The New Paradigm for Drug Discovery
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
7:00am-6:30pm
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, Maryland
7:00am Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:15am Welcoming
Barbara S. Slusher, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Director, Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
NeuroTranslational Drug Discovery Program
Jeffrey D. Rothstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
8:15 - 9:00am Keynote Lecture: Academic Translational Centers –
A New Paradigm for Drug Discovery
Steven M. Paul, M.D.
Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University
Presentation Slides
9:00 - 10:00am Building Academic Drug Discovery Centers
Stephen V. Frye, Ph.D.
Center for Integrative Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, UNC
Presentation Slides
Barbara S. Slusher, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
Presentation Slides
Michelle Arkin, Ph.D.
Small Molecular Discovery Center, UCSF
Presentation Slides
10:00 - 10:15am Break
10:15 - 11:15am Building Academic Drug Discovery Centers
P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery
Presentation Slides
Natalie Dakers
The Centre for Drug Research Development
Presentation Slides
Marcie Glicksman, Ph.D.
Laboratory for Drug Discovery in Neurodegeneration, Harvard
Presentation Slides
11:15am - 1:15pm Lunch, Poster Sessions, Exhibits & Partnering Meetings
1:15pm – 2:45pm Partnering with Academia - Pharma's Perspective
Jon L. Collins, Ph.D.
GlaxoSmithKline Research & Development
Presentation Slides
Lynn D. Kramer, M.D.
Neuroscience Product Creation Unit, Eisai Inc.
Presentation Slides
Sanjeev Munshi, Ph.D.
Merck Research Laboratories
Presentation Slides
John Reid, Ph.D., M.B.A.
AstraZeneca
Presentation Slides
Torben Straight Nissen, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Pfizer
Presentation Slides
Robert A. Zivin, Ph.D.
COSAT, Johnson and Johnson
2:45 – 3:30pm Funding and Developing Academic Drug Discovery Programs
Judith A. Britz, Ph.D.
Maryland Biotechnology Center
Robert Garland, M.D.
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Alex Kiselyov, Ph.D.
CHDI Foundation Inc.
Story C. Landis, Ph.D.
NIH/NINDS
Martin Lehr, M.A.
Osage University Partners
3:30 – 3:45pm Break
3:45 – 4:30pm Successes, Challenges, Opportunities for Drug Discovery
Centers
Michelle Arkin, Ph.D.
Small Molecular Discovery Center, UCSF
P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery
Natalie Dakers
The Centre for Drug Research Development
Stephen V. Frye, Ph.D.
Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, UNC
Marcie Glicksman, Ph.D.
Laboratory for Drug Discovery in Neurodegeneration, Harvard
Barbara S. Slusher, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
4:30 – 5:15pm Structuring Drug Discovery Partnerships: A View from Academia
& Industry
Michelle Arkin, Ph.D.
Small Molecular Discovery Center, UCSF
Richard A. Basile
Chief Executive Officer, BioPontis Alliance
P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery
Barbara S. Slusher, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
Robert A. Zivin, Ph.D.
COSAT, Johnson and Johnson
5:15 – 6:30pm Cocktail reception & Networking
