8:15 am Check-In & Coffee

9:10 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

Ensuring High & Consistent Drug Substance Quality to Adhere to ADC Regulatory Control Strategies

9:15 am Considerations for Critical Quality Attributes and Control Strategy for Site Specific Antibody Drug Conjugates

  • Hui Wei Director - Biologics Specification Committee Chair, Analytical Chemistry Manufacturing & Controls Strategy Lead, Bristol Myers Squibb

Synopsis

  • Overview of the critical quality attributes (CQAs) specific to Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs)
  • Identification of appropriate control points for monitoring ADC CQAs
  • Exploration of control strategies for ADCs, including setting appropriate control limits

9:45 am Establishing Comparability for Antibody Drug Conjugates – A Regulatory Perspective

  • Linan Ha Director, Regulatory Affairs, CMC, AstraZeneca

Synopsis

  •  Understand the regulatory landscape for ADCs
  • Assess challenges in establishing comparability in ADCs
  • Case study – how to establish comparability in ADCs based on mechanism of action

10:15 am Morning Break & Speed Networking

Synopsis

This informal session will provide the process development community valuable networking time, enabling you to forge new and lasting connections to plot paths to see future successes within the field.

11:15 am CMC Regulatory Considerations for Setting Small Molecule Impurity & Control Strategies

  • Jianxin Guo Director - Regulatory Chemistry Manufacturing & Controls Biotechnology, Eli Lilly & Co.

Synopsis

  • Understanding the regulatory frameworks for an ADC to reflect the production processes and the combined approach to quality
  • Justifying the specification setting for small molecule impurity limits
  • Regulatory benchmarking of critical quality attributes and control strategies for marketed ADC products

11:45 am Roundtable Discussion – Setting Optimal CQAs to Ensure Appropriate Impurity Removal & Achieve Regulatory Approval

Synopsis

  • Discussing standardized general control strategy for ADCs
  • Understanding what the “must-do” aspects of process development are, and what can be deferred for IND approval, in order to improve cost and speed

12:30 pm Networking Lunch

Maximizing ADC Process Efficiency Through Unlocking Maximum Conjugation Yield

1:30 pm Technical Challenges & Opportunities in Early-Stage ADC Process Development & Manufacturing

Synopsis

  • Evaluating challenges specific to early-stage ADC process development and manufacturing
  • Highlighting strategies across drug-linker, mAb, DS, and DP
  • Ensuring effective clinical supply for early-stage manufacturing

2:00 pm Panel Discussion – Optimizing Conjugation Processes to Decrease Heterogeneity & Prepare for Scale-Up

  • Robert Hughes Senior Director, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cidara Therapeutics Inc.
  • Eric Lacoste Head of ADC Conjugation Development/Global CMC Development, Sanofi

Synopsis

  • Understanding the quantity of mAb fragments which must be removed and what can be dosed in small amounts
  • Considering the conjugation technology and conditions used as well as their upscale applications
  • Creating a platform to increase conjugation yield

2:45 pm Afternoon Networking Break

Anticipating Specific Strategies to Onboard Your Drug Product Development Decrease Costs & Improve Timelines

3:15 pm Safety Challenges and Hierarchy of Controls to Ensure Employee Wellbeing During ADC Production

Synopsis

  • General ADC production outline
  • Challenges we face in ADC production during clinical ADC production
  • Hierarchy of controls we employ to deal with SAFETY and wellbeing of employees while managing production challenges, including: PPE & admin controls, engineering controls, substitutions & elimination of risks & opportunities in ADC production

3:45 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

4:00 pm Networking Drinks Reception

Synopsis

A great opportunity to build relationships in a relaxed setting, expand your network, share insights, and discover business opportunities.

5:00 pm End of Conference Day One