This international educational forum has an emphasis on new directions, R&D and improvements of biologics, bioprocessing and ATMP with a focus on technical, rather than commercial, achievements. Topics may include analytical techniques, cell culturing and upstream processing, downstream processing, single-use systems, gene-therapy and regulatory issues.
The event is mainly aimed at the following target audience:
- Biotech companies – all – start up, small-medium sized, large
- Researchers from academia and industry
- Large Pharma with interest in biotech
- Contract manufacturing organisations
- Engineering houses and consultants
- QA Managers
- Process developers
- Process engineers
- Manufacturing and production managers
- Procurement groups
- Investment Managers
As a registered participant, you will have the opportunity to browse all attendees (including partners and exhibitors) and request one-to-one meetings on-site using our online partnering platform, Meeting Mojo. Login details and instructions will be distributed to all registered participants, starting 2 weeks before the event date.
Date: 28 May, 2024
Time: 9.00
Venue: Medicon Valley Alliance, Arne Jacobsens Allé 13, Copenhagen
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Programme
Note that changes to the programme may occur. For the most updated program check this page before the event.
08.00 | Registration, 1-2-1 meetings & networking in the exhibition hall |
08.30 | Welcome and introduction
Morten Munk, Director Global Alliance Management, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies |
08.35 | Gene therapy: Cure for the patient – curse for the manufacturer?
Johan Rockberg, Professor in Antibody Technology and Directed Evolution, KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
09.00 | Breaking down cell therapy manufacturing hurdles: GMP solutions as game-changers
Anil Kumar, PhD, Head of CMC in Europe, ACROBiosystems |
09.25 | Medicine of the future
Cecilia Norling, MSc in Medical Biology, Quality Assurance Manager, VERIGRAFT |
09.50 | How to really accelerate medicines to patients?
Mark Walsh, Commercial Director, APC & VLE |
10.00 | Accelerating the delivery of life changing onclytic medicines to patients
Stephen Craven, Director, Large Molecule Business Unit, APC & VLE |
10.15 | Coffee, 1-2-1 meetings & networking in the exhibition hall |
10.45 | A highly efficacious vaccine against malaria – why is it so difficult?
Kristina Persson, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lund University, and Senior Consultant, Laboratory Medicine, Lund University Hospital |
11.10 | Preclinical proof of concept for a novel VLP-based vaccine candidate for treatment of HER2+ breast cancer
Max Søgaard, Senior VP R&D and Technology, ExpreS2ion Biotechnologies |
11.35 | Xbrane and the development of high quality biosimilars
David Vikström, Chief Technology Officer, Xbrane Biopharma |
12.00 | Lunch, 1-2-1 meetings & networking in the exhibition hall |
13.00 | From science to cutting edge technology: Supporting pharmaceutical innovations in the Nordic biotech
Christian Clausen, CSO, Bioneer |
13.25 | A novel in-line sensor system for real-time bioprocess monitoring
Erik Martinsson, CEO and Co-founder, ArgusEye |
13.50 | New Annex 1- requirements on fill and finish machines
Matthias Mikkelsen, Subject Matter Expert, Watson Marlow Flexicon |
14.15 | Fermentation harvest modalities using single use centrifuges
Peter Thorwid, Concepts Manager, Business Unit High Speed Separators, Alfa Laval Pontus Linderholm, R&D Manager Single-Use, Business Unit High Speed Separators, Alfa Laval |
14.40 | Coffee, 1-2-1 meetings & networking in the exhibition hall |
15.15 | Cellevat3d™ microcarriers – The 1st nanofiber-based microcarriers designed for viral vector biomanufacturing
Laura Chirica, PhD, CEO, Cellevate |
15.40 | Is our industry really industrialised? – Industrialising biologics to dramatically improve patient access with the modular kojoX approach
Rasmus Pedersen, Senior Modularity Architect, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies |
16.05 | Boosting the speed of Genmab’s CMC timelines for antibody products
Jesper Valbjørn, Senior Vice President, Head of Global CMC Operations, Genmab |
16.30 ~16.35 |
Summary & conclusion
Morten Munk, Director Global Alliance Management, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies |
Speakers
Morten MunkDirector, Global Alliance Management |
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Johan RockbergProfessor in Antibody Technology and Directed Evolution |
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Cecilia NorlingMSc in Medical Biology |
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Stephen CravenDirector, Large Molecule Business Unit |
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Mark WalshCommercial Director |
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Kristina PerssonAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lund University |
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Max SøgaardSenior VP R&D and Technology
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David VikströmChief Technology Officer
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Christian ClausenCSO
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Erik MartinssonCEO and Co-founder
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Peter ThorwidConcepts Manager, Business Unit High Speed Separators
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Pontus LinderholmR&D Manager Single-Use, Business Unit High Speed Separators
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Laura ChiricaPhD, CEO
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Rasmus PedersenSenior Modularity Architect
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Jesper ValbjørnSenior Vice President, Head of Global CMC Operations
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Anil KumarPhD, Head of CMC in Europe
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Matthias MikkelsenSubject Matter Expert
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