“Recent research for the Immunogenicity Summit 2012 revealed an increasing concern about immunogenicity as more innovator and biosimilar products approach the clinic. Current concerns and interests include hypersensitivity and immune complexes, the design of the clinical program, and regulatory authority requirements, particularly the implications of the new biosimilar guidance. There is an increasing interest in predictive tools to support clinical risk assessment. Immunogenicity mitigation is gaining momentum with investigators endeavoring to identify product characteristics that contribute to immunogenicity with a view to engineering and/or selecting non-immunogenic products. Novel tolerance induction approaches are also being investigated,”
This year’s program features a 2-part format covering developments in assay technologies, risk assessment, regulatory guidance and means of predicting and avoiding immunogenicity.
Part One: Immunogenicity Assessment and Clinical Relevance (October 10-11)
Topics covered include:
* Challenges of immunogenicity assays
* Detection of immune complexes
* Clinical relevance of anti-drug antibodies
* Clinical immunogenicity testing strategies
* Biosimilars
Part One of the summit highlights three keynote & featured presentations. The first, “Detection of Immune Complex Formation in Non-Clinical Studies and Implications for Clinical Risk Assessment,”
Part Two: Immunogenicity Prediction and Mitigation (October 11-12)
Part Two begins with a Joint Plenary Session which presents regulatory guidance from the FDA together with a panel discussion, and a background to causes and avoidance of immunogenicity. The keynote presentation titled “Immune Tolerance Induction: Novel Approaches for Novel Clinical Indications”
Other topics covered include:
* Factors contributing to immunogenicity
* Predictive methods for immunogenicity
* Immune tolerance approaches /reducing immunogenicity
Plus, delegates may attend three pre-conference short courses on binding and neutralizing assays and risk assessment, breakout discussions, networking functions, and an exhibit/poster hall. Delegates attending the Immunogenicity Summit 2012 may track-hop to the sessions at CHI’s concurrent event, PK/PD of Novel Contructs: Bispecific Antibodies, Antibody Fragments, and ADCs.
Complete event details are on-line at http://www.ImmunogenicitySummit.com
To inquire about sponsoring and/or exhibiting, contact Tim McLucas, 781-972-1342, tmclucas@healthtech.com.
Writers and editors are encouraged to attend. To request a press pass, contact Lisa Scimemi at lscimemi@healthtech.com.
About Cambridge Healthtech Institute (www.chicorporate.com)
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Contact:
James Prudhomme
Cambridge Healthtech Institute
781-972-5400
jprudhomme@healthtech.com
