NONMEM/TMDD Workshops in Maryland

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NONMEM/TMDD Workshops in Maryland

From: Robert Bauer Date: July 16, 2013 event
Dear NMusers: ICON Development Solutions is presenting a 4-day workshop which will be hosted in Howard County, Maryland, September 10-13. First two days are beginner/intermediate NONMEM / PDxPoP workshops, and the third day is for Monte Carlo Expectation/Maximization and full Bayesian analyses. Day 4 will be a workshop on Modeling Biologics with Target-Mediated Disposition (TMDD) presented by Leonid and Ekaterina Gibiansky of QuantPharm LLC. The link below currently contains registration details for Days 1-3. http://www.iconplc.com/news-events/events/workshops/ Day 4 has not yet been added but if interested please contact Lisa Wilhelm for assistance. Below is a brief overview of what to expect. Title: A 1-day workshop on Modeling Biologics with Target-Mediated Disposition The workshop is intended for PK scientists with or without prior population PK modeling experience. It provides an overview of the PK of biologics, introduces target-mediated drug disposition (TMDD) modeling concepts, and discusses some applications of TMDD modeling to drug development of biologics. NONMEM codes, inputs and outputs for TMDD modeling are provided to the participants. Workshop summary: The 1-day workshop is intended for PK scientists with or without prior experience in population PK modeling of therapeutic proteins. It will provide an overview of the PK of biologics, introduce target-mediated drug disposition (TMDD) modeling concepts, and discuss some applications of TMDD modeling to drug development of biologics. We will start with the detailed introduction of the TMDD system. Equations that describe the TMDD process will be introduced and implicit and explicit assumptions of these equations will be reviewed. Characteristic features of the TMDD system will be demonstrated on the simulated examples. Data that are typically available for the analysis and assay properties will be reviewed. It will be demonstrated why TMDD models are often overparameterized and poorly identifiable. The hierarchy of TMDD approximations (rapid binding, quasi-steady-state, irreversible binding, and Michaelis-Menten) will be derived and discussed. Extensions of the TMDD equations to more general systems, including antibody-drug conjugates will be demonstrated. Experience-based recommendations for modeling of TMDD systems will be discussed and demonstrated on case studies. Nonmem control streams that implement TMDD equations and its approximations will be provided. Biological considerations for choice of TMDD approximations will be introduced. We will review allometric scaling for FIH exposure predictions, covariates that may influence PK properties of biologics, and possible drug-drug interactions. Methods for detection, evaluation and modeling of immunogenicity will be discussed. Use of different Nonmem estimation methods and parallelization for TMDD models will be reviewed. You may register for the Beginners course (days 1 & 2), the Advanced course (day 3) or all three. The TMDD lecture can also be registered for in conjunction with the NONMEM courses or separately. Cost: Industry - $800 USD/day Academia - $600 USD/day Lisa R. Wilhelm Customer Service Representative ICON Development Solutions Internal Tel: 7210 3060 External Tel: (410) 696-3060 Fax: (215) 789-9549 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Web: http://www.iconplc.com/ [Description: cid:[email protected]]