29 February 2012

Dr Olivia Kelly to replace Allan Robins on Day 3 of P2T

Unfortunately Allan Robins is unable to be with us Progress to Therapy 2012. However, in his place, we will now welcome Dr Olivia Kelly, current Director of Cell Biology at Viacyte Inc. We are very grateful and excited to welcome Olivia to Glasgow and have her discuss her topic of ES Derived Islets to Treat Type I Diabetes with us on day three.

P2T Fully Accredited By Royal College of Physicians

Good News!

All three days of the Progress to Therapy 2012 conference have now been CPD accredited.

28 February 2012

CPD Accreditation Applied For...

Progress to Therapy 2012 is currently in the process of obtainting CPD accreditation for its three day conference in March.

Hurry, last chance to reserve your place at this conference before registration closes on Friday....

14 February 2012

New Speakers Added to Agenda

Dr John Purves is a life science consultant having recently retired from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) where he worked for 14 years, as head of sector for the quality of medicines, including classic biological and biotechnology products. He has been involved in the development of legislation, guidelines and of the review procedures for dossiers submitted in support of applications for Marketing Authorisations in many areas dealing with such products, including recombinant-DNA, biosimilar, influenza and advanced therapy products.
Prior to joining the EMA, Dr Purves was manager of the biotechnology and biological unit, for 21 years, at the UK Medicines Control Agency, now the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. At the UK agency, he was involved in the drafting of some legislation, and of a number of supportive European Union guidelines, dealing with the manufacture and control of recombinant-DNA products and products derived from human blood and plasma. Dr Purves also oversaw efforts to minimise the risk of the transmission of spongiform encephalopathies to humans through medicinal products.

Dr Christian van den Bos serves as Executive Program Manager at Lonza and drives Lonza’s development efforts for advanced stem cell products.
Dr van den Bos has over 15 years of experience in cell therapy work and has managed cell therapy projects ranging from early R&D to production, regulatory and clinical trials.
Prior to joining Lonza he served as Sr. VP, EU Affairs for Cytograft, USA, as Head of Development and Operations for Symetis, Switzerland &Germany, as VP of R&D for Viacell Europe, Germany, as Director, Biologics, for Spectra Stable Isotopes/Martek Biosciences, USA and as Sr. Scientist for Osiris Therapeutics, Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr Gert De Beckker is Head Regulatory Affairs at TiGenix NV, a late stage biomedical company that focuses on innovative local treatments for damaged and osteoarthritic joints. In the past 2.5 years he was responsible for the centralized marketing authorization application of ChondroCelect a cell based therapy. This lead product of Tigenix was granted marketing authorization on October 5th 2009.

9 February 2012

Last Two Days to Register for P2T at Reduced Early Bird Rate

The early bird rate for P2T 2012 is coming to an end on Friday, Feb 10th. This is your last chance to register at this reduced rate for this three day conference in Glasgow (March 21st - 23rd), bringing together international experts to share knowledge and experience with the aim of accelerating Progress to Therapy in Regenerative Medicine.