We are pleased to announce to you our upcoming event for April 2022 in collaboration with
- Health, Innovation and Research Institute (HIRUZ),
- Drug Research Unit Ghent (DRUG)
- Safepedrug Clinical Trial Unit (SPD CTU)
for SPD CTU, Prof. Bram De Wilde & Prof. Johan Vande Walle
for HIRUZ, Prof. Catherine Van Der Straeten
for DRUG, prof. Sylvie Rottey

With this event we want to meet with our stakeholders. We want to present the UZ Ghent infrastructure and experience in clinical trials and drug research. The focus of the event will be on:
- Drug development in children
- Research and Innovation
- Drug development in oncology
- Early Phase Clinical Trials
Program
Thursday, April 21, 2022
12h – Registration with light lunch
13h – Welcome – Prof. dr. Sabine Vandaele
13h15 – Clinical trials in an academic environment – Prof. dr. Piet Hoebeke
13h30 – The new SPD-CTU project for UZ Gent – Prof. dr. Sylvie Rottey
14h – C4C – Prof. dr. Van De Walle
14h30 – ITCC
15h – Coffee break
15h30 – When promising treatments lead to disappointing results in clinical trials – Prof. dr. Nora Sundahl
16h – Clinical vaccine trials in the post-COVID-19 era – Prof. dr. Isabel Leroux-Roels
16h30 – Future Trends in Medicine – Prof. dr. Eric Mortier
17h – Drink
Friday, April 22, 2022
8h – Registration with coffee
8h30 – Welcome – Prof. dr. Catherine Van Der Straeten
8h45 – Translation research UZ/UG en daarbuiten – Prof. dr. Catherine Van Der Straeten
9h – TEARDRoP – Prof. dr. Bram De Wilde
9h30 – Development of cusatuzumab in oncology and hematology – Julie Jacobs
10h – Coffee break
10h45 – Healixia – Erik Present
11h15 – Comprehensive genomic profiling and molecular tumor boards: the cornerstone of precision oncology – Prof. dr. Philippe Aftimos
11h45 – Update COVID research – Prof. dr. Bart Lambrecht
12h05 – Lunch break
13h – R&D pipeline – Dr. Tim Desmet
13h30 – Paper: accelerate platform (fit for filling) – Prof. dr. Bram De Wilde
14h00 – Filgotinib – Gerben van ’t Klooster
14h30 – Alice in “real world data” wonderland – Prof.dr. Johan Decruyenaere
15h00 – Developing an emergency antibody drug from scratch in academia: mission (im)possible? – Prof. dr. Nico Callewaert
15h30 – Closing word – Prof. dr. Sylvie Rottey
15h45 – Reception
With special thanks to vzw Kinderkankerfonds, a non profit child cancer foundation.
- Accreditation is requested
- MDEON visum V2 request has been submitted

Location

Virginie Loveling Building (VAC Gent)
Koningin Maria Hendrika Plein 70
9000 Gent

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