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Immuno-Oncology : The Latest Frontier in Cancer Therapy

April 28, 2022August 16, 2023 MarketsandMarkets Conferences

For as long as medicine has existed, cancers have ravaged humanity. The search for an eventual cure has been a tremendous & tireless pursuit, selflessly undertaken by doctors, researchers, scientists & the entire healthcare community. With each passing year and the availability of sophisticated technologies, their efforts continue to go from strength to strength, expanding our means to adequately cope, manage and possibly rebuff the disease which has so often reminded us of our mortality. Up until recently, Chemotherapy, Surgeries, Radiation & Targeted Drug therapies had been the go-to for…

BIOSIMILARS: Origins & The Path Forward

April 19, 2022August 16, 2023 MarketsandMarkets Conferences

Almost 7 years removed from the first FDA approved Biosimilar (Zarxio) in 2015, the US market for Biosimilars is projected to be highly beneficial over the next decade, for both pharmaceutical companies as well as patients, with RAND Corporation projecting estimated savings of over $54 Billion during this period. To truly comprehend such forecasts, a deeper understanding of what constitutes a ‘Biosimilar Drug’ is required. Essentially, the structure of a biosimilar is based on a pre-existing, approved drug known as a Biologic & possesses no significant clinical difference in safety,…

Catch up with Matt Davis’ talk on “Neoantigen Targeted Cancer Immunotherapy in the Clinic” at Advance Genetic Sequencing Virtual Conference 2021

September 14, 2021September 20, 2021 MarketsandMarkets Conferences

Matt Davis PhD joined Gritstone Oncology (NASDAQ: GRTS) in 2015 and is currently the Director of Molecular Biology and Sequencing responsible for various neo-antigen discovery and translational genomics efforts. Prior to Gritstone, Dr. Davis conducted post-doctoral research at Warp Drive Bio in the discovery biology group. He holds a PhD in Genetics from Yale with thesis research under the supervision of Dr. Joseph Schlessinger and previous to his graduate work he conducted cancer genomics research at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute. Marketsandmarkets took this opportunity to talk…

Ning Wang talks about “Single cell sequencing: a powerful approach to profile tumor microenvironment” at Advance Genetic Sequencing Virtual Conference 2021

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 MarketsandMarkets Conferences

Ning is a bioinformatics scientist at Arcus Biosciences, where he is responsible for drug discovery, target identification, and indication prioritization in multiple immune-oncology drug programs. Notably, Ning pioneered the 3D organoids based drug response prediction technology, which largely facilitated cancer model selection. During his PhD, he studied with Professor Alexander Hoffmann at UCLA, where he built up computational framework to identify synergy between key immune response signaling pathways in macrophage. Ning holds a PhD in Bioinformatics from UCLA. Marketsandmarkets took this opportunity to pick his brains on the newfound developments…

Grace Zhao, Co-founder, Avida Biomed discusses- “Dual methylation and mutation analysis from a single input of plasma cfDNA without sample splitting”

September 2, 2021 MarketsandMarkets Conferences

Grace Zhao is a co-founder of Avida Biomed, a biotech start-up specializing in genomic technology innovation for molecular diagnostics. At Avida, Grace co-invented Point-n-Seq, a new platform technology to advance liquid biopsy for early detection of cancer and other diseases. Utilizing the ultra-efficient, hybridization-based pre-amplification enrichment of target molecules from nanogram level cell free DNA (cfDNA), Point-n-Seq enables the first targeted mutation and methylation cfDNA dual analysis solution on market. Grace is currently the head of clinical research defining and executing company-wide clinical research strategy. Before Avida, Grace co-founded AccuraGen,…

An Overview of Spatial Transcriptomics: Techniques and Applications With Cátia Moutinho of GWCCG

August 18, 2021August 18, 2021 MarketsandMarkets Conferences

Dr. Cátia Moutinho is the Associate Director of Garvan-Weizmann Centre for Cellular Genomics, at the Garvan Institute Sydney-Australia. Also, she is the Group Leader of the Single Cell Technology Development Team. Her group focuses on single-cell genomics development. She is a biologist by training, with a PhD in Biomedicine and a master in Clinical Trials and Medical Affairs. She has an extensive experience in the wet-lab, with a strong background in single-cell technology, as well as cancer genetics and epigenetics. Cátia is also co-founder of the Single-Cell Ninjas Project, a…

Discovering the future of infection prevention and control – 6th Edition Infection Control, Sterilization & Decontamination Virtual Conference 2021

July 15, 2021 MarketsandMarkets Conferences

July 12th, 2021- Following up the legacy of 5 very successful annuals in UK & Europe geographies, we are proud to to announce the 6th Edition Infection Control, Sterilization & Decontamination Virtual Conference, Middle East, scheduled for 5th-6th October, 2021. This edition will focus on key topics like the utilization of reprocessed equipment to disinfect or sterilize medical devices, decontamination of surgical instruments, endoscopic devices, respiratory care devices, and reusable hemodialysis machines. How Patient-to-patient pathogen transmission via medical devices can be entirely prevented by properly sterilising medical devices. These topics…

Delve into the new era of genome sequencing- MarketsandMarkets Advanced Genetic Sequencing Virtual Conference

July 15, 2021 MarketsandMarkets Conferences

July 12th, 2021- Genome sequencing is providing physicians with more data about the causes of cancer and changing the way some forms of the disease are treated. Continued advancements in sequencing technologies have fuelled the development of new sequencing applications. MarketsandMarkets is proud to announce the first edition of Advanced Genetic Sequencing Virtual Conference scheduled to be held on 23rd & 24th of September 2021. A 2-day content-rich program combining stellar expertise from world-renowned keynote and featured speakers in the areas of Genetics & Genomics an expanding field of biology…

Discussing the latest IO developments at the 5th Annual MarketsandMarkets Next-Gen Immuno-Oncology Virtual Congress 2021

July 8, 2021July 29, 2021 MarketsandMarkets Conferences

July, 08th 2021 – 5th Annual MarketsandMarkets Next-Gen Immuno-Oncology Virtual Congress 2021 to be held on the 26th-29th October 2021 will host top tier institutes pharmaceutical, bio-pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies like Scancell, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Cancer Vaccines Ltd, Boston Immune Technologies & Therapeutics & more to deliver the key challenges and future directions in IO research and to discuss the latest updates in development of ADC’s, Bispecific Antibodies, Cellular Therapy and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors The conference aims to bring together 25+ industry thought leaders & 200+ attendees from pharmaceutical and…

“Tumor-targeted costimulatory trimerbodies for cancer immunotherapy.”- A brief discussion with Juan Perez Villar, CEO, LeadArtis.

June 7, 2021 MarketsandMarkets Conferences

Doctor in Immunology from the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain), extensive international career in the biopharmaceutical industry at Astellas Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (USA). Experienced R&D leader in immune-oncology (IO). Previously, participated in preclinical development of CD28 biologic modulators for inflammatory conditions, small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors and fully human antibodies for advanced solid tumors at Leadartis. He advanced the company from start to capitalize on the immuno-oncology (IO) market. Evaluated and repositioned the platform technology to create IO bispecific antibody dominance and created a proprietary next generation product…