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Larry Blandford PharmD from Precision Medicine Group gave introduction about development of precision oncology medicine. Talked about value and value determination for partnerships.
Company Pitches:
Kernal Biologics: Preclinical immunotherapy company developing mRNA therapeutics. Their therapy only have activity in p53 deficient cells (messenger 2.0). They identified, by screening, multiple mRNAs that have oncoselectivity; ONC-333 is their lead mRNA active in AML and NSCLC. Looking for 5.5M seed $
Vaccibody AS: Vaccine technology from Oslo University to target antigen to antigen presenting cells. They are targeting the myocytes and dimerize the antigen to MHC. Targeting melanoma, certain cervical cancers, and hemotologic cancers. Technology based on identified neoantigens obtained from tumor biopsy.Three vaccines: VB10.neo VB10.16 against HPV cervical
Chimeric Therapeutics: developing CART to solid malignancies against CLEC14 (tumor endothelial marker), may make tumor susceptible to hypoxia. Targeting pancreatic cancer, prelim results in mice , efficacy of 15%, working on 3rd generation CART
Memo Therapeutics: Antibody therapeutics; based on Dropzylla single B cell sorting and subsequent screening for mAb. Targeting checkpoint inhibitors on solid tumors; have a new target other than PD1; target undisclosed on NK cells and T cells; Early stage have academic partners; seeking 20Million Swiss Francs
Takeda Oncology: Chris Hurff Senior Director Business Development; they depend on partnerships as they feel internal RD is less effective. They are diversifying their portfolio from small molecules. They have over 200 partnerships (132 in Boston). They are focusing on heme, lung, and Immunooncology. Partnering model: CEI (center external innovation) deals with both academic and small biotechs. They have numerous partners including Shatto and MD Anderson.
3.3.8 The 3rd STATONC Annual Symposium, April 25-27, 2019, Hilton Hartford, CT, 315 Trumbull St., Hartford, CT 06103, Volume 2 (Volume Two: Latest in Genomics Methodologies for Therapeutics: Gene Editing, NGS and BioInformatics, Simulations and the Genome Ontology), Part 2: CRISPR for Gene Editing and DNA Repair
SYMPOSIUM OBJECTIVES
The three-day symposium aims to bring oncologists and statisticians together to share new research, discuss novel ideas, ask questions and provide solutions for cancer clinical trials. In the era of big data, precision medicine, and genomics and immune-based oncology, it is crucial to provide a platform for interdisciplinary dialogues among clinical and quantitative scientists. The Stat4Onc Annual Symposium serves as a venue for oncologists and statisticians to communicate their views on trial design and conduct, drug development, and translations to patient care. To be discussed includes big data and genomics for oncology clinical trials, novel dose-finding designs, drug combinations, immune oncology clinical trials, and umbrella/basket oncology trials. An important aspect of Stat4Onc is the participation of researchers across academia, industry, and regulatory agency.
Meeting Agenda will be announced coming soon. For Updated Agenda and Program Speakers please CLICK HERE
Live Coverage: MedCity Converge 2018 Philadelphia: AI in Cancer and Keynote Address
Reporter: Stephen J. Williams, PhD
3.3.4 Live Coverage: MedCity Converge 2018 Philadelphia: AI in Cancer and Keynote Address, Volume 2 (Volume Two: Latest in Genomics Methodologies for Therapeutics: Gene Editing, NGS and BioInformatics, Simulations and the Genome Ontology), Part 2: CRISPR for Gene Editing and DNA Repair
8:30 AM -9:15
Practical Applications of AI in Cancer
We are far from machine learning dictating clinical decision making, but AI has important niche applications in oncology. Hear from a panel of innovative startups and established life science players about how machine learning and AI can transform different aspects in healthcare, be it in patient recruitment, data analysis, drug discovery or care delivery.
Ayan: working at IBM and Thompon Rueters with structured datasets and having gone through his own cancer battle, he is now working in healthcare AI which has an unstructured dataset(s)
Carla: collecting medical images over the world, mainly tumor and calculating tumor volumetrics
Tufia: drug resistant breast cancer clinician but interested in AI and healthcareIT at Mayo
John: taking large scale datasets but a machine learning skeptic
moderator: how has imaging evolved?
Carla: ten times images but not ten times radiologists so stressed field needs help with image analysis; they have seen measuring lung tumor volumetrics as a therapeutic diagnostic has worked
moderator: how has AI affected patient recruitment?
Tufia: majority of patients are receiving great care but AI can offer profiles and determine which patients can benefit from tertiary care;
John: 1980 paper on no free lunch theorem; great enthusiasm about optimization algortihisms fell short in application; can extract great information from e.g. images
moderator: how is AI for healthcare delivery working at mayo?
Tufia: for every hour with patient two hours of data mining. for care delivery hope to use the systems to leverage the cognitive systems to do the data mining
John: problem with irreproducible research which makes a poor dataset: also these care packages are based on population data not personalized datasets; challenges to AI is moving correlation to causation
Carla: algorithisms from on healthcare network is not good enough, Google tried and it failed
John: curation very important; good annotation is needed; needed to go in and develop, with curators, a systematic way to curate medial records; need standardization and reproducibility; applications in radiometrics can be different based on different data collection machines; developed a machine learning model site where investigators can compare models on a hub; also need to communicate with patients on healthcare information and quality information
Ayan: Australia and Canada has done the most concerning AI and lifescience, healthcare space; AI in most cases is cognitive learning: really two types of companies 1) the Microsofts, Googles, and 2) the startups that may be more pure AI
Final Notes: We are at a point where collecting massive amounts of healthcare related data is simple, rapid, and shareable. However challenges exist in quality of datasets, proper curation and annotation, need for collaboration across all healthcare stakeholders including patients, and dissemination of useful and accurate information
9:15 AM–9:45 AM
Opening Keynote: Dr. Joshua Brody, Medical Oncologist, Mount Sinai Health System
The Promise and Hype of Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy is revolutionizing oncology care across various types of cancers, but it is also necessary to sort the hype from the reality. In his keynote, Dr. Brody will delve into the history of this new therapy mode and how it has transformed the treatment of lymphoma and other diseases. He will address the hype surrounding it, why so many still don’t respond to the treatment regimen and chart the way forward—one that can lead to more elegant immunotherapy combination paths and better outcomes for patients.
hodgkin’s lymphoma best responder to PD1 therapy (nivolumab) but hepatic adverse effects
CAR-T (chimeric BCR and TCR); a long process which includes apheresis, selection CD3/CD28 cells; viral transfection of the chimeric; purification
complete remissions of B cell lymphomas (NCI trial) and long term remissions past 18 months
side effects like cytokine release (has been controlled); encephalopathy (he uses a hand writing test to see progression of adverse effect)
Vaccines
teaching the immune cells as PD1 inhibition exhausting T cells so a vaccine boost could be an adjuvant to PD1 or checkpoint therapy
using Flt3L primed in-situ vaccine (using a Toll like receptor agonist can recruit the dendritic cells to the tumor and then activation of T cell response); therefore vaccine does not need to be produced ex vivo; months after the vaccine the tumor still in remission
versus rituximab, which can target many healthy B cells this in-situ vaccine strategy is very specific for the tumorigenic B cells
HoWEVER they did see resistant tumor cells which did not overexpress PD-L1 but they did discover a novel checkpoint (cannot be disclosed at this point)
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MedCity CONVERGE is a two-day executive summit that gathers innovative thought leaders from across all healthcare sectors to provide actionable insight on where oncology innovation is heading.
On July 11-12, 2018 in Philadelphia, MedCity CONVERGE will gather technology disruptors, payers, providers, life science companies, venture capitalists and more to discuss how AI, Big Data and Precision Medicine are changing the game in cancer. See agenda.
The conference highlights innovation and best practices across the continuum—from research to technological innovation to transformations of treatment and care delivery, and most importantly, patient empowerment—from some of the country’s most innovative healthcare organizations managing the disease.
Meaningful networking opportunities abound, with executives driving the innovation from diverse entities: leading hospital systems, medical device firms, biotech, pharma, emerging technology startups and health IT, as well as the investment community.
Day 1: Wednesday, July 11, 2018
7:30 AM
2nd Floor – Paris Foyer
Registration + Breakfast
8:15 AM–8:30 AM
Paris Ballroom
Welcome Remarks: Arundhati Parmar, VP and Editor-in-Chief, MedCity News
8:30 AM–9:15 AM
Paris Ballroom
Practical Applications of AI in Cancer
We are far from machine learning dictating clinical decision making, but AI has important niche applications in oncology. Hear from a panel of innovative startups and established life science players about how machine learning and AI can transform different aspects in healthcare, be it in patient recruitment, data analysis, drug discovery or care delivery.
Opening Keynote: Dr. Joshua Brody, Medical Oncologist, Mount Sinai Health System
The Promise and Hype of Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy is revolutionizing oncology care across various types of cancers, but it is also necessary to sort the hype from the reality. In his keynote, Dr. Brody will delve into the history of this new therapy mode and how it has transformed the treatment of lymphoma and other diseases. He will address the hype surrounding it, why so many still don’t respond to the treatment regimen and chart the way forward—one that can lead to more elegant immunotherapy combination paths and better outcomes for patients.
Startups from diagnostics, biopharma, medtech, digital health and emerging tech will have 8 minutes to articulate their visions on how they aim to tame the beast.
Breakout: Biopharma Gets Its Feet Wet in Digital Health
In the last few years, biotech and pharma companies have been leveraging digital health tools in everything from oncology trials, medication adherence to patient engagement. What are the lessons learned?
Moderator:Anthony Green, Ph.D., Vice President, Technology Commercialization Group, Ben Franklin Technology Partners Speakers: Derek Bowen, VP of Business Development & Strategy, Blackfynn, Inc. Gyan Kapur, Vice President, Activate Venture Partners Tom Kottler, Co-Founder & CEO, HealthPrize Technologies @HealthPrize
11:00 AM–11:45 AM
Paris Ballroom
Breakout: How to Scale Precision Medicine
The potential for precision medicine is real, but is limited by access to patient datasets. How are government entities, hospitals and startups bringing the promise of precision medicine to the masses of oncology patients
Building a Precision Medicine Business from the Ground Up: An Operating and Venture Perspective
Dr. Pellini has spent more than 20 years working on the operating side of four companies, each of which has pushed the boundaries of the standard of care. He will describe his most recent experience at Foundation Medicine, at the forefront of precision medicine, and how that experience can be leveraged on the venture side, where he now evaluates new healthcare technologies.
The randomized, controlled clinical trial is the gold standard, but it may be time for a new model. How can patient networks and new technology be leveraged to boost clinical trial recruitment and manage clinical trials more efficiently?
CONVERGEnce on Steroids: Why Comcast and Independence Blue Cross?
This year has seen a great deal of convergence in health care. One of the most innovative collaborations announced was that of Cable and Media giant Comcast Corporation and health plan Independence Blue Cross. This fireside chat will explore what the joint venture is all about, the backstory of how this unlikely partnership came to be, and what it might mean for our industry.
sponsored by Independence Blue Cross
Moderator:Tom Olenzak, Managing Director Strategic Innovation Portfolio, Independence Blue Cross @IBX Speakers: Marc Siry, VP, Strategic Development, Comcast Michael Vennera, SVP, Chief Information Officer, Independence Blue Cross
3:00 PM–3:15 PM
Paris Foyer
Networking Break + Showcase
3:15 PM–4:00 PM
Montpellier – 3rd Floor
Breakout: Charting the Way Forward in Gene and Cell Therapy
There is a boom underway in cell and gene therapies that are being wielded to tackle cancer and other diseases at the cellular level. FDA has approved a few drugs in the space. These innovations raise important questions about patient access, patient safety, and personalized medicine. Hear from interesting startups and experts about the future of gene therapy.
Moderator:Alaric DeArment, Senior Reporter, MedCity News Speakers: Amy DuRoss, CEO, Vineti Andre Goy, M.D., Chairman and Director of John Theurer Cancer Center , Hackensack University Medical Center
3:15 PM–4:00 PM
Paris Ballroom
Breakout: What’s A Good Model for Value-Based Care in Oncology?
How do you implement a value-based care model in oncology? Medicare has created a bundled payment model in oncology and there are lessons to be learned from that and other programs. Listen to two presentations from experts in the field.
Breakout: What Patients Want and Need On Their Journey
Cancer patients are living with an existential threat every day. A panel of patients and experts in oncology care management will discuss what’s needed to make the journey for oncology patients a bit more bearable.
sponsored by CEO Council for Growth
Moderator:Amanda Woodworth, M.D., Director of Breast Health, Drexel University College of Medicine Speakers: Kezia Fitzgerald, Chief Innovation Officer & Co-Founder, CareAline® Products, LLC Sara Hayes, Senior Director of Community Development, Health Union @SaraHayes_HU Katrece Nolen, Cancer Survivor and Founder, Find Cancer Help @KatreceNolen John Simpkins, Administrative DirectorService Line Director of the Cancer Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
5:00 PM–5:45 PM
Paris Ballroom
Early Diagnosis Through Predictive Biomarkers, NonInvasive Testing
Diagnosing cancer early is often the difference between survival and death. Hear from experts regarding the new and emerging technologies that form the next generation of cancer diagnostics.
Opening Remarks: Arundhati Parmar, VP and Editor-in-Chief, MedCity News
8:40 AM–9:25 AM
Paris Ballroom
The Davids vs. the Cancer Goliath Part 2
Startups from diagnostics, biopharma, medtech, digital health and emerging tech will have 8 minutes to articulate their visions on how they aim to tame the beast.
Liquid Biopsy and Gene Testing vs. Reimbursement Hurdles
Genetic testing, whether broad-scale or single gene-testing, is being ordered by an increasing number of oncologists, but in many cases, patients are left to pay for these expensive tests themselves. How can this dynamic be shifted? What can be learned from the success stories?
Moderator:Shoshannah Roth, Assistant Director of Health Technology Assessment and Information Services , ECRI Institute @Ecri_Institute Speakers: Rob Dumanois, Manager – reimbursement strategy, Thermo Fisher Scientific Eugean Jiwanmall, Senior Research Analyst for Medical Policy & Technology Evaluation , Independence Blue Cross @IBX Michael Nall, President and Chief Executive Officer, Biocept
10:15 AM–10:25 AM
Paris Foyer
Networking Break + Showcase
10:25 AM–11:10 AM
Paris Ballroom
Promising Drugs, Pricing and Access
The drug pricing debate rages on. What are the solutions to continuing to foster research and innovation, while ensuring access and affordability for patients? Can biosimilars and generics be able to expand market access in the U.S.?
Moderator:Bunny Ellerin, Director, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program, Columbia Business School Speakers: Patrick Davish, AVP, Global & US Pricing/Market Access, Merck Robert Dubois M.D., Chief Science Officer and Executive Vice President, National Pharmaceutical Council Gary Kurzman, M.D., Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Healthcare, Safeguard Scientifics Steven Lucio, Associate Vice President, Pharmacy Services, Vizient
11:10 AM–11:20 AM
Networking Break + Showcase
11:20 AM–12:05 PM
Paris Ballroom
Breaking Down Silos in Research
“Silo” is healthcare’s four-letter word. How are researchers, life science companies and others sharing information that can benefit patients more quickly? Hear from experts at institutions that are striving to tear down the walls that prevent data from flowing.
Moderator:Vini Jolly, Executive Director, Woodside Capital Partners Speakers: Ardy Arianpour, CEO & Co-Founder, Seqster @seqster Lauren Becnel, Ph.D., Real World Data Lead for Oncology, Pfizer Rakesh Mathew, Innovation, Research, & Development Lead, HealthShareExchange David Nace M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Innovaccer
12:10 PM–12:40 PM
Paris Ballroom
Closing Keynote: Anne Stockwell, Cancer Survivor, Founder, Well Again
Finding Your Well Again
Anne Stockwell discusses her mission to help cancer survivors heal their emotional trauma and regain their balance after treatment. A multi-skilled artist as well as a three-time cancer survivor, Anne learned through experience that the emotional impact of cancer often strikes after treatment, isolating a survivor rather than lighting the way forward. Anne realized that her well-trained imagination as an artist was key to her successful reentry after cancer. Now she helps other survivors develop their own creative tools to help them find their way forward with joy.
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