North East England Life Science Showcase
Event Information
Description
Dear colleague
We would like to invite you to join leading companies from North East England, alongside pharmaceutical and biotech businesses based in Boston, for a morning of networking, presentations and discussion.
Date: Thursday November 30th, 2017
Time: 8:30am – 1:30pm
Venue: Boston Marriott Cambridge
Cost: FREE
RSVP: Eventbrite or contact Anne.m.dickinson@alcyomics.com
Our programme includes;
8:30am Networking and refreshments
9:00am Welcome and introduction
9:15am Company showcase and industrial insights:
In vitro pre-clinical testing for predicting adverse immune reactions
Showcase by Prof. Anne Dickinson, Director, Alcyomics
Alcyomics is a unique pre-clinical service provider using Skimune®, non-artificial human skin explants for
safety and efficacy assessment of novel compounds and drugs.
Industry insights by Jessica Whritenour, Sr. Principal Scientist, Immunotoxicology CoE, Pfizer
Human Tissue- and 3D Cell-based Models for Drug Discovery
Showcase by Robert R. Annand Ph.D., Senior TechnicalProduct Manager, ReproCELL
REPROCELL’s pre-clinical contract research organization provides unique custom pharmacology assay services using freshly-sourced human tissues and 3D tissue models.
Industry insights from Steven Burke, Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Proteon Therapeutics
10.30am Coffee and networking
11:00am Continuation of showcasing and industry insights
Clinical Development Simplified
Showcase by Emma Banks, CEO, Datatrial
Datatrial are a technology focused business enabling end to end access to clinical data and documents via a single compliant platform – Nucleus.
Industry insights from Duncan Hall, CEO, TRI and Doris Sanchez, Sr. Director, Scientific Development, MedSource
Life sciences opportunities in the North East of England
Showcase by Matt Bratton, Senior Inward Investment Executive, Invest Newcastle
Supporting international businesses to locate in the North East of England, they will give an overview of the regionalstrengths and opportunities.
12:15pm Finger buffet lunch and networking
Please RSVP by Friday November 17th 2017 here or contact anne.m.dickinson@alcyomics.com for further information.
Organiser Alcyomics Ltd
Organiser of North East England Life Science Showcase
Alcyomics is a UK based unique pre-clinical service provider using Skimune®, non-artificial human skin explants for safety and efficacy assessment of novel compounds and drugs. Our mission at Alcyomics Ltd is to provide novel solutions for pre-clinical drug safety and efficacy testing for therapeutics including cellular therapies and extend our technologies for use in the chemical and cosmetic industries. As a Service provider we aspire to take the lead in providing unique screening services using human in vitro skin explant assays enabling more cost effective commercialisation of products and or drugs to the cosmetic, chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
