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This year’s conference will cover innovative clinical drug discovery strategies and consider new therapeutic targets. CNS drug development techniques and problems encountered in clinical trials will also be discussed. With problem-solving discussions and case study presentations from key industry players, this event is not to be missed.
Key topics to be addressed:
• Cognition enhancement
• Latest developments in MS, PD and AD clinical development
• Biomarkers and CNS clinical trials
• Participant recruitment and retention issues in CNS clinical trials
• Schizophrenia and depression: specific considerations.
• Efficacy predictions
• Current challenges in translational CNS research
• Facilitating and establishing industry and academic partnering
• Early phase development trials in CNS
Hear keynote addresses from:
• Georg Terstappen, Director and Department Head, Neuroscience Discover, Abbott
• Sophie Dix, Senior Research Scientist, Neurodegenerative Diseases Drug Hunting Team, Lilly
• Florien von Raison, Head of Global Clinical Development Unit, Parkinson’s Diseases, Merck Serono
• Chas Bountra, Chief Scientist, Structural Genomics Consortium, Univeristy of Oxford
• Hitendra Parmar, European Medical Director for Alzheimer’s Disease, Pfizer
• Simon Ridley, Head of Research, Alzheimer’s Research UK
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For further information, contact:
Aaron Carbon
Tel: +44 (0) 207 827 6104
Email: acarbon@smi-
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