Biologics Track

Friday, 13 December 2013

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10:30 - 12:00

Biologics Track 1: Overview and Newer Uses of Anti-IgE
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom East (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
 Chairpersons: Claus Bachert (Belgium) Nelson Rosario-Filho (Brazil)
10:30 - 10:35
Welcoming Remarks
10:35 - 10:55
1-5: The Role of IgE-Receptors in Airway Inflammation and Remodelling | Ruby Pawankar (Japan)
10:55 - 11:15
1-6: New Strategies with Anti-IgE in Allergic Diseases | Stephen T. Holgate (United Kingdom)
11:15 - 11:35
1-7: Oral Immunotherapy and Anti-IgE Antibody-Adjunctive Treatment for Food Allergy | Dale Umetsu (United States)
11:35 - 11:55
1-8: Anti-IgE in Chronic Urticaria | Sarbjit Saini (United States)
11:55 - 12:00
Discussion

13:30 - 15:00

Biologics Track 2: Novel Anti-Cytokines
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom East (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
 Chairpersons: Stephen T. Holgate (United Kingdom) , Francesca Levi-Schaffer (Israel)
13:30 - 13:35
Welcoming Remarks
13:35 - 13:55
1-13: IL-1 and IL-17 Cytokine Families: New Targets for Allergy Related Disorders | Lanny J. Rosenwasser (United States)
13:55 - 14:15
1-14: Anti-IL-5 in Asthma and Beyond | Parameswaran Nair (Canada)
14:15 - 14:35
1-15: Anti-IL-13 Prospects in Asthma | Sally Wenzel (United States)
14:35 - 15:00
Discussion

15:30 - 17:00

Biologics Track 3: New Directions in Immunotherapy
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom East (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
 Chairpersons: Luis Caraballo (Colombia) , Zhang Luo (China)
15:30 - 15:35
Welcoming Remarks
15:35 - 15:55
1-22: Identification of Therapeutic Epitopes from Allergens | Alessandro Sette (United States)
15:55 - 16:15
1-23: Specific Immunoregulatory Epitopes in the Treatment of Allergic Disease | Mark Larché (Canada)
16:15 - 16:35
1-24: New Routes for Allergen Immunotherapy | Thomas Kündig (Switzerland)
16:35 - 17:00
Discussion

Saturday, 14 December 2013

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08:00 - 09:30

Biologics Track 4: Critical Novel Molecules for Allergic Diseases
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom East (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
 Chairpersons: Hirohisa Saito (Japan) , Tatiana Slavyanskaya (Russia)
08:00 - 08:05
Welcoming Remarks
08:05 - 08:25
2-1: Role of Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin (TSLP) in Allergic Responses | Atsushi Kato (United States)
08:25 - 08:45
2-2: Role of Interleukin-33 in Innate-Type Immune Cells in Allergy | Susumu Nakae (Japan)
08:45 - 09:05
2-3: Advances in Synthetic Peptide Immuno-Regulatory Epitopes | Peter Creticos (United States)
09:05 - 09:30
Discussion

10:00 - 11:30

Biologics Track 5: Biomarkers, Biosimilars and Selection of Patients
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom East (Westin - Michigan Avenue)
 Chairpersons: Stanley Fineman (US) , Alessandro Fiocchi (Vatican City)
10:00 - 10:05
Welcoming Remarks
10:05 - 10:25
2-7: The Use of Biomarkers in Asthma Clinical Research Trials | Robert Lemanske (United States)
10:25 - 10:45
2-8: Inner City Asthma and Anti-IgE | William Busse (United States)
10:45 - 11:05
2-9: Biosimilars | Sergio Bonini (Italy)
11:05 - 11:30
Discussion