Avacta London Science Day : Part 23 Oct 2022 19:29
The up and coming science day is not the first Avacta have held.
They held one 4 years ago
and guess who was presenting: Professor Bill Bachovchin
Let’s hope it’s his big reveal this year.
Avacta London Science Day
Mon, 17th Dec 2018 07:00
RNS Number : 6002K
Avacta Group PLC
17 December 2018
17 December 2018
Avacta Group plc
("Avacta" or "the Group" or "the Company")
Avacta London Science Day
Avacta to hold a London Science Day with plenary presentation by
Josep Tabernero, President of ESMO and Head of the VHIO, Barcelona
Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, is pleased to announce that it will host a Science Day, in London, on the morning of 14 February 2019, focusing on the rapidly changing nature of oncology treatment being brought about by immunotherapies and the role that the Affimer therapeutic platform is playing in this shift in the therapeutic paradigm.
The Group is delighted to announce that Dr Josep Tabernero, President of the European Society for Medical Oncology and Head of the Val d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, will give the plenary presentation reviewing the progress that has been made in cancer immunotherapies and the challenges that still remain.
Professor Bill Bachovchin, Professor of Molecular and Chemical Biology at Tufts University School of Medicine will discuss the potential for the revolutionary, immuno-oncology active, drug conjugate platform being developed in collaboration between Avacta and Tufts.
Dr. Bachovchin is a Professor of Biochemistry at Tufts University School of Medicine, where he has served as a faculty member for more than 28 years. Dr. Bachovchin is a world leader in the area of boronic acid chemistry and enzyme biochemistry. Dr. Bachovchin's work has led to the discovery and design of several candidate drugs. He has Co-Founded several biotech companies including Arisaph Pharmaceuticals, Point Therapeutics Inc and Bach Biosciences
Dr. Bachovchin is the inventor on 46 issued US patents, including reach-through patents covering the field of DPP-IV inhibitors for treating diabetes, a $10B market. This patent has been licensed by Merck, Novartis, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Boehringer Ingelheim. In addition three drugs first designed, synthesized and characterized in Dr. Bachovchin's laboratory at Tufts University School of Medicine have been advanced into human clinical trials.
Dr. Bachovchin completed his postdoctoral work with J.D. Roberts at California Institute of Technology and at Harvard Medical School. Prior to his Postdoctoral Work, Dr. Bachovchin received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from California Institute of Technology and his B.S. from Wake Forest University.