Schedule / Program

Special Event2

scheduleJune 18 Wed. 8:55~10:55

Translating DDS-Based Nucleic Acid Therapeutics: Exit Strategies from Bench to Market

Professor Robert Langer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Robert Langer

Program

Special Lecture

Special Lecture1

scheduleJune 17 Tue. 11:20 - 12:20, Venue A

From abiogenesis to ChatGPT: An emergence after 3.8 billion years.

Chair
Yasuhiko Tabata
Cell Biotechnology Group, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
Speaker
Shinichi Nishikawa
Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University

Special Lecture2

scheduleJune 18 Wed. 11:00 - 12:00, Venue A

Cancer stromal targeting (CAST) therapy

Chair
Tetsuya Hamaguchi
Department of Medical Oncology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center
Speaker
Yasuhiro Matsumura
RIN Institute Inc. National Cancer Center Research Institute

Special Event

Special Event1

scheduleJune 17 Tue. 13:40 - 15:40, Venue A

Initiatives and collaborations for the development of innovative DDS formulations and products

Chairs
Masayoshi Saito
Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratories, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Hidemi Shiomoto
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Division of Pharmaceutical Research and Department, Department of Innovative Drug Discovery and Development
Closing remarks
Shinichi Kohsaka
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Drug Discovery & Development
[National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Neuroscienc]
Speakers

AMED’s initiative to advance DDS evaluation research

Tetsuya Kusakabe
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Department of Innovative Drug Discovery and Development

Development of in vivo production technology of engineered exosomes by nanoDDS

Rikinari Hanayama
WPI Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University
Takashi Nakamura
Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University

Frontiers in Cancer Drug Discovery: Integrating Nucleic Acid Therapeutic Seeds with Drug Delivery Systems

Akihide Yoshimi
Division of Cancer RNA Research, National Cancer Center Research Institute
Nobuhiro Nishiyama
Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo / Innovation Center of Nanomedicine (iCONM), Kawasaki Institute of Industrial Promotion

Challenges in the development of nucleic acid medicines for neurodegenerative diseases by integrating nose-to-brain DDS and HDO technologies

Takanori Kanazawa
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University
Innovative Research Center for Drug Delivery System, Tokushima University
Hidefumi Mukai
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University

DDS Consortium initiatives and collaboration with academia stemming from JPMA activities

Takashi Nozawa
Astellas Pharma Inc.

Special Event2

scheduleJune 18 Wed. 8:55 - 10:55, Venue A

Issues for business development of RNA and nucleic acid medicines

Chairs
Keiji Itaka
Clinical Biotechnology Team, Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research (CiDER), The University of Osaka
Hidetaka Akita
Gradiate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University
Speakers

Translating DDS-Based Nucleic Acid Therapeutics: Exit Strategies from Bench to Market

Robert Langer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Issues for pharmaceutical business of RNA and nucleic acid medicines

Shiro Akinaga
NANO MRNA Co., Ltd.

The Patent Application Trends Survey in FY2024 “mRNA medicines”

Riko Toyahara
Patent Examination Department (Chemistry, Life Science and Material Science), Japan Patent Office
Noriko Shinohara
Examination Research Office, Patent Examination Department (Chemistry, Life Science and Material Science), Japan Patent Office

Trends in the Nucleic Acid Drug Market from the Perspective of Analyst

Tsuzuki Shinya
Nxera Pharma

Current Landscape and Future Challenges of Business Development for siRNA-based Nucleic Acid Drugs

Kumiko Ui-Tei
NucleoTIDE and PepTIDE Drug Discovery Center, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo

Overview of National Cancer Center Venture Incubation Program (NCC VIP) and the Next Startup Support Program in NCC

Akihiro Sato
Center for Promotion of Translational Research / Hospital East, National Cancer Center

Presidential Lecture

scheduleJune 17 Tue. 8:55 - 9:10, Venue A

Attack via DDS: Challenge Toward Nobel Genesis

Chair
Masayuki Yokoyama
Division of Medical Engineering, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine
Speaker
Masahiro Yasunaga
Division of Developmental Therapeutics, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center

Symposium

Symposium1

scheduleJune 17 Tue. 9:15 - 11:15, Venue A

AI, Computer Science, and Drug Discovery

Chairs
Hiroshi Tsugawa
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Science
Masahito Ohue
School of Computing, Institute of Science Tokyo
Speakers

Pattern Recognition of Chemical Structures and ADMET Prediction by Language AI

Tadahaya Mizuno
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Laboratory automation for efficient drug discovery research

Naruki Yoshikawa
Division of Computational Drug Discovery and Design, Medical Research Laboratory, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo

Data-Driven Approaches in Drug Discovery and Vaccine Development

Yayoi Natsume-Kitatani
Artificial Intelligence Center for Health and Biomedical Research, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition

Computational mass spectrometry to deepen the understanding of metabolite diversity

Hiroshi Tsugawa
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Science

AI-driven multimodality drug discovery

Masahito Ohue
School of Computing, Institute of Science Tokyo

Symposium2

scheduleJune 17 Tue. 9:15 - 11:15, Venue B

Chemical and material technologies driving next-generation DDS

Chair
Nobuhiro Nishiyama
Professor, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo
Speakers

Therapeutic In Vivo Synthetic Chemistry

Katsunori Tanaka
Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Institute of Science Tokyo
Biofunctional Synthetic Chemistry laboratory, RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute

JigSAP -Sustained-Release Peptide Hydrogel - for the Treatment of Ischemic Stroke

Itsuki Ajioka
Center for Brain Integration Research (CBIR), Institute of Integrated Research (IIR), Institute of Science Tokyo

Nanomedicines for immunotherapy

Horacio Cabral
Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Regulation of cellular phenotypes with disk-shaped polymer micro-patches and its application to solid tumor treatment including glioblastoma

Tatsuya Fukuta
Department of Physical Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wakayama Medical University

Biomolecule Delivery Systems Based on Combination of Polyphenol and Precision Synthetic Polymers for Potential Application to Gene Therapy

Yuto Honda
Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Symposium3

scheduleJune 17 Tue. 9:15 - 11:15, Venue C

Advancements in Antibody–Drug Conjugates and Future Outlook for Next Generation ADCs

Chairs
Shino Manabe
Laboratory of Synthetic Biomolecular Chemistry, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University
Koji Abe
Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratories, R&D Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Speakers

Deepening and Advancing ADC Technology

Shino Manabe
Laboratory of Synthetic Biomolecular Chemistry, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University

Applications to Various Antibody Conjugates Using Antibody Site-Specific Conjugation Method AJICAP®

Tomohiro Fujii
Ajinomoto Co., INC

Research and development of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) loaded with a potent DNA topoisomerase I inhibitor

Takashi Nakada
Modality Research Laboratories I Research Function R&D Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

Broad-spectrum efficacy of CEACAM6-targeted antibody–drug conjugate with BET protein degrader in solid tumor mouse models

Hiroyuki Kogai
Cell Lineage & Differentiation Domain, DHBL, Eisai Co. Ltd.

Advance of Cyclic Peptides in Radiopharmaceuticals and Beyond Using PeptiDream's Peptide Drug Platform System (PDPS) Technology

Masato Murakami
Chief Medical Officer of PeptiDream Inc.
President and Representative Director of PDRadiopharma Inc.
Vice President, Japan Radiopharmaceuticals Association (JRPA)

Symposium4

scheduleJune 17 Tue. 13:40 - 15:40, Venue B

The latest technologies of animal alternatives in DDS research

Chairs
Yoshikatsu Koga
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
Yamamoto Yoshiyuki
Department of gastroenterology, University of Tsukuba
Speakers

Trends of the cosmetics industry's efforts for alternatives to animal experiments

Akiko Tamura
Brand Value R&D Institute, Shiseido Co., Ltd.

Animals and Alternatives to animal experiments - Expectations for the correlation including MPS

Yuzuru Ito
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Advancement of MPS Research for Animal Alternatives in Pharmaceutical Industry

Wataru Obuchi
Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratories, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

Shaping the Future of Experimental Animals with Mice

Aya Uchida
The Jackson Laboratory Japan, Technical Information Services

Standardization of alternatives to animal testing and the role of JaCVAM

Takao Ashikaga
National Institute of Health Sciences, Division of Genome Safety Science

Symposium5

scheduleJune 17 Tue. 13:40 - 15:40, Venue C

Development of next-generation vaccines and DDS

Chairs
Makiya Nishikawa
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science
Fuminori Sakurai
Faculty of Pharmacy, Kindai University
Speakers

Development of next-generation vaccines and DDS - What is the role of DDS researchers in the development of next-generation vaccines ? -

Fuminori Sakurai
Faculty of Pharmacy, Kindai University

Next-generation vaccine against novel coronaviruses

Daisuke Muraoka
Division of Translational Oncoimmunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute

Next-generation vaccine development based on DDS for nucleic acid adjuvants and antigens

Makiya Nishikawa
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science

Utilization of Bacterium-like Particles for Vaccine Antigen Delivery

Keita Takahashi
Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology

Research and Development of mRNA Vaccine “Daichirona”

Toshihiro Kiho
Daiichi-Sankyo R&D Division Vaccine Research Laboratories

Development of Anti-senescence Therapy Targeting Seno-Anergy

Tohru Minamino
Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine

Symposium6

scheduleJune 18 Wed. 8:55 - 10:55, Venue B

Diverse nucleic acid modalities open up new therapeutic strategies

Chairs
Kanjiro Miyata
Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Takashi Nakamura
Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University
Speakers

Development trends and future prospects for nucleic acid-based modalities

Takao Inoue
National Institute of Health Sciences

Anticancer effects of nucleic acid aggregates

Akimitsu Okamoto
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Nucleic acid adjuvant system-based cancer immunotherapy

Takashi Nakamura
Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University

Development of anti-cancer siRNA therapeutics targeting the transcription factor PRDM14, a molecule responsible for cancer stem cell properties.

Hiroaki Taniguchi
Division of Innovative Cancer Control Research, Cancer Research Institute of Kanazawa University

Development of mRNA vaccines and therapeutics against infectious diseases and our efforts toward future clinical translation

Satoshi Uchida
Department of Advanced Nanomedical Engineering, Medical Research Laboratory, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo

Symposium7

scheduleJune 18 Wed. 8:55 - 10:55, Venue C

New frontiers in radiopharmaceutical development and theranostics

Chairs
Tadashi Watabe
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka
Hiroki Takashima
Division of Developmental Therapeutics, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center
Speakers

Drug Delivery System in radioimmunotherapy with astatine-211

Hiroki Takashima
Division of Developmental Therapeutics, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center

Development of Radioisotope Labeling Techniques and Their Application to Radiotheranostic Probes

Hiroyuki Kimura
Agency for Health, Safety and Environment, Kyoto University

Development of radiotheranostic antibody drug for pancreatic cancer and its basic research

Naoaki Yamada
Research Center, Nihon Medi-Physics Co. Ltd.

Preclinical evaluation of Cadherin 3 (CDH3) -targeted alpha particle emitting radiopharmaceutical therapy, 225Ac-PPMX-T002 for the treatment of solid cancer

Shinji Hagiwara
Research and Development Division, Perseus Proteomics Inc.

Targeted alpha therapy using astatine: from preclinical to clinical applications

Tadashi Watabe
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka

Symposium8

scheduleJune 18 Wed. 15:15 - 17:15, Venue B

Chemical Biology Pioneering New Frontiers of Drug Delivery Systems

Chairs
Kenjiro Hanaoka
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University
Yosuke Demizu
Division of Organic Chemistry, National Institute of Health Sciences
Speakers

Development of a near-infrared (NIR) dye for photoimmunotherapy and its application

Kenjiro Hanaoka
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University

Exosome Hijacking DDS and Light-Triggered Genome Editing

Asako Yamayoshi
Department of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo

Polymer design for enhanced drug delivery

Kanjiro Miyata
Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Molecular targeted chemogenetics: cell-type-specific control of cell-surface receptors in vivo

Shigeki Kiyonaka
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University

Development and Application of DDS Carrier Peptides

Yosuke Demizu
Division of Organic Chemistry, National Institute of Health Sciences

Symposium9

scheduleJune 18 Wed. 15:15 - 17:15, Venue C

Frontiers in antibody engineering for DDS

Chairs
Ryutaro Asano
Dept. of Biotech. & Life Sci., Grad. Sch. of Eng., Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Tech.
Masahiro Tatsuno
Clinical Pharmacology Deupty Head, Pharmaceutical Science Dept., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Speakers

Prodrugation of bispecific antibodies leading to cancer-specific functionalization

Ryutaro Asano
Dept. of Biotech. & Life Sci., Grad. Sch. of Eng., Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Tech.

Granting BBB-penetrating ability to antibody drugs using LassoGraft technology

Junichi Takagi
Institute for Protein Research, The University of Osaka

Development of antibody-drug conjugates using AccumBody, tissue-specific delivering antibody

Yuji Ito
Department of Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University

Catalytic antibody (Antigenase) directly damaging cancer cell

Emi Hifumi
Institute for Research Management, Oita University

Novel antibody engineering technologies enabling subcutaneous anti-complement C5 antibody therapy

Kenta Haraya
Research Division, Discovery Biologics Department, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Clinical development of Crovalimab dosage optimization - beyond the drug-target-drug complex -

Tomohisa Saito
Chugai Pharmaceutical. Co., Ltd. Pharmaceutical Science department

Luncheon Seminar

Luncheon Seminar1 (2 companies)

scheduleJune 17 Tue. 12:30 - 13:20, Venue B

Co-sponsored by
WellThera Co., Ltd.

“Delivering Drugs to Hard-to-Reach Place and Making Them Work” Innovative DDS Technology Using Microbubbles and Ultrasound

Speaker
Kazuo Maruyama
WellThera Co., Ltd.
Co-sponsored by
Sanyo Trading Co., Ltd

Pioneering Pharmaceuticals through the Power of Particles: The Importance of Inhaled Drug Delivery Systems and Particle Characterization Technologies

Speaker
Kazumi Tanikawa
Sanyo Trading Co., Ltd Scientific Instruments Business Unit
Tamaki Sato
Sanyo Trading Co., Ltd Scientific Instruments Business Unit

Luncheon Seminar2

scheduleJune 17 Tue. 12:30 - 13:30, Venue C

Co-sponsored by
SHIBUYA CORPORATION

Development of gelatin hydrogel particles, “GelART”, and its applications to DDS

Chair
Yasuhiko Tabata
Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
Speakers
Noriaki Fujita
SHIBUYA CORPORATION
Hiroki Yamamoto
SHIBUYA CORPORATION
Yasuhiko Tabata
Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University

Luncheon Seminar3

scheduleJune 17 Tue. 12:30 - 13:30, Venue D

Co-sponsored by
HORIBA, Ltd.

Usefulness of Open Plex, a flexible surface plasmon resonance imaging system, used for developing an antibody engineering technology

Chair
Kinumi Hayashi
Marketing Innovation Office, HORIBA, Ltd.
Speaker
Hiroki Takashima
Division of Developmental Therapeutics, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center

Luncheon Seminar 4

scheduleJune 17 Tue. 12:30 - 13:30, Venue E

Co-sponsored by
Cytiva

Introduction to Comprehensive Pharmaceutical Development Solutions Using Lipid Nanoparticles Provided by Cytiva

Speaker
Naohito Hariganeya
Cytiva

Luncheon Seminar 5 (2 companies)

scheduleJune 18 Wed. 12:10 - 13:00, Venue B

Co-sponsored by
Eisai Co., Ltd.

Development of near-infrared light-responsive liposomal drug delivery system for cancer therapy

Chair
Hiroshi Kikuchi
DDS Strategy Firm LLC
Speaker
Kosuke Shimizu
Nanotheranostics Laboratory, Institute of Photonics Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
Co-sponsored by
Metasensing Co., Ltd.

Autonomous Measurement Systems Driven by Generative AI: Data Analysis Platforms and Material Development Agents using RamanEYE and AI Scientist

Speaker
Yoshito Okuno
Metasensing Co., Ltd.

Luncheon Seminar 6

scheduleJune 18 Wed. 12:10 - 13:10, Venue C

Co-sponsored by
Center for Promotion of Translational Research, National Cancer Center Japan
Chairs
Akihiro Sato M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A
Center for Promotion of Translational Research / Hospital East, National Cancer Center Japan
Noriyuki Yamamoto Ph.D.
Flox Bio, Inc.
Speakers

Overview of the NCC Seed Acceleration Program (NCC SAP) and startup support by Company Creation Model focusing on DDS technology

Akihiro Sato M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Center for Promotion of Translational Research / Hospital East, National Cancer Center Japan

The Cutting-Edge DDS Technology Shaping the Future of Pharmaceutical Development

Kazumi Suzuki M.B.A.
Keio Innovation Initiative, Inc

DDS technology development originating from academia

Kanjiro Miyata Ph.D.
Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Panel Discussion

Akihiro Sato M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Center for Promotion of Translational Research / Hospital East, National Cancer Center Japan
Noriyuki Yamamoto Ph.D.
Flox Bio, Inc.
Kazumi Suzuki M.B.A.
Keio Innovation Initiative, Inc
Kanjiro Miyata Ph.D.
Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Junichiro Yuda M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Hematology and Experimental Therapeutics, Hospital East, National Cancer Center Japan

Luncheon Seminar 7

scheduleJune 18 Wed. 12:10 - 13:10, Venue D

Co-sponsored by
Leica Microsystems K.K.
Chair
Shintaro Tanaka
Marketing, Leica Microsystems K.K.

Advancing micro-PK analysis using imaging technologies: From whole body to organelles

Speaker
Syunsuke Yamamoto
Drug Metabolism, Pharmacokinetics, and Modeling, Research, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Miyu Nakayama
Drug Metabolism, Pharmacokinetics, and Modeling, Research, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

Trends in New Modality's Intratissue and Intracellular DDS, and Leica's Latest Imaging Technology and AI Analysis

Speaker
Toshiyuki Hatano
Leica Microsystems K.K.

Luncheon Seminar 8

scheduleJune 18 Wed. 12:10 - 13:10, Venue E

Co-sponsored by
Anton Paar Japan K.K.

Non-destructive methods using DLS and SAXS for LNPs -Particle characteristics and structure evaluation to a new stage

Chair
Norikazu Takagi
Product Manager, Particle Analyzer, Anton Paar Japan K.K.
Speaker
Yuki Nakano
Anton Paar Japan K.K.
Yuichi Takasaki
Anton Paar Japan K.K.

Luncheon Seminar9

scheduleJune 18 Wed. 12:10 - 13:10, Venue F

Co-sponsored by
Meiwafosis Co., Ltd.

Single particle analysis technology in LNPs formulation development

Chair
Yoshiki Sato
Meiwafosis Co., Ltd.
Speaker
Hiroki Tanaka
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University

General Meeting

scheduleJune 18 Wed. 14:30 - 15:10, Venue A

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