CONFERENCE DAY TWO | Thursday, October 23

8:30 am Check-In & Coffee

9:25 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

9:30 am Panel: Cracking the Code on Potency: Defining, Measuring, & Validating Functional Activity in Gene Therapy Products

  • Debojit Bose Principal Scientist, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
  • Marina Feschenko Head of Drug Product Sciences, Analytical & Formulation, Voyager Therapeutics, Inc
  • Crystal Bryan Associate Director - Quality Control & Analytical Technologies, Editas Medicine

10:30 am Session Reserved for NanoMosaic

11:00 am Morning Break & Networking

Bioassays & Molecular Biology

Enhancing Analytical Methods for Gene Therapy Product Release & Compliance

12:00 pm Characterizing Novel CRISPR Editors for Research & Therapeutics

12:30 pm Advancing Residual DNA Characterization with A Multiplexed Digital PCR-Based Approach to Size Profiling

  • Chynna Broxton Analytical Development Scientist, Spark Therapeutics, Inc.

1:00 pm Lunch Break & Networking

2:00 pm Standardizing the Future: USP Standards for Advancing Analytical Quality for Gene Therapy

2:30 pm Addressing the Challenge of ReplicationCompetent Virus Analytics in Gene Therapy

  • Susan Tam Quality Control Analyst, Astellas Pharma

Physicochemical Properties

Innovation, Risk, & Readiness in Physicochemical Analysis

12:00 pm Round-table: From R&D to QC: Validating Novel Physicochemical Methods

12:30 pm Decoding LNPs: Advanced Analytical Strategies for Precise Characterization

2:00 pm Stability Science for Reliable Shelf Life & Commercial Success: The Mystery of AAV Instability – Bridging the Scientific Gaps in Vector Degradation

2:30 pm Decoding AAV Degradation: Building a Framework for Stability-Indicating Assays

3:00 pm Afternoon Break & Networking

4:00 pm Harmonizing Global Regulatory Expectations for CMC in Gene Therapy: Challenges & Solutions

  • Suman Jangid Director - Global Regulatory Chemistry, Manufacturing, & Controls Gene Therapy, BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.

4:30 pm Navigating RMAT Designation: Aligning Analytical Development with Accelerated Regulatory Pathways

5:00 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

5:15 pm End of the 7th Gene Therapy Analytical Development Summit