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Development of Medicines for Pediatric and Rare Diseases

01 - 03 February 2017
Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel, Switzerland

Welcome from
the chair

We would like to draw your attention to the 3rd conference ”Development of Medicines for Pediatric and Rare Diseases - Annual Event for Interdisciplinary Challenges” in Basel, Switzerland, February 2-3, 2017, preceded by a master class on commercial drug development in the morning of February 1, and a master class on Pediatric Drug development in the afternoon of February 1.

The first two conferences in 2015 & 2016 attracted more participants than we had hoped for. We are confident that even more attendees will participate in 2017. We would highly appreciate your participation and would kindly ask you to block the date in your agenda. Registration is possible from now on. A first draft agenda and further updates will be sent out in the next weeks and months.

For organisational questions please direct your questions to nadine.schrutt@ukbb.ch; for content question to Prof. Johannes van den Anker, Johannes.vandenAnker@ukbb.ch and Dr. Klaus Rose, klaus.rose@klausrose.net; for sponsoring suggestions to Martin Austin, mcaustin@transformrx.com.

Looking forward to see you in Basel, Switzerland, in February 2017

Best regards
Klaus Rose and John van den Anker
in name of the organization committee

Conference Chair

Prof. Dr. med. Johannes N. van den Anker
Chair, Department of Pediatric Pharmacology, Eckenstein-Geigy Professor of Pediatric Pharmacology, University Children’s Hospital Basel

Dr. med. Klaus Rose
Pediatric Drug Development & More, Aeussere Baselstrasse 308, 4125 Riehen, Switzerland

Programme Committee

Phil Walson, USA & Germany
Klaus Rose, Switzerland
Martin Austin, Switzerland
John van den Anker, Switzerland & USA
Marc Pfister, Switzerland
Urs Frey, Switzerland
Solange Rohou, France

Further Faculty

Phil Walson, USA & Germany
Koenraad Norga, Belgium & London
Hulya Oezsahin, SwissMedic, Switzerland
Trish Smith, Aerogen, Ireland & USA
Hubert Caron, Roche, Switzerland & USA
Adina Tokoian, Shire, Switzerland
Karin Jorga, Switzerland
Jean-Marc Nuoffer, Switzerland
Norbert Poellinger, Glatt, Germany
Martin Graham, USA
Michael Katz, USA

Conference Secretariat


Dr. Leoni Barrios
Matthias Burkhalter
Email : dmprd2017@mdpi.com
Tel. +41 61 683 77 35

Sponsoring Opportunities

For information regarding sponsoring opportunities, please contact Martin Austin.
Email : mcaustin@transformrx.com



MasterClasses Schedule

Commercial Drug Development MasterClass

Wednesday, 1st February 2017, Basel, UKBB

Trainer:  Martin Austin, Basel, Switzerland

8:30h  Registration & Coffee
9:00h  Welcome
9:10h  "Over the Rainbow" - Making medicines from ideas
9:50h  Steps to successful commercialization: An Overview
10:30h  Morning coffee
11:00h

Step 1: know yourself! Could you pull it through?

11:30h  Step 2: Environment, Market & Competition
12:00h Step 3: Creating a Plan : The threshold criteria.
12:30h  Wrap-Up
13:00h  End of Masterclass


Pediatric Drug Development MasterClass

Wednesday, 1st February 2017, Basel, UKBB

Trainer: Klaus Rose, klausrose Consulting, Basel, Switzerland

13.30h  Registration & Coffee
14:00h  Welcome
14:10h  EU & US Pediatric pharmaceutical legislation
14:40h  The EU Pediatric Investigation Plan (PIP)
15:30h  Childrens’ special needs in pharmaceutical treatment:  developmental physiology, pediatric formulations, pediatric  clinical pharmacology 
16:00h

 Operational challenges of pediatric clinical trials:

  • Protocol & study design
  • Center selection, patient screening, recruitment
  • Remuneration for parents & patients
  • Patient retention
  • Monitoring
16:30h  Break
17:00h  Impact of US & EU pediatric legislation on drug  development
17:30h  Interactive training : EMA pediatric website
18:00h  Wrap-Up & End of Masterclass
Sponsoring Opportunities
For information regarding sponsoring opportunities, please contact Martin Austin.
Email : mcaustin@transformrx.com
Travel & Registration Information
Registration InformationTo register with this conference, please follow this link. If you need assistance, please e-mail the Conference Secretariat.


Main Conference incl. Pre-Conference Workshops 1* & 2**

Registration Fee in CHF

Industry
By 28 October 2016 - CHF 2000
29 Oct – 4 Dec 2016 - CHF 2200
From 5 Dec 2016 - CHF 2400

Academia
Regulatory Authorities
Patient Organisation

By 28 October 2016 - CHF 1000
29 Oct – 4 Dec 2016 - CHF 1100
From 5 Dec 2016 - CHF 1200


Main Conference incl. Pre-Conference Workshop 1*

Registration Fee in CHF

Industry
By 28 October 2016 - CHF 1500
29 Oct – 4 Dec 2016 - CHF 1650
From 5 Dec 2016 - CHF 1800

Academia
Regulatory Authorities
Patient Organisation

By 28 October 2016 - CHF 750
29 Oct – 4 Dec 2016 - CHF 825
From 5 Dec 2016 - CHF 900


Main Conference incl. Pre-Conference Workshop 2**

Registration Fee in CHF

Industry
By 28 October 2016 - CHF 1500
29 Oct – 4 Dec 2016 - CHF 1650
From 5 Dec 2016 - CHF 1800

Academia
Regulatory Authorities
Patient Organisation

By 28 October 2016 - CHF 750
29 Oct – 4 Dec 2016 - CHF 825
From 5 Dec 2016 - CHF 900


Conference Only

Registration Fee in CHF

Industry
By 28 October 2016 - CHF 1000
29 Oct – 4 Dec 2016 - CHF 1100
From 5 Dec 2016 - CHF 1200

Academia
Regulatory Authorities
Patient Organisation

By 28 October 2016 - CHF 500
29 Oct – 4 Dec 2016 - CHF 550
From 5 Dec 2016 - CHF 600


Workshops 1* & 2**

Registration Fee in CHF

Industry
By 28 October 2016 - CHF 1000
29 Oct – 4 Dec 2016 - CHF 1100
From 5 Dec 2016 - CHF 1200

Academia
Regulatory Authorities
Patient Organisation

By 28 October 2016 - CHF 500
29 Oct – 4 Dec 2016 - CHF 550
From 5 Dec 2016 - CHF 600


Workshop 1*

Registration Fee in CHF

Industry
By 28 October 2016 - CHF 500
29 Oct – 4 Dec 2016 - CHF 550
From 5 Dec 2016 - CHF 600

Academia
Regulatory Authorities
Patient Organisation

By 28 October 2016 - CHF 250
29 Oct – 4 Dec 2016 - CHF 275
From 5 Dec 2016 - CHF 300


Workshop 2**

Registration Fee in CHF

Industry
By 28 October 2016 - CHF 500
29 Oct – 4 Dec 2016 - CHF 550
From 5 Dec 2016 - CHF 600

Academia
Regulatory Authorities
Patient Organisation

By 28 October 2016 - CHF 250
29 Oct – 4 Dec 2016 - CHF 275
From 5 Dec 2016 - CHF 300


Networking Event Evening of February 2: Complimentary

* Pre-Conference Workshop Commercial Drug Development MasterClass (Morning of 1 February 2016)
** Pre-Conference Workshop Paediatric Drug Development MasterClass (Afternoon of 1 February 2016)Registration fees include

• Attendance to all sessions
• Conference Documents
• Lunch
• Coffee breaks
• Networking Event

Confirmation

Upon receipt of the correct registration fee, each participant will receive a confirmation of registration. Please bring this confirmation to the registration desk at the conference venue as proof of your registration.

Cancellation/Name change

Refund of fees, less 25% administrative charges, can be applied for in writing until 18 December 2016 to the Administrative Secretariat. After this date no refund will be possible. Substitutions of attendees can be made at any time. For any change of names, a fee of CHF 30 will be charged.

Students

Students have the possibility to apply for a special discount. Please send your application together with a copy of a valid student card. The rate for students is CHF 120.

Responsibility

The participant acknowledges that he/she has no right to lodge damage claims against the organizers should the holding of the congress be hindered or prevented by unexpected political or economic events or generally by force majeure, or should the non-appearance of speakers or other reasons necessitate programme changes. With registration, the participant accepts this proviso.
By finishing the application, the participant declares that he/she agrees to its personal and company data being processed by MDPI and that this data may be used for information purposes on congresses and events in related fields organized by MDPI. In the opposing case, the participant should notify MDPI at the time of returning the signed application.

For inquiries, please contact Conference Secretariat.
Conference Schedule

Third Annual Conference on Drug Development in Pediatric and Rare Diseases: Successes & Opportunities - 2/3rd February 2017 Basel, Switzerland.

Day 1

Time Activity Speaker
8:00 Breakfast and Registration
8:45 Welcome Klaus Rose & John van den Anker
Session 1: Success Stories 1 - Pediatric Drug Development. Moderation: Swissmedic & Koenrad Norga
9:00 Pediatric Drug Development Adina Tokojan
9:30 Update on the March of Dimes Michael Katz
10:00

10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Pediatric Drug Development Hubert Caron
11:30 Neonatal Pulmonary Drug Delivery Devices Trish Smith
12:00 Hands-on diagnosis & treatment of rare diseases Jean-Marc Nuoffer
12:30 Lunch Break & Exhibitors Hall Visit
Session 2: Regulatory Challenges. Moderation: Phil Walson & Michael Katz
13:30 EMA/PDCO perspective Koenraad Norga
14:00 Pediatric perspectives in drug development: Switzerland Hulya Oezsahin
14:30 Industry Perspective Solange Rohou
15:00 Adopting the last therapeutic orphans: an update on the latest developments John van den Anker
15:30 Discussion
16:30 Refreshments for die-hards and networking
18:00 Come Together

Day 2

Time Activity Speaker
8:45 Welcome Klaus Rose & John van den Anker
Session 3: Regulatory and scientific challenges - Strategic Thoughts. Moderation: Martin Austin
9:00 From research to bedside: academic drug development- reality, promise, successes Phil Walson
9:30 What regulatory authorities do in pediatric drug development – and what they should do Klaus Rose
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Demonisation of commercial drug development: why more entrepreneurs are needed and how to do it Martin Austin
11:00 Round Table Discussion
12:30 Lunch Break & Exhibitors Hall Visit
Session 4: Technical Advances & Challenges. Moderation: Marc Pfister
13:30 Pediatric Formulations Norbert Poellinger
14:00 Scaling Models in pediatric PK/PD Martin Graham
14:30 Bottom-up meets top-down: Complementary PBPK and PopPK modeling for regulatory approval of a dosing algorithm of valganciclovir in very young children. Karin Jorga
15:00 Wrap-up
16:30 End of day 2

The conference will be preceded by a half day Masterclass on Commercial Drug Development by Martin Austin (morning of February 1) and by a Masterclass on Pediatric Drug Development by Klaus Rose (afternoon of February 1).


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