Conference Day One
Wednesday, July 31 2024

7:30 am Morning Check-in & Light Breakfast

8:20 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

Recapping the Busy Year for Radiopharmaceuticals: Current Status & Future Perspectives

8:30 am Panel Discussion: Reflecting on the Past Year- Discussing Current Radiopharmaceutical Trends & Assessing Our Progress

  • Matthew Korn Global Medical Lead, Bayer
  • Amir Golan Vice President, Radioligand Therapy Platform, Novartis
  • Simron Singh Associate Professor, Sunnybrook Research Institute
  • Kemp Dolliver Director of Research and Senior Analyst, Brookline Capital Markets
  • Amos Hedt Chief Business Officer, Perspective Therapeutics

Synopsis

  • Exploring PSMA updates and predictions for the future market of prostate cancer drugs
  • Pricing and reimbursement considerations in a competitive market
  • Discussing key future commercial challenges and opportunities for the field from advances in manufacturing to competitive demand and selection of radioisotopes, with emphasis on actinium-225, lead-212, copper-64

9:15 am Revealing Results of Phase Three Randomized NETTER-2 Novartis Trial to Explore a First Line Treatment for NET

  • Simron Singh Associate Professor, Sunnybrook Research Institute

Synopsis

  • To discuss the results of the NETTER 2 clinical trial
  • To review the current use of RLT in first line treatment of cancer
  • To understand the role of RLT in aggressive NET disease

9:45 am Session Reserved for Late Breaking Abstract

10:15 am Speed Networking & Refreshments

Discovery & Preclinical

Exploring New Radioisotope Targeting Technologies to Optimize Your Molecule

11:45 am Overcoming Adverse Cytogenetics, TP53, Other Mutations & Treatment Resistant Disease in Relapsed/ Refractory AML Using Antibody Radiation Conjugates (ARC)

Synopsis

  • Exploring Iomab-B, a CD45 I-131 ARC, enables bone marrow transplant in otherwise ineligible patients, while Actimab-A, a CD33 Ac-225 ARC, demonstrates strong anti-leukemic activity
  • Outlining how responses in heavily pretreated patients for both Iomab-B and Actimab-A, including prior venetoclax treatment or TP53-mutant disease, demonstrate how targeted radiotherapies offer broad therapeutic potential as backbone regimens
  • Revealing preclinical data to further show the benefits of combining Actimab-A with targeted therapies, such as FLT3 inhibitors, to enhance anti-tumor response

12:15 pm Session Reserved For Applied Biomath

12:45 pm Revealing Pretargeting for 177Lu/225Ac Dual-Isotope Therapy of Colorectal Cancer

  • Sarah Cheal Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College

Synopsis

  • Pretargeting as a suitable approach for efficient and controlled tandem-radiotherapy
  • Confirming co-localization of 225Ac- and 177Lu-labeled radiohaptens with autoradiography using iQID
  • Pretargeted 177Lu/225Ac dual-isotope therapy can be safely administered at potentially curative doses (62.9 GBq/kg 177Lu + 2 MBq/kg 225Ac) in mice

Early-Stage Clinical

Securing Translational Success Through Forward Thinking Nuclear Clinical Design

11:45 am Considerations for Designing an Optimal First in Human Radiopharmaceutical Trial

Synopsis

  • Evolving strategy and lessons learned from moving from lab to clinic
  • From ADC to RPT, our lessons learned about FIH study design dynamics about safety, dosimetry and PK/PD from Th227 to Ac225
  • Engaging with multidisciplinary teams: internal and external stakeholders (NM physicians, imaging and radiopharmacists, regulatory)

12:15 pm Roundtables: Sharing Learnings from Translating to the Clinic & Setting up your First Radiopharmaceutical Tria

Synopsis

  • Hearing firsthand perspectives from designing and moving into the clinic
  • Using predictive analysis for clinical design
  • Exploring lessons learned from challenges along the way

12:45 pm Outlining a Best-in-class SST2 Antagonist in SCLC & a Cancer Cell DNA Targeted- Auger-Electron Approach in Solid Tumors

Synopsis

  • Using Satoreotide, aka JR11, labelled with Lu, Ac or Tb in SCLC
  • Understanding the impact of changing tracer versus changing isotope
  • Introducing a radioactively labelled small molecule to target tumor cell DNA using Auger emitters

Late-Stage Clinical

Late-Stage Updates & Learnings to Inform Future Radioisotope Development

11:45 am Clinical Advances of 225Ac-targeted Antibody & Small Molecule-based Agents & Revealing Preclinical Insights from Immune Checkpoint Combination Approaches

Synopsis

  • Outlining why 225Ac is an attractive radioisotope for targeted therapy
  • Exploring clinical strategy and updates on Fusion’s antibody and small molecule programs, including FPI-2265 (a phase 2/3 study)
  • Revealing rational drug combinations for targeted alpha therapeutics

12:15 pm Roundtables: Looking Toward Potential Latent Toxicities for PSMA TRPs

Synopsis

  • As more patients are receiving PSMA radiopharmaceuticals, more monitoring is required
  • Examining radiation dose and potential secondary malignancies
  • Discussing preventative steps

12:45 pm Designing Successful Clinical Trials for Commercial Success & Patient Access

  • Mary Jessel Senior Vice President, Global Medical Affairs, Telix Pharmaceuticals

Synopsis

  • Outlining key strategies to executing effective clinical trials and bringing life-changing, potentially life-saving products to market faster
  • Examining why successfully executed clinical trials fail to deliver drugs to patients
  • Improving clinical trial design and performance, as well as thinking beyond trial outcomes to facilitate the success of products throughout their development lifecycles

1:15 pm Lunch Break & Networking

Discovery & Preclinical

Creating the Perfect Blend of Novel Payload & Targeting Approaches to Expand Specificity

2:15 pm Panel Discussion: Examining Radiobiology & Differences in Immunological Responses Between Alpha & Beta Nuclides

Synopsis

  • Discussing what responses have been observed to different isotopes and isotope combinations
  • Exploring optimal use for each
  • Looking toward future development opportunities

2:45 pm Innovation Spotlight

Synopsis

Your chance to see the latest technologies being applied to preclinical radiopharmaceutical development.

Observe and get to know 3 innovative new solutions in this lightning-round technical demonstration.

3:00 pm Towards Optimizing Tumor Retention of FAP-Targeting Theranostics

Synopsis

  • Discussing the promise of FAP as a target for the imaging and therapy of various solid tumors
  • Summarizing approaches used in the FAP field for optimizing tumor AUC
  • Exploring insights into Actithera’s approaches and molecules

Early-Stage Clinical

Applying Dosimetry to Early Studies to Enhance Clinical Understandings

2:15 pm Panel Discussion- Integrating Dosimetry into Early-Stage Clinical Trials

  • Shankar Vallabhajosula Vice President, Radiopharmaceutical Sciences, Convergent Therapeutics
  • Elcin Zan Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell University
  • Jeremie Calais Director of Theranostics Research Program, University of California Los Angeles

Synopsis

  • Exploring how dosimetry should be incorporated
  • Looking at best practices for scans with treatment cycles
  • Uncovering how often should scans occur?

2:45 pm Session Reserved For Trasis

3:00 pm Examining Dosimetry Data in Alpha Emitters: Similarities & Differences

  • Elcin Zan Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell University

Synopsis

  • Exploring differences in alpha vs beta dosimetry analysis from clinical perspective
  • Can administered activity predict the outcome?
  • How to personalize the radiopharmaceuticals prescription beyond dosimetry?

Late-Stage Clinical

Supply Chain & Manufacturing- Learning from Late-Stage Production While Navigating Future Challenges

2:15 pm Advancing Isotope Evaluation & Quality Control Methods for Radiopharmaceutical Manufacturing

  • Daniel Thorek Associate Professor of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Synopsis

  • Navigating radiopharmaceutical production with emerging isotopes
  • Dealing with concatenated decay is significantly more challenging than for previous diagnostic agents
  • Discussing new tools and insights that are being developed and leveraged to improve formulation and quality control for optimal use in the clinical setting

2:45 pm Session Reserved For Shine

3:00 pm Panel Discussion: Scaling Up – Lessons Learned from Increasing Commercial Supply

Synopsis

  • Identifying process optimization to address bottlenecks
  • Expanding robust supply chain management for highly trained nuclear manufacturing professionals
  • Navigating regulatory compliance

3:30 pm Afternoon Break & Networking

Uncovering Novel Targets for Therapeutic Applications & Bridging the Gap Between Sponsors & Patient Communities

4:00 pm LRRC15-Targeted Radiotheranostic Strategies to Overcome TGFB-Driven Treatment Resistance in Cancer

  • David Ulmert Director, Preclinical Theranostics Program at UCLA, University of California Los Angeles

Synopsis

  • Exploring novel strategies for overcoming radioresistance
  • Outlining novel target
  • Applications to broader therapies

4:30 pm Session Reserved For ITM

5:00 pm Sharing How to Engage the Patient Community in Research: Real World Experience Form a Research Advocate

Synopsis

  • Outlining how to engage patients early on in your trial
  • Using patient advocates to optimize clinical trial design
  • Exploring how to approach patients for engagement

5:30 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

5:40 pm End of Conference Day One