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Viral Safety of ATMPs

Jun 06, 2016
Berlin, Germany

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Program Highlights

Featuring contributions by

Amgen, Cellgenics, Baxalta, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Novartis, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, the Paul-Ehrlich-Institute and more on these hot topics:

  • Session 1: Regulatory Overview
  • Session 2: Human-derived Raw Materials
  • Session 3: Animal-derived & Recombinant & Raw Materials
  • Session 4: Viral Safety Concepts for ATMPs

Scientific Program Planning Committee

  • Johannes Blümel, Co-Chair, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute
  • Thomas R. Kreil, Co-Chair, Baxalta
  • Qi Chen, Genentech
  • Houman Dehghani, Amgen
  • Albrecht Gröner, PathoGuard Consult
  • Bernd Leistler, CellGenix
  • Marie Murphy, Eli Lilly
  • Michael Ruffing, Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Georg Roessling, PDA Europe

Overview

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Program Planning Committee and the Parenteral Drug Association, we are pleased to invite you to the 2016 PDA Europe Viral Safety of ATMPs to be held in Berlin on 6th of June.

This year’s PDA Europe Virus Safety Forum will specifically focus on Advanced Therapy Medicinal products (ATMPs). ATMPs provide exiting and promising new concepts for therapy. Nevertheless, designing adequate viral safety margins into the manufacturing processes of these novel products remains a challenge. ATMPs are produced using complex cell culture systems involving a variety of biological raw materials. Due to the unique nature of ATMPs, there are some limitations of applying virus safety measures. For example, it is difficult to perform conventional tests for adventitious virus contamination on non-cryo-preserved cell based medicinal products or to apply virus inactivation methods on living cells. Therefore, the use of carefully selected and well-controlled raw materials is a crucial factor for the production of ATMPs. Efforts are being made to replace bovine sera, however, providing for adequate viral safety margins of human-derived and other biological materials remains similar a challenge.

This conference will cover a broad variety of essential biological raw materials for cell-based medicinal products such as human platelet lysate or other serum replacements and materials from recombinant cell cultures such as cytokines. We will learn from exciting case studies how virus safety concepts have been successfully implemented for viral gene-transfer vectors and oncolytic viruses. The conference will further provide attendees with updates on the most recent regulatory developments.

Lunches and refreshment breaks will provide a relaxed environment to facilitate discussions of the issues raised during the day’s presentations. There will be sufficient time for visiting with vendors and networking with fellow experts and regulators. 

We look forward to seeing you in Berlin on 6th of June 2016 for this unique opportunity!

Johannes Bluemel, PhD, Paul-Ehrlich Institute

Thomas R. Kreil, PhD, Baxalta

Conference Co-Chairs

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STEIGENBERGER Hotel am Kanzleramt

Ella-Trebe-Straße 5
Berlin, Germany

STEIGENBERGER Hotel am Kanzleramt, Berlin
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The city hotel offers 339 air-conditioned and soundproofed rooms, including 24 luxurious suites. Thanks to the modern and comfortable room facilities, you can benefit from a flat-screen TV, safe, minibar, coffee and tea making facilities, seating area and desk.

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