The 8th World Drug Discovery & Development Summit 2008

The 8th World Drug Discovery & Development Summit 2008 is the conference and network event for leading pharmaceutical and biotech professionals to discuss the key scientific and strategic challenges faced by the industry today.

Taking place 2nd & 3rd December in Prague, this two day conference is made up of keynote conference sessions, case studies and interactive workshops giving you the latest strategies to speed drugs to market.

Hot topics for 2008 include:
* Developing improved toxicity models – in vivo, in vitro and in silico methodologies for identifying safety liabilities early
* Predicting drug-induced liver injury in man – application of in vitro toxicity testing
* Applying systems biology to key stages of discovery and development – opportunities for target identification and toxicity screening
* Moving towards the collaborative business model – building successful networks between academia and pharma
* Drug pricing and reimbursement – applying successful strategies to guarantee drug reimbursement in the current environment
* Accelerating drugs to market - a novel application of Lean Six Sigma to rat PK processes in the discovery DMPK department at AstraZeneca
* Implementing new technologies – fragment-based lead discovery and phenotypic screening in drug discovery
* Exploiting new modalities – unleashing the potential of siRNA and antibody fragments
* Employing in silico tools in drug discovery and development – harnessing the analytical power of computers to design safe, effective drugs