Pharmacometrics Network Benelux - Second meeting announcement

Dear colleagues, It is a pleasure to invite you for the second meeting of 'Pharmacometrics Network Benelux'. When: Thursday, April 18 - 12:30 - 18:30 h Where: Promotiezaal, Antwerpen University Campus Drie Eiken, Antwerpen, Belgium Title: Translational Modeling - exemplifying the animal to human extrapolation The afternoon will consist of a tutorial on translational modeling, and a number of presentations. We would like to foster the interaction between participants and presenters especially with some work-in-progress presentation where the audience will have opportunity to provide input and direction. More detailed information can be found in program below. Please don't hesitate to distribute this announcement further to those whom we may have missed. You can register by sending an e-mail to Barbara Driessen by Monday April 15. E-mail: [email protected]. There is no registration fee, but registration is required for participation. We hope to see you in Antwerpen on April 18! Anne Brochot Eugène Cox Rik de Greef Charlotte van Kesteren Thomas Kerbusch Catherijne Knibbe Ron Mathôt Stefaan Rossenu An Vermeulen On Pharmacometrics Network Benelux: the initiative aims to connect pharmacometricians in the Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg). The intention is to create an informal platform for the pharmacometric community in this region of the world (in industry, academia, hospital pharmacies as well as regulatory bodies), with the goal to promote professional and scientific awareness and interactions. Stay tuned on our latest activity by joining our group on LinkedIn. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Translational Modeling - Exemplifying the animal to human extrapolation Thursday April 18, 2013 - Promotiezaal, University of Antwerpen Program 12.30 -13.25 Welcome coffee, tea and sandwiches in the foyer 13.25-13.30 Introduction 13.30-14.30 Tutorial - Introduction to Translational PK-PD in Oncology. Jeroen Elassais-Schaap, PhD and Andreas Lindauer, PhD; MSD 14.30-15.00 Applications of modeling and simulation of animal data to improve decision making in drug development and clinical practice. Flora Musuamba Tshinanu, PhD; Louvain Drug Research Institute 15.00-15.30 Sparse Functional Data Analysis (sFDA): a tool for semi-parametric PK-modeling in Genetics. Siem Heisterkamp, PhD; BioStat-Plus 15.30-16.00 Coffee Break 16.00-16.30 Translational PK/PD modeling to support treatment of a poverty related tropical disease. Thomas Dorlo, PhD; Utrecht University 16.30-17.30 Work in progress presentations and discussions Virtual bio-equivalence testing through physiologically-based absorption modeling - almost there or way to go? An Van Den Bergh, PhD; Janssen Pharmaceutica Second-order indirect response modeling of complex biomarker dynamics, with application to animal-to-human prediction. Alberto Russu, PhD, Janssen Pharmaceutica 17.30-17.45 The network - future directions 17.45-18.30 Drinks and snacks Venue: Antwerpen University, Campus Drie Eiken, Promotiezaal (Building Q) Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerpen, Belgium Route direction can be found on the following webpage: http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eua%2Eac%2Ebe%2Fmain%2Easpx%3Fc%3D%2EROUTEDESCRIPTION&urlhash=UtNF&_t=tracking_anet (campus Drie Eiken)