UK-NORDIC ONCOLOGY DIAGNOSTICS CONFERENCE
ENABLING STRATEGIC ONCOLOGY ALLIANCES WITHIN PERSONALISED MEDICINE

UK-Nordic Oncology Diagnostics Conference Programme

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Moderator: Loïc Kubitza, Director, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences, Price Waterhouse Coopers
08.30 Registration

SESSION 1
09.00 Welcome
Nick Archer HMA, British Ambassador to Denmark
09.10 KEYNOTE: An introduction to Companion diagnostics and Personalised Medicine in Cancer
Jan Trøst Jørgensen
Director of Medical Affairs, CMC Contrast AB and External Lecturer, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Univ. of Copenhagen
09.30 KEYNOTE: Moving towards personalised healthcare
Loïc Kubitza, Director, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences, Price Waterhouse Coopers
09.50 COMPANY PRESENTATION FINLAND: From treatments to trials: Personalisation from day one
Pekka Simula, CEO, Oncos Therapeutics
09.50 COMPANY PRESENTATION SWEDEN: Co-development of Targeted Cancer Drugs and Companion Diagnostics
Johan Järte, MD, SentoClone AB
10.10 KEYNOTE: Diagnostics Solutions for Personalised Medicine
Dr Stephen Little, VP Personalised Medicine, Qiagen Manchester Ltd

10:30 Networking Coffee Break

SESSION 2
11:00 KEYNOTE: Partnering in the Development of Targeted Oncology Therapies
Cecilia Schott, Phd MBA, Business Development Director, Personalised Healthcare, Astra Zeneca
11.20 COMPANY PRESENTATION DENMARK:How does drug-companion diagnostics co-development add value to the development of oncology pharmaceuticals?
Henrik Winther, Director of Immunohistology and Companion Diagnostics, Dako A/S
11.30 COMPANY PRESENTATION UK: Development and provision of companion diagnostic services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries
Berwyn Clarke, Chief Scientific and Development Officer, Lab 21 Healthcare
11.40 COMPANY PRESENTATION SWEDEN: Quantifying protein-protein interactions in native cells and tissue samples - a new opportunity for Companion Diagnostics
Mats Gullberg, Chief Technology Officer, Olink Bioscience

11.50 Networking Lunch
12.00 One to One Pre Booked Partnering

SESSION 3
14.00 KEYNOTE:The Institute of Cancer Research
Dr. Jonathan Beech, Business Development Manager
14.20 COMPANY PRESENTATION DENMARK: Locked Nucleic Acids: Enabling MicroRNA Cancer Diagnostics
Søren Morgenthaler Echwald, Vice President Business Development, Exiqon A/S

14.30 Networking coffee break

15.00 KEYNOTE:The molecular basis of chemosensitivity to cytotoxic agents
Professor Ian A Cree, Director, Translational Oncology Research Centre, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust / University of Portsmouth
15.20 COMPANY PRESENTATION NORWAY:DiaGenic - Norway's most innovative company 2009
Eric Christensen, CEO, Diagenic ASA
15.30 COMPANY PRESENTATION UK:The development of multigene prognostic and predictive tests for cancer management
Dr Austin Tanney, Scientific Liason officer, Almac Diagnostics
15.40 COMPANY PRESENTATION SWEDEN:Estrogen receptor B selective agonists: First in class therapy for treatment of intra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma?
Stefan Nilsson, PhD, Associate Professor, Senior Project Manager, Karo Bio AB
15.50 COMPANY PRESENTATION ICELAND:Nationwide approach to chemo-sensitivity testing
Finnbogi Thormodsson, University of Iceland

16.00 Networking Reception
17.00 End

To find out more about the Conference, please contact the organisers by emailing Christina Bergstrand, or call +46 86713065

March 10, 2010
UK Trade & Investment's Nordic Oncology Initiative aims to create a strategic meeting place for oncology stakeholders from the UK and the Nordics in order to foster cutting-edge R&D and strategic business partnerships and alliances.
UK Trade & Investment is the Government organisation supporting companies in the UK doing business internationally and overseas companies seeking to set up in the UK. Our Nordic Life Science Teams are based at the British Embassies in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Please visit us at www.biosciencealliance.net and www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk

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