In association with Oxford Global, this webinar will highlight how to properly structure your program and get an in-depth look at the critical parameters needed for a fit-for-purpose approach. You will learn the key assay validation parameters to produce a reliable bioanalytical assay generating data for your decision-making.
Marianne Scheel Fjording is a Scientific Officer at BioAgilytix. Marianne has an extensive background in large molecule bioanalytical assay set-up and assay validation. She has 20+ years of experience working in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Prior to joining BioAgilytix, she was Scientific Director at Novo Nordisk (Copenhagen, Denmark) where she delivered bioanalytical strategies for PK and biomarker assays.
In association with Bioanalysis Zone, this webinar will highlight how bioanalytical strategies for implementing biomarkers in clinical trials will be presented. The increased use of biomarkers, within different steps of the drug development process, has led to greater demands within the bioanalytical lab community to support the related biomarker method validation and bioanalytical needs.
Marianne Scheel Fjording is a Scientific Officer at BioAgilytix. Marianne has an extensive background in large molecule bioanalytical assay set-up and assay validation. She has 20+ years of experience working in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Prior to joining BioAgilytix, she was Scientific Director at Novo Nordisk (Copenhagen, Denmark) where she delivered bioanalytical strategies for PK and biomarker assays.
In association with Bioanalysis Zone, BioAgilytix would like to present Gyrolab, a platform that provides a highly automated platform that optimizes immunoassays for use at the nanoliter-scale, enabling testing when sample volume is limited. As part of this webinar, we will talk about BioAgilytix’s experience with this platform as it relates to assay development and validation in the context of both regulated and non-regulated support.
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Dr. Jim McNally has an extensive background in bioanalytical assay development and program leadership spanning 20+ years working in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Prior to joining BioAgilytix, Dr McNally was Executive Director at CRISPR Therapeutics (MA, USA), where he led a team of scientists to develop assays to support development of gene-edited therapeutic candidates. He has also previously held roles at Genzyme (MA, USA), Pfizer (MA, USA), EMD Serono (MA, USA) and Shire (MA, USA), which have given him broad experience in the development of large molecule, gene therapy and cell therapy biotherapeutics. He has a special interest in the immunogenicity of biotherapeutics and leads an industry-wide working group on this topic.
Carla Mejia has over 13 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including over 8 years at BioAgilytix. Before joining the BAL team, Carla worked for GSK (NC, USA) and Grifols (NC, USA). She has over a decade of experience working on development, validation and sample analysis of immunogenicity ELISA and PK assays. She has extensive experience developing assays for a variety of matrices for both animal and human studies. At BioAgilytix, Carla currently manages an FTE model team that develops, validates and executes sample analysis for PK, ADA and biomarker assays on multiple platforms including MSD, ELISA and Gyros platforms. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from North Carolina State University (NC, USA).
Presenter: Todd Lester, Associate Director at BioAgilytix
Co-Hosted with: Bioanalysis Zone
The demonstration of similar immunogenicity is a critical requirement for the demonstration of biosimilarity between a biosimilar candidate and the respective reference product. In their webinar, Mr. Lester discusses what the new AAPS White Paper recommends for immunogenicity assays supporting biosimilars., addressing questions such as:
Presenter: Dr. Afshin Safavi, Founder & Board Member at BioAgilytix
Co-Hosted with: Bioanalysis Zone
With the question ‘should we qualify or validate an exploratory biomarker assay before sample testing?’ in mind, Dr. Safavi will review and discuss the latest scientific and regulatory considerations for the analytical validation of assays for fluid-based biomarkers used in the qualification of drug development tools (DDTs). Topics will cover:
You can learn more about the topics Dr. Safavi covers in his pre-webinar blog.
Presenters: PD Dr. Arno Kromminga, SVP & Chief Scientific Officer at BioAgilytix and Dr. Daniel Worms, Associate Principal Investigator at BioAgilytix
Host: GE Healthcare
The assessment of unwanted immunogenicity is a key parameter in the development process of biological protein drugs. In this webinar, BioAgilytix’s experts Dr. Arno Kromminga and Dr. Daniel Worms discuss aspects of when and how to use the Biacore™ T200 SPR System to obtain a deeper understanding of unwanted immunogenicity. Learn more about the Biacore™ T200 system in this blog.
Presenters: PD Dr. Arno Kromminga, Chief Scientific Advisor at BioAgilytix
Host: Bioanalysis Zone
This webinar discusses the strategies and challenges of immunogenicity assessment for gene therapy compounds, addressing questions such as: What is particular to the immunogenicity of gene therapies as compared to other biologics drugs? Which immunogenicity assessments are recommended from the scientific point of view? What are the bioanalytical tools available? And what are the technical challenges? Learn more about the topics covered in this blog.
Presenter: PD Dr. Arno Kromminga, SVP & Chief Scientific Officer at BioAgilytix Europe
Host: Bioanalysis Zone
Ultimately, all biological drugs are immunogenic. Over the last several years, methods for the detection of drug-induced antibodies have become more sensitive, which means that target sensitivities of 100 ng/mL (as recommended in most US FDA immunogenicity guidance) can be easily reached. While it is exciting to have technical tools in hand to detect antibodies at very low concentrations, the question remains to be answered: are antibodies at this low concentration level clinically relevant? In addition, do antibodies against biological drugs, that are detectable prior to the initiation of the treatment, have any clinical implication?
This webinar discusses why careful and thorough data interpretation is needed, which takes into account the clinical manifestation of clinically relevant biomarkers (including PK). Dr. Kromminga also covers how the kinetics and type of antibody responses should be monitored to assess the risk of developing a treatment-emergent immune response, and finally, why post-approval patient monitoring should be mandatory.
This presentation focuses on case studies through the eyes of a biomarker scientist working before and after being transported from ‘planet Biomarkertopia’ to ‘planet Earth’ to demonstrate the processes, challenges and some of the limitations of validating biomarker assays using single and multiplexing approach. You will also learn about the latest trends in single and multiplex biomarker assay validation.
The assessment of immunogenicity of biological protein drugs is a key component in drug development. A basic knowledge in immunology is a prerequisite for understanding the principles of adverse, unwanted immune responses. In addition, emerging technologies are making analytical and clinical data interpretation more challenging. Likewise, the comparative immunogenicity analysis of an innovative therapeutic and biosimilar needs to be addressed closely.
The goal of this webinar, presented by Dr. Afshin Safavi, Co-Founder and CSO of BioAgilytix, is to review the concept of parallelism and relative accuracy for biomarker studies, using various case studies to increase awareness of the bioanalytical challenges and considerations as they pertain to these, as well as to reagent lot-to-lot variability.
In this webinar, BioAgilytix’s Dr. Arno Kromminga summarizes the recommendations from the AAPS Ligand Binding Assay Biosimilar subcommittee and Biosimilars Action Program Committee on the Development and Validation of PK, Anti-Drug Antibody (ADA), and Neutralization Antibody Assays (NAB) for Biosimilar Drug Development, and describes how this information can be used to reduce the risks present in biosimilar drug development.
Abstract: Biomarker analysis has become a common practice by many pharmaceutical companies to help PK/PD modeling. The reliability of outcomes is heavily influenced by the quality of the reagents. One of the challenges that bioanalytical labs face when running biomarker studies is the control of lot-to-lot variability of critical reagents and commercial immunoassay kits. Case studies will be presented to highlight the key bioanalytical considerations involved in running successful biomarker analyses in support of clinical studies.
Afshin Safavi, Ph.D., Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, is a veteran biochemist with extensive experience in establishing and leading bioanalytical teams in support of the development of biological products in preclinical and clinical-trial laboratories. Prior to founding BioAgilytix, he was the Director of Ligand Binding and Immunoassay, operating under GLP at AAIPharma. At Talecris BioTherapeutics, he led the Preclinical and Clinical Assay Development team, building on his experience as a senior scientist at Nobex Corporation, GlaxoSmithKline and IGEN International. Dr. Safavi is considered an expert in the area of immunoassay with a wide working knowledge of various platforms. He obtained his B.S. in Biochemistry from UCLA, his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from University of Kentucky Medical School, and completed a two-year postdoctoral assignment at the Emory University, Department of Pathology.
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