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In keeping with Oxford Global’s highly successful life sciences series, an expert panel of 20 speakers will present a full conference programme covering the topics outlined below. These topics have been compiled as a result of a comprehensive research process undertaken with our advisory board members including VPs, Directors, Senior Research Fellows and Professors from global pharmaceutical organisations and leading research institutions.

Day 1 Stream 1 – Recent Progress in Peptide Technologies & Engineering

• Recent advances in peptide synthesis technologies
• Novel strategies for peptide synthesis
• Advancements in peptide screening
• New methods for peptide purification and characterisation
• Improving peptide properties: stability, bioavailability, half-life extension
• Cost-effective and efficient manufacturing of peptides

Day 1 Stream 2 – Peptide Discovery & Development: Chemistry, Formulation & Delivery

• Platforms for the discovery & development of peptides
• Macrocyclic peptides and their applications in drug discovery
• Updates in cell-penetrating peptides
• Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs)
• Novel strategies for peptide formulation
• Devices for the effective delivery of peptides
• Peptide analysis and quantification
• Enhancing the immunogenicity of peptides

Day 2 – Advances in Peptide Therapeutics

• Updates from preclinical and clinical development
• Case studies from the areas of:

– Metabolic diseases including diabetes
– Cardiovascular diseases
– Oncology
– Abdominal pain disorders
– Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

• Peptide drug conjugates
• Peptide vaccines and immunotherapies