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MOLECULES TO MEDICINES: HOW BIOPHARMA DELIVERS Workshop
Wednesday 31 October 2007; 0930-1800
Venue: William Stokes Postgraduate Centre, St James's Hospital
(location)

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This DMMC/Wyeth 1-day workshop, for 24 participants, comprises discussion of key issues arising during biopharmaceutical discovery, development, and manufacturing. It will include breakout group discussion of specially devised problem sets.

This workshop is open to postgraduate students with research experience (e.g. at least one year into their PhD studies). If you are interested in attending this workshop please send an email indicating your interest to education@dmmc.ie after you have applied online for the lecture course. Attendance at the lecture course on the preceding day (Tue 30 Oct 2007) is compulsory - details are here. The workshop was oversubscribed when it ran last year, so you are advised to apply early.

Comments from participants on last year's Workshop:

  • "Great job! Very enjoyable workshop, engaging and informative. Covered areas not previously addressed in university education"
  • "I thought the presenters were well chosen, their talks very clear and informative. They were willing to answer any and all questions"
  • "Very well done. Good one-to-one contacts with organisers. Very informative, interesting and motivating for future career"
  • "Very much enjoyed the workshop and problem solving aspect. Gives better idea of how whole process works for real"

WORKSHOP: Wed 31 October; 0930-1800
   
0930 Introduction to the workshop: key issues in discovery, development, and manufacturing
1020 Tea/Coffee

DISCOVERY
1040 Issues in discovery: defining the breakout session problem set
Dr Davinder Gill

Due to unavoidable circumstances Dr Gill was
unable to lead this session of the workshop. Dr Simon Hufton (Wyeth Research) replaced Dr Gill.
1120 Breakout session 1: issues in discovery
1200 Breakout session 1 feedback 
1240 Lunch

DEVELOPMENT 
1320 Issues in development: defining the breakout session problem set
Dr Mark Leonard
1400 Breakout session 2: issues in development
1440 Breakout session 2 feedback
1520 Coffee/Tea

MANUFACTURING 
1540 Issues in manufacturing: defining the breakout session problem set
Dr Brendan Hughes
 
1620 Breakout session 3: issues in manufacturing
1700 Breakout session 3 feedback 
   
1740 Discussion: key learnings 

Course Developers/Instructors comprise key personnel from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Follow the links below to read short biographies.

Dr Brendan Hughes (Director of Development, Wyeth Medica Ireland, Grange Castle)
Dr Mark Leonard (Director, Gene Expression Technologies, Wyeth BioPharma Campus, Andover, MA, USA)
Dr Davinder Gill (Senior Director, Biologic Therapeutics at Wyeth Research, Cambridge, MA, USA)