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Last updated: 2008-Mar-25

Time Event Presenter
SUNDAY MARCH 9
8:00 am -4:30 pm Pre-meeting workshop: Getting Started with Bayesian PK/PD Modeling and Simulation Using WinBUGS William Gillespie and Metrum Institute staff
8:00 am -4:30 pm Pre-meeting workshop: R for Pharmacometricians Richard Pugh and Mango Solutions staff
 
3:00 -7:00 pm Registration
7:00 - 9:00 pm ACoP Opening Reception
 
MONDAY MARCH 10
7:30-8:30 am Breakfast/Registration
8:30-8:45 am Welcome - Slides (PPT 8.6MB) Stacey Tannenbaum (bio)
8:45-9:00 am The Critical Path Institute: Creating an environment for innovation and change - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Raymond Woosley (bio)
 
9:00-10:30 am Focus Session 1: Model-based drug development: Future or Fantasy? 
Session Chairs: Stacey Tannenbaum and Marc Pfister
  Implementation and Management of Modeling and Simulation in Pharma: Presentations and Panel Discussion - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF, PDF)

Sandy Allerheiligen (bio), Richard Lalonde (bio), Marc Pfister (bio), Don Stanski (bio)

 
10:30-11:30 am Break/Posters/Software Demos
 
11:30 am -1:05 pm
Focus Session 2a: Mechanistic Modeling/Systems Biology
Session Chairs: David D'Argenio and William Jusko
Opening remarks on modeling in biomedical research (PDF) David D’Argenio (bio)
Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacogenomics of Corticosteroids: Towards Systems Analysis - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) William Jusko (bio)
Dynamic Pharmacodynamics: Modeling and Optimization - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Ron Siegel (bio)
Modeling Wnt signaling pathway and its regulation of bone mass - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Anna Georgieva (bio)
Mechanistic modeling of gastro-esophageal function: A model-based measurement of muscle tone in reflux disease - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Ramprasad Ramakrishna (bio)
 
1:05 - 2:05 Lunch/Posters/Software Demos
 
2:05-3:35 PM Focus Session 2b: Mechanistic Modeling/Systems Biology
Session Chairs: David D'Argenio and William Jusko
Mechanism-Based PD Modeling for Predicting Exposure Response - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Meindert Danhof (bio)
Applications of a Mechanistic Physiologic Based Pharmacokinetic Model for Imaging Agent Development - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Mary Spilker (bio)
Mechanistic Modeling of Magnetically Marked Extended Release Formulation of Felodipine - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Martin Bergstrand (bio)
Mechanism-Based Modeling and Simulation Strategies for 2nd Generation Molecule Development Life-Cycle Fast Tracking: A High-affinity Anti-IgE (HAE1) Monoclonal Antibody Case Study Nelson "Shasha" Jumbe (bio)
 
3:35-4:35 PM Break/Posters/Software Demos
 
4:35-5:20 PM Lewis B. Sheiner Lecture
Session Chairs: Nancy Sambol and Les Benet
  Lessons from Lewis - How to Stir the Pot! - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Carl Peck (bio)
 
5:30-7:30 PM ACoP Cocktail Reception/Posters
8:00 - 9:00 PM Stargazing lecture Matt Kenworthy
U of Arizona Dept. of Astronomy
 
TUESDAY MARCH 11
7:30-8:30 am Breakfast
 
8:30-10:20 am Focus Session 3:  Tools and Techniques
Session Chairs: Mats Karlsson and Paolo Vicini
Time to get intimate with your tools – a demonstration - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Mats Karlsson (bio)
Stochastic EM algorithms in population pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic analyses - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) France Mentré (bio)
Sequential parametric-nonparametric modeling - advantages, disadvantages and usefulness - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF)Rada Savic (bio)
Assessing Nonlinear Mixed Effects Model Parameter Estimates via Profiling of the True Likelihood - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF)Paolo Vicini (bio)
Modelling Overdispersion and Markovian Features in Count Data - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF)Inaki Troconiz (bio)
Standardization of Data Collection for Literature Based Meta-Analyses: The Literature Information and Knowledge Explorer (LIKE) Initiative. - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Brian Corrigan (bio)
 
10:20-11:20 am Break/Posters/Software Demos
 
11:20 am -12:45 pm Focus Session 4: Communication
Session Chairs: Stacey Tannenbaum and Peter Bonate
Opening remarks Stacey Tannenbaum
And Now Presenting... YOU. Make Your Message Matter - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF, PDF) Peter Bonate (bio) and Don Berk (bio)
 
12:45-1:45 pm Lunch/Posters/Software Demos
 
1:45-3:30 pm Focus Session 5a: Exposure Response
Session Chairs: Nick Holford and Ene Ette
Exposure – Response and Drug Development in the 21st Century - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Ene Ette (bio)
Evolution of the Exposure Response Guidance: Regulatory and Industry Perspective - Abstract (PDF) Raymond Miller (bio)
Why we need to Study Schedule Dependence - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF)Ellen Feigal (bio)
Population pharmacokinetics of clobazam and its active metabolite in pediatric patients with epilepsy: Effect of weight, genotype and co-therapy. - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Manisha Lamba (bio)
Parallel PK/PD modeling of an endogenous agonist (A) and exogenous antagonist (B) based on research PKPD data to predict an effective first-in-man dose of B: a combination of physiologically based PK and population PKPD - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Nele Plock (bio)
Dose-Response Modeling for Combination Drug Products - Abstract (PDF) Susan Willavize (bio)
 
3:30-4:30 pm Break/Posters/Software Demos
 
4:30-6:00 pm Focus Session 5b: Altering Disease Progression
Session Chairs: Nick Holford and Ene Ette
How Drugs May Slow Disease Progression - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Nick Holford (bio)
Endpoints and Analysis to Discern Symptomatic and Disease Modifying Drug Effects on Parkinson’s Disease for Delayed Start Design - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Pravin Jadhav (bio)
Washout of treatment effects is essential for distinguishing short (symptomatic) and long-term (disease modifying) treatment effects from natural disease progression - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Bart Ploeger (bio)
Model-Based Literature Meta-Analysis: Virtues and Limitations - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Farkad Ezzet (bio)
Characterizing Longitudinal Pulmonary Function (FEV1) Decline in Continuous Smokers Using a Turnover Model - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Song Mu (bio)
 
6:30 pm -??? ACoP Social Event: Sonoran Desert Fiesta
 
WEDNESDAY MARCH 12
8:00 - 9:00 am Breakfast
 
9:00-10:55 am Focus Session 6: Benefit-Risk Assessment
Session Chairs: Raymond Miller and Kevin Dykstra
Opening remarks Kevin Dykstra (bio)
Enhancing Benefit-Risk within Drug Development - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Peter Milligan (bio)
Cutting the Gordian Knot: Learn High Value Information Quickly for Better Decision-making - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF)Bob Korsan (bio)
Benefit/risk assessment - Going beyond exposure/clinical outcome - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF)Uche Iloeje (bio)
Modeling and Simulation to Determine Optimal Schedule for An Orally Administered Cytotoxic Drug - Slides (PDF) Amit Roy (bio)
Integrating PK-PD and statistics to support decision making in clinical drug development of corifollitropin alfa: a case study in controlled ovarian stimulation - Abstract (PDF) Rik de Greef (bio)
Panel discussion 
 
10:55-11:10 am Break
 
11:10 am - 12:15 pm Focus Session 7: Impact/Outlook
Session Chairs: Raymond Miller and Marc Pfister
M&S Can Change the World! Marc Pfister
A Model-Based Framework for Quantitative Decision-Making in Drug Development - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF)Ken Kowalski (bio)
Impact of M&S on advances in translational research - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Jeff Barrett (bio)
Pharmacometrics 2020 - Abstract (PDF); Slides (PDF) Joga Gobburu (bio)
 
12:15-12:30 pm Closing Remarks Stacey Tannenbaum
 
END OF CONFERENCE
1:00 - 3:00 pm Boxed lunch and nature walk (optional)
1:00 - 3:00 pm ACoP Faculty meets to discuss next ACoP (lunch)
12:30 - 6:30 pm Wed Post-meeting workshop: Binary and Categorical Data Modeling, Analysis and Simulation using NONMEM® Adrian Dunne and ICON staff
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Thurs