Therapeutic developments with novel antibody products and engineering of novel antibody constructs and alternative scaffolds: Third Annual PEGS Europe, October 11-14, 2011, Hannover, Germany

摘要

This meeting brought together scientists with a common interest in the discovery and development of novel biologic therapeutic agents. The 150 delegates were drawn mainly from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, with some academic representatives. The meeting was held in parallel with the protein expression tracks "Enhancing Expression and Achieving Higher Throughput through Cell Line Development" and "Solving Difficult Protein Problems from Expression through Purification", and the Biotechnica 2011 trade fair (www.biotechnica.de), which featured a number of innovative companies developing new products to aid drug discovery. The meeting was successful in making the audience aware that the next generation of improved biologic therapeutic agents is progressing rapidly from the laboratory bench to the clinic. This report summarizes the therapeutic presentations from the conference.