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Scientific Meetings

Click here for the 2009 American College of Rheumatology Special Report

 

The ALR Holds Key Industry Workshop on 
Lupus Clinical Trials - October 2009 NY, NY

 

This past October, the ALR held an important two-day meeting in New York City:  a gathering of Pharmaceutical and biotech companies and some of the world's most informed scientists, rheumatologists, and clinical and research experts - including the ALR's Scientific Advisory Board.  The objective:  to examine the science behind lupus clinical trials from the vantage point of some of the instrumental players. 

 

Representing the pharmaceutical and biotech companies were Amgen, Biogen Idec, Bristol-Myers Squibb, EMD Serono, Gentench and Roche, GlaxoSmithKline,  Human Genome Sciences, and UCB.  Each gave a presentation of its efforts to develop possible treatments for lupus. 

 

This forum was an ideal setting to exchange ideas and learn about what is working and what isn’t in clinical trials.  Even though outcomes have varied — with  some trials failing and others moving forward — all are increasing our understanding of the disease and helping to direct future trials.  Many topics were covered in rigorous discussions — especially the role of B-cells and T-cells in lupus and what the scientific community continues to learn about them through targeted research. 

 

It’s the ALR’s hope that this meeting will set the tone for even better communication between the lupus scientific community and the companies that are working to develop drugs to treat lupus.  The gathering also revealed what the ALR could do to further refine its important role in propelling critical research.

 

The ALR is proud to have orchestrated this significant meeting — and we thank all the participants for their willingness to share ideas — and for their ceaseless desire to help people with lupus better cope with the disease.

 

  

Maria J Leandro, MD, PhD (University College, London) and Mary Keir, PhD (Genentech)

   

 

Thomas Doerner, MD, PhD (Charite University Hospital, Berlin) and Sheila Kelly MD (LCM, Rheumatology, Bristol-Myers Squibb)

 

 

Representatives from Amgen, Biogen Idec, Bristol-Myers Squibb, EMD Serono, Gentench and Roche, GlaxoSmithKline,  Human Genome Sciences, and UCB.

 

 

Lupus Clinical Trials Meeting Steering Committee - Andrew Chan, MD, PhD (Vice President - Research Immunology,Genentech, Inc.), Betty Diamond, MD (The Feinstein Institute For Medical Research), Peter Lipsky, MD (ALR Scientific Advisory Board member), Peggy Crow, MD (Director of Rheumatology Research and Autoimmunity and Inflammation Program, Hospital for Special Surgery), Joseph Craft, MD (Yale University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Section of Rheumatology)


Lupus Congress – June 2010 Vancouver, Canada

The International SLE Congress is a triennial meeting in which patients, physicians and researchers come together to share the latest developments in lupus. The next International Lupus Congress will be held in June 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. The event's activities will include simultaneous 3-day professional and patient education programs symposiums featuring presentations from over sixty of the world's top lupus research and outreach experts, and a gala Congress dinner.

 

13TH International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies - April 13 - 16 2010 Galveston, Texas

The 13th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies is a triennial meeting to showcase the latest developments and achievements in science and clinical care with regards to Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS).  APLA 2010 will be the primary forum for worldwide interaction between leading researchers, physicians and other health professionals with interest in APS. 

For any questions please contact the Congress Secretariat at 409-772-9307 or loterrel@utmb.edu or Silvia Pierangeli at 409-772-0222 or sspieran@utmb.edu.

 

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