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Pre-Conference Workshop (3/11/25) - Amsterdam CET
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08:30 - 09:00
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Beyond Discovery: Navigating the 'Valley of Death'
Workshop 09:00 - 09:15Workshop
Welcome - Beyond Discovery: Navigating the ‘Valley of Death’
- Welcome, Introductions, Workshop Objectives
- Overview: the ‘Valley of Death’ in commercialisation
09:15 - 10:30Workshop
From Discovery to Defensible Concept: Building the Foundation
- From Phenomenon to Product
- Elucidating the Mechanism of Action (MoA) and identifying the key therapeutic components of your EVs.
- Generating a Robust Pre-clinical Data Package
- What in vitro and in vivo data are essential to demonstrate proof-of-concept and therapeutic potential?
- Defining a Technical Basis
- Moving beyond composition-of-matter to protect manufacturing processes, engineered elements, and use-cases.
10:30 - 11:00Workshop
Morning Break
11:00 - 12:00Workshop
The Scientific Data Package for Investment
- The Investor's Technical Due Diligence
- Presenting compelling MoA and in vivo data.
- Quantifying Your Innovation
- Developing assays and metrics for your product.
- Translating Scientific Milestones into Value Inflection Points
- How to structure your R&D plan to align with fundraising rounds.
12:00 - 13:00Workshop
Networking Lunch
13:00 - 14:15Workshop
Process Development & CMC: From Lab-Scale to Clinical-Grade EVs
- Fundamentals of CMC for Exosomes
- Introduction to Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls for a complex biologic product.
- Defining Your Product: Critical Quality Attributes (CQAs)
- Identifying and justifying the key physical, chemical, and biological attributes that define your EV product's identity and function.
- Developing Robust Potency Assays
- Moving beyond characterization to create a functional assay that predicts clinical efficacy.
- A Critical Analysis of Purification Platforms
- Technical considerations for choosing between purification technologies, and other methods for your specific product and scale.
14:15 - 14:45Workshop
Afternoon Break
14:45 - 16:00Workshop
The Path to IND: Key Pre-clinical & Early Clinical Requirements
- Designing the Pre-clinical Safety Package
- Essential toxicology, biodistribution, and stability studies required by regulatory agencies.
- Dose-Finding Strategies for Complex Biologics
- Scientific approaches to translating pre-clinical efficacy data into a safe and logical first-in-human dosing plan.
- Selecting Relevant Biomarkers for Phase 1 Trials
- How to choose pharmacodynamic or exploratory biomarkers to demonstrate your EV therapy is having a biological effect.
16:00 - 16:30Workshop
Workshop Wrap-Up & Discussion
16:30 - 16:35
End of Pre-Conference Workshop
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