Petra Hamerlik

Company: AstraZeneca
Job title: Associate Research Director/Bioscience
Seminars:
PANEL DISCUSSION: An Overview of Emerging Therapeutic Targets 6:05 pm
Examine the current treatment options and emerging targeted therapies If targeted therapies show limited efficacy as single agents, can the combination of several targeted therapies be of benefit to GBM patients? Additional research is urgently required to identify therapeutic targets in GBM: How can the industry design novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of GBM?Read more
day: Day One
Determine the Functional Interplay Between Aberrant DNA Repair & Cellular Hierarchies in Glioblastoma 3:15 pm
Examine the diverse causes of therapeutic resistance and how hierarchical organization of this disease is assumed a plausible cause of treatment failure, leading to tumor recurrence Assess how DNA damage poses a serious threat to cell survival by compromising both genomic and epigenomic integrity Study results providing mechanistic insights into how SPT6 regulates DNA repair…Read more
day: Day Two
PANEL DISCUSSION: Recognize the Financial Difficulty of Developing Glioblastoma Treatments and Moving Drugs to the Next Phase 11:00 am
Explore the challenges of funding development How can drug developers inspire and attract companies to invest in their novel preclinical glioblastoma development and pipeline? How can the industry come together to overcome the paucity of funding?Read more
day: Day Two