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Monday, June 27 • 10:45am - 12:00pm
#135: Clinical Developments in Immuno-Oncology, Part 2 of 2: Clinical Implementation of Biomarkers

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Component Type: Forum
Level: Intermediate
CE: ACPE 1.25 Knowledge UAN: 0286-0000-16-562-L01-P; CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; RN 1.25

In this forum, the panelists will give a state-of-the-art overview of the exciting new area of cancer immunotherapies, the current learnings and methodologies, the benefits and challenges, as well as an outlook into the future.

Part 1 is scheduled for Monday, June 27, 2016, 8:30-9:45 AM.

Learning Objectives

Discuss examples of clinical implementation of biomarkers in the development of cancer immunotherapies; Describe what the future looks like for cancer immunotherapies; Explain the role of new technologies for companion diagnostics.

Chair

Holger G. Adelmann

Speaker

Panelist
Arnold B. Gelb

Panelist
Brandon Higgs, PhD

Panelist
Marc Theoret, MD


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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Arnold Gelb

Senior Director, Clinical Biomarkers and Companion Diagnostics, EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.
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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 →
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Marc Theoret

Associate Director of Immunotherapeutics, OHOP, OND, CDER, FDA
Dr. Theoret is a medical oncologist and the Associate Director of Immunotherapeutics in the Office of Hematology and Oncology Products, CDER, FDA. In his role as Associate Director, Dr. Theoret is leading initiatives in immuno-oncology product development—regulatory, scientific... Read More →

Monday June 27, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
108B Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
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