Day 1: Tuesday September 16
Reviewing the unprecedented growth of the obesity therapeutics market, as obesity is recognized a complex chronic disease. Highlighting current approaches, strategies and partnerships driving innovation in the field.
- Jacob Peterson - SVP Head of Diabetes, Obesity and MASH Therapy, Novo Nordisk
What modalities are empowering the growth of the obesity therapeutics market?
What new targets is the industry looking at beyond GLP-1R?
What next steps must be taken to accelerate patient adherence and reduce side effects of weight-loss drugs?
How can appetite suppressing and energy expenditure drugs be synergized?
- Vipin Garg - CEO, Altimmune
- Thomas Hardy - CMO, Adipo Therapeutics
- Punit Dhillon - CEO, Skye Bioscience
Highlighting the most impactful collaborations from the past year
Which approaches and targets are pharma looking at most?
How are pharma evaluating potential partnerships with early-stage biotech and academia?
- Jacob Peterson - SVP Head of Diabetes, Obesity and MASH Therapy, Novo Nordisk
- Anton Pekcec - Director CardioRenalMetabolic Diseases Research/ Head of Obesity Research & Muscle Health, Boehringer Ingleheim
Exploring a dual GCGR/GLP-1 peptide agonist in patients with obesity as well as MASH, highlighting key developments from Phase 2 (Obesity) and Phase 3 (MASH) trials
Highlighting increased potency benefits of dual agonism approach
- Anton Pekcec - Director CardioRenalMetabolic Diseases Research/ Head of Obesity Research & Muscle Health, Boehringer Ingleheim
- Exploring updates on oral small molecule GLP-1R candidate, RGT-075, as it progresses through Phase 2b clinical trials
- Insight into the rCARDTM propriety platform to enable accelerated drug discovery within obesity therapeutics
- Wenge Zhong - CTO, Regor Pharmaceuticals
Highlighting opportunities for improved tolerability and preservation of lean muscle mass in patients
Sharing clinical insights into a once-weekly subcutaneously administered amylin analog for weight-loss and improved glucose metabolism
Outlining the formulation of a next generation oral tablet GLP-1 therapy for increased adherence within obesity and type 2 diabetes patients
Exploring Phase 1 clinical data of KAI-7535
- Se-Jin Lee - Presidential Distinguished Professor, Uconn School of Medicine
DA-1726 is being developed by MetaVia Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on transforming cardiometabolic diseases. DA-1726 is a novel oxyntomodulin (OXM) analogue that functions as a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP1R) and glucagon receptor (GCGR) dual agonist with a 3:1 GLP1R to GCGR ratio.
OXM is a naturally-occurring gut hormone that activates GLP1R and GCGR, thereby decreasing food intake while increasing energy expenditure, thus potentially resulting in superior body weight loss compared to selective GLP1R agonists.
In a Phase 1 multiple ascending dose (MAD) trial in obesity, DA-1726 demonstrated best-in-class potential for weight loss, glucose control, and waist reduction.
- Hyung Heon Kim - CEO, MetaVia Therapeutics
Utilising a unique triple monoamine reuptake inhibitor, tesofensine, to increase brain levels of dopamine, serotonin and noradrenaline for regulation of food seeking behaviour
Highlighting Phase 3 clinical updates
- Pierandrea Muglia - CMO, Saniona
Developing a GLP-1 agonist-ActR2A/B monoclonal antibody conjugate for adipose specific weight loss alongside maintained skeletal muscle mass
Exploring pre-clinical updates, as well as insight into further weight-loss drug conjugates beyond GLP-1 agonists
- Philip Larsen - CEO, SIXPEAKS BIO
- Advancing RJx-01, an innovative small molecule combination drug to impact muscle strength loss in sarcopenia
- Potential to address sarcopenia associated with obesity treatment in older obese people and sarcopenia obesity
- Accelerating development process via CombinAge™ and CelegAge™ proprietary discovery platforms
- Ann Bellien - CEO, Rejuvenate Biomed
Pioneering a transformative approach to obesity treatment through locally administered Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) gene therapy, designed to provide long-lasting weight management solutions by targeting specific metabolic pathways and integrating GLP-1-secreting transgenes directly into pancreatic beta islet cells