PHARMA : Departments : Drug Research Academy : Mini-symposia and lectures : From target to market - trends in medicinal chemistry
Mini-symposium: From target to market - trends in medicinal chemistry
Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 10:00 - 17:30 hrs in Auditorium 3
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen
| 10:00-10:05 | Welcome |
| Session I | Academic drug discovery (Chair: Kristian Strømgaard) |
| 10:05-10:45 | Drug discovery for neglected diseases in an academic setting Paul Wyatt, University of Dundee |
| 10:45-11:25 | Academic drug discovery in the ChemBioNet Jörg Rademann, Leibniz Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Berlin |
| 11:25-12:05 | Nucleic acid based drugs - status of prospects with focus on LNA Jesper Wengel, University of Southern Denmark |
| 12:05-13:00 | Lunch |
| Session II | Novel strategies and targets (Chair: Klaus Bæk Simonsen) |
| 13:00-13:40 | The rise of fragment-based drug discovery Andrew Woodhead, Astex Therapeutics |
| 13:40-14:20 | Targeting the Wnt signaling pathway in cancer Rami N. Hannoush, Genentech |
| 14:20-15:00 | Allosteric modulation of GPCRs: From concept to application on mGluR5 receptors Jean-Philippe Rocher, Addex Pharma |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break |
| Session III | Case stories (Chair: Klaus P. Bøgesø) |
| 15:30-16:00 | Discovery of Lu AA21004 - A novel compound for the treatment of mood disorders Benny Bang-Andersen, H. Lundbeck A/S |
| 16:00-16:30 | Liraglutide - the discovery of the first once daily GLP-1 analogue Jesper Lau, Novo Nordisk A/S |
| 16:30-17:15 | From hit to drug: The discovery of Isentress, the first in class HIV-integrase inhibitors Vincenzo Summa, Merck & Co. |
Please click here to see the programme in pdf-file.
This symposium is organised on behalf of Drug Research Academy, PHARMA, the Danish Society of Pharmacology and Toxicology and the Danish Chemical Society, Section for Organic Chemistry by Divisional Director Klaus Bæk Simonsen, H. Lundbeck A/S and Professor Kristian Strømgaard, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.
Participation is free of charge and is open for attendance by all interested parties.
Registration is required by e-mail to Anne Nordly - ann(at)farma.ku.dk
