond the Degradation Mechanism: Addressing Safety and Formulation in Targeted Therapeutics

Hit Identification / Lead Optimization
Innovative Approaches to Lead Optimization: Integrating Computational Methods and Machine Learning in Small Molecule Design (Topic TBC)

-Stefan Gross
Senior Director and Head of Biochemistry
Servier Pharmaceuticals

Strategic Partnerships In Drug Discovery
Collaborative Chemistry: The Business of Partnerships in Drug Innovation

Integrated Drug Discovery
From Hit to Lead: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Cutting-Edge Chemistry and Innovative Screening Strategies

-Shankar Venkatraman
Executive Director, Chemistry
IFM Therapeutics

11:10 - 12:10

Roundtable Tracks

AI/ML
Emerging Challenges in Machine Learning (ML) -Driven Molecular Property Predictions

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Design, Synthesis & Emerging Modalities
Precision and Beyond: The Impact of Emerging Modalities on Drug Discovery and Development

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Chemical Biology, Targeted Protein Degradation And Undruggables
Chemoproteomics: Probing Small Molecules’ Interactions with Complex Biological Systems

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Hit Identification / Lead Optimization
Fragment Based Drug Discovery in the Spotlight: Emerging Trends in Hit Identification and Lead Optimization

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Strategic Partnerships In Drug Discovery
How Strategic Partnerships Revolutionize Pharma R&D

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Integrated Drug Discovery
AI/ML Integration in the Discovery and Development of Next-Generation Therapeutics

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12:15 - 13:15

Roundtable Tracks

AI/ML
The Evolution of AI: Looking Back at the Past 10 years and Projecting the Future 10

Design, Synthesis & Emerging Modalities
Designing the Future: How De Novo Proteins are Shaping Biotechnology

Chemical Biology, Targeted Protein Degradation And Undruggables
Emerging “Undruggable” Targets in Targeted Protein Degradation

Hit Identification / Lead Optimization
Using Computational Methods to Improve Precision and Efficiency in Lead Optimization and Hit Identification

Strategic Partnerships In Drug Discovery
Strategic Alliances and Investment Strategies: Fueling the Future of Drug Discovery

Integrated Drug Discovery
The Next Frontier in Therapeutic RNA: Exploring Computational and AI-Driven Approaches for Target Identification, mRNA Synthesis, and Small Molecule Integration

14:40 - 15:10

15:10 - 16:10

Roundtable Tracks

AI/ML
Generative Chemistry in Action: Applications, Challenges, and Breakthroughs

Design, Synthesis & Emerging Modalities
Gene Editing Beyond CRISPR: Exploring Novel Approaches for Targeted Genetic Interventions

Chemical Biology, Targeted Protein Degradation And Undruggables
From Discovery to Application: Challenges in Using Chemical Probes for Degrader Development

Hit Identification / Lead Optimization
AI-Driven Drug Discovery: Transforming Hit Identification and Lead Optimization

Strategic Partnerships In Drug Discovery
The Role of Venture Partnerships in Drug Discovery

Integrated Drug Discovery
Blood-Brain Barrier Penetration in Drug Discovery - Challenges, Innovations, and Future Directions

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Reasons To Attend the Strategy Meeting

Discussions on the advancements in targeted protein degradation and pushing past its boundaries.

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in accelerating the development of new drugs

Discuss approaches to further understand the interactions of undruggable targets and different Protein Degraders such as PROTACs, Molecular Glues, etc

Focusing on advancing interrogative techniques to improve the Drug Delivery System/Discovery: Modified mRNA, Nanoparticle-Mediated siRNA, Antibody-Drug Conjugates, and more

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Fresh Medicinal Chemistry Insights

What makes our strategy meetings unique?

Roundtable Discussions

Unrivalled Networking

Personalised Agenda

Solutions to your Problems

Industry Researched Topics

Senior Decision Makers

Meet Our Facilitators

Aimee Usera

Andrea Zuhl

Basma Hashmi

Bertrand Le Bourdonnec

George Naumov

Govinda Bhisetti

Kara Herlihy

Kenneth Duncan

Kerren Swinger

Lee Fader

Shankar Venkatraman

Stefan Gross

OUR AGENDA

See Which Topics Are Discussed at the Strategy Meeting

Breakfast & Registration

Opening Keynote Presentation

Roundtable ( Pharma/Biotech )

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Refreshment Break

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