9.00 a.m - 5.00 p.m
The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation presents
Feeding the Pipeline: Novel Drug Discovery for Alzheimer’s disease
The purpose of this conference is to present exciting drug discovery efforts in the field of Alzheimer’s disease that
complement approaches in advanced clinical trials. Speakers will be predominately from the European biotechnology
sector. There will be ample opportunity for discussion and for scientists from academia, industry and funding
organizations to network and exchange ideas
8.30 - 8.40 a.m
8.40 - 9.20 a.m
9.20 - 10.20 a.m
10.20 - 10.35 a.m
10.35 - 12.05 p.m
12.05 - 1.30 p.m
1.30 - 2.30 p.m
2.30 - 2.50 p.m
2.50 - 3.00 p.m
3.00 - 4.00 p.m
Introduction and Opening Remarks : Howard Fillit, MD, ADDF, USA
Plenary Session
Selected presentations from abstract submissions
Break
Selected presentations from abstract submissions
LUNCH – off site
Selected presentations from abstract submissions
Novel Funding Models for Drug Discovery : Andrea W. Tobias, Aquila Consulting Group, USA
Break
PANEL : Funding Climate for Biotechnology Companies
Chair : Andrea W. Tobias, Ph.D. Aquila Consulting Group
Venture Capital : Philippe Peltier, Auriga Partners (invited)
Government : Florence Lustman, Inspector General of Finances for France & Director of the French
Alzheimer’s Plan (invited)
Foundation : Howard Fillit, MD, Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
4.00 - 4.05 p.m
Closing Remarks : Howard Fillit, ADDF
5.00 - 5.15 p.m
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Paul Aisen, Zaven Kachaturian, Jacques Touchon, Bruno Vellas
5.15 - 6.00 p.m
Designing primary prevention trial using biomarkers
M.Weiner, University of California San Francisco, USA
6.00 - 7.00 p.m
LEON THAL PANEL DISCUSSION
Z.Kachaturian, President & Chair
PAD2020: The Campaign to Prevent Alzheimer’s
Disease by 2020, Washington, DC, USA
REDEFINING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE:
Revising the NINCDS-ADRDA Criteria
Chaired by M. Carillo, Alzheimer Association, USA
and P. Snyder, Lifespan Affiliated Hospitals, USA
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