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Monday, June 27 • 8:30am - 9:45am
#113: Clinical Developments in Immuno-Oncology, Part 1 of 2: Science, Current Methodologies, and Achievements

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Component Type: Session
Level: Advanced
CE: ACPE 1.25 Knowledge UAN: 0286-0000-16-554-L01-P; CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; RN 1.25

In this session, representatives from large pharmaceutical companies will present and discuss the science, current methodologies and achievements in their advanced clinical programs in the area of immuno-oncology. They will address what makes the difference to standard and targeted therapies, what has been learned by studying the interaction of the tumor and the immune system, and the predictors for patient response.

Part 2 is scheduled for Monday, June 27, 10:45AM-12:00PM.

Learning Objectives

Describe the most recent advances in cancer immunotherapy; Discuss the interaction of the tumor and the immune system; Identify predictors for patient response.

Chair

Holger G. Adelmann

Speaker

Overview of Immuno-Oncology
Ashok K. Gupta

Molecular Predictors of Response to Immuno-Oncology Therapeutics
Brandon Higgs, PhD

Opportunities and Challenges for the Use of Biomarkers in Anti-PD1/PD-L1 Immunotherapy
Ti Cai, PhD


Chair
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Holger Adelmann

Senior Vice President and Managing Director, DIA EMEA
Dr. Holger G. Adelmann, MD PhD. Board certified Clinical Pharmacologist. Clinical training in internal medicine. Several leading positions in pharma since 1989 with Bayer & Tropon (Germany), AstraZeneca (UK and Sweden), and Merck Serono (Germany). He is member of the American Association... Read More →

Speakers
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Ti Cai

Director, Global Clinical Biomarkers and Companion Diagnostics, EMD Serono
Ti Cai joined EMD Serono in March 2015 as Director, Clinical Biomarkers and Companion Diagnostics. He is currently leading clinical biomarker development for avelumab (anti-PD-L1 antibody) program. Prior to EMD Serno, Ti worked at Celgene, Sanofi and Amgen where he led biomarker research... Read More →
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Ashok Gupta

Vice President, Head of Clinical Immuno-Oncology, Medimmune
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Brandon Higgs

Director, MedImmune
Dr. Higgs leads the Bioinformatics function within Translational Medicine at MedImmune. He has 15+ years of industry experience in biomarker development within indications of oncology, autoimmunity, inflammation, CNS, and transplantation. He has a PhD in Computational Biology and... Read More →

Monday June 27, 2016 8:30am - 9:45am EDT
108B Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
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