The 8 th Annual Proteins & Antibodies Congress Receives Excellent Feedback

Oxford Global’s 8 th Annual Proteins & Antibodies Congress took place in London on 20-21 April 2015 and was attended by over 300 professionals working within Proteins, Antibodies and Biotherapeutics.Co-located with the 3 rd Annual Biosimilars & Biobetters Congress and the 2 nd Annual Peptides Congress, the 2 days provided all of our delegates and sponsors the time to network with each other and to hear over 40 case studies, presentations and panel discussions focused on the key issues in protein expression, purification challenges and therapeutic antibodies.

Presentations included:
•Efficient Immune Repertoire Mining: Bringing Automation To Monoclonal Antibody
Discovery: Andrew Popplewell, Director, V-Region Discovery and Engineering, UCB-Celltech
•ImmTACs: Bi-specific TCR-anti-CD3 Fusions For Potent Redirected Killing Of Cancer Cells: Tara Mahon, Team Leader, Immunocore
•Structure, Biophysics And DNA Encoded Library Selection: Protein Engineering ‘High-Jump’ In Small-Molecule Drug-Discovery: Mark McAlister, Associate Director - Structure &Biophysics, AstraZeneca
•Display-Based Approaches For CDR-Restricted Antibody Humanization: Orla
Cunningham, Associate Director, Pfizer

We would like to thank all delegates and sponsors for providing us with testimonials from across the 2 days.

Delegate Testimonials for 2015 included:

“The presentations really were excellent. They demonstrated very well the depth and rigour of research that can go on in the pharma industry today.The organisation was really good and you have excellent staff. I loved the workshop too!”
Associate Director, Pfizer

“There was a good selection of solution providers, and a broad spectrum of topics. There were also lots of opportunities for meeting and discussions.”
Director, Preclinical Development, Affibody AB

“There was a variety of approaches to relating antibodies, particularly those for therapeutic application.”
Principal Scientist, Sanger

Sponsor Testimonials for 2015 included:

“Good footfall to the booth and good leads for our Wokingham site. Thanks for your professional administration of the event- see you next time!”
Sales Manager, SGS

“The congress had huge networking opportunities; there was plenty of hands-on industry experience.”
Business Development Manager, Metanomics Health GmbH

“Really well organised, especially the 1-2-1 meetings. I was impressed with the other attendees and the talks were very relevant.”
BioPharma Market Specialist, Agilent Technologies

Following the event, we analyse statistics and feedback from attendees, and we are proud to announce that we achieved an “Above Average” or “Excellent” rating in all categories including:
•Relevance and Quality of the Delegates and Solution Providers
•Organisation of the One-to-one Meetings
•Format and Content of the Congress Agenda

This is great news for everyone involved in the production of the 8 th Annual Proteins & Antibodies Congress.

Oxford Global will shortly start production on the 9 th Annual Proteins & Antibodies Congress, again co-located with the 4 th Annual Biosimilars & Biobetter Congress and the 3 rd Annual Peptides Congress.

For further information on attending or sponsoring the event, please contact Danielle Dalby on +44 (0)1865 248455 or by email on d.dalby@oxfordglobal.co.uk