webinar on 30th of november16 Nov 2020 22:30
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Topic
COVID-19: Translating immune understanding and collaboration into new therapeutic strategies: Interferon beta story
Description
Ongoing development of treatments for COVID-19 requires a coordinated response across the UK's government bodies, clinical and academic research experts and the life sciences industry. The NIHR - Respiratory Translational Research Collaboration (R TRC) has played a significant role in coordinating the phase 2 clinical trials for new drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this webinar, Dr Alex Horsley, the co-chair for the NIHR Respiratory TRC will describe UK’s response in this space while Prof Jan Rehwinkel from University of Oxford will talk about the latest understanding of how type I IFN detect and control SARS-CoV2 virus. Finally, Prof Tom Wilkinson, the Chief Investigator for Synairgen's phase 2 trial for nebulised type I IFN will discuss the results.
Presentations will be followed by a Q&A session.
Agenda:
16.30 - 16.35
Welcome and introduction, Prof Ling-Pei Ho, University of Oxford, R TRC Chair
16:35 - 16.50
Responding to the challenge: the evolving landscape of COVID-19 phase 2 trials in UK, Dr Alex Horsley, University of Manchester, R TRC Deputy Chair
1650 - 17.15
Type I IFN – detection and control of SARS-CoV2, Prof Jan Rehwinkel, University of Oxford
17.15- 17.45
Safety and efficacy of inhaled nebulised interferon beta-1a SARS-CoV-2 infection: a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled Phase 2 trial, Prof Tom Wilkinson, University of Southampton, SNG001 trial Chief Investigator
17.45 - 18.00
Q&A session moderated by Prof Ling-Pei Ho
18.00 - Close
Time
Nov 30, 2020 04:30 PM in London
https://ccf-nihr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KZLwXfmUQaS3Cu0-UU48Zw