{"id":1209,"date":"2017-09-07T10:56:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T08:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alzheimer.noemi.lu\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2017-09-07T10:56:12","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T08:56:12","slug":"epad-project-participates-at-the-efpia-rentree-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ep-ad.org\/index.php\/2017\/09\/07\/epad-project-participates-at-the-efpia-rentree-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"EPAD project participates at the EFPIA Rentr\u00e9e 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 7 September, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) held an event under the banner &#8220;Unlocking tomorrow&#8217;s cures&#8221;\u009d in Brussels, Belgium. The EFPIA Rentr\u00e9e 2017 gathered six scientists working on groundbreaking, innovative and life-changing therapies:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Dr Frank B\u00e4hner, Area Head Prophylactic Vaccines at Curevac, explained the advantages of mRNA vaccines where pandemics arise.<\/li>\n<li>Serge Van der Geyten (pictured), Director Neuroscience External Affairs at Janssen Pharmaceutical, presented EPAD with a talk entitled &#8220;Prevention of Alzheimer&#8217;s Dementia in Europe &#8211; the EPAD project&#8221;\u009d. He described the EPAD initiative, its aims and its progress to date.<\/li>\n<li>Alain Munafo, Global Head of Quantative Pharmacology at Merck explained the use of clinical trials in Multiple Sclerosis.<\/li>\n<li>Dr Alastair Coupe from Pfizer UK described the challenge of formulating better medicines for children.<\/li>\n<li>Ana Isabel Jim\u00e9nez, Director of R&amp;D at Sylentis, highlighted that oligonucleotides represent a novel approach to discovering new therapeutic agents.<\/li>\n<li>Luc Uylenbroeck, Head of New Patient Solutions and Portfolio Management at UCB, described how his company is able to create value for patients.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>More information on the EFPIA Rentr\u00e9e 2017: <a href=\"https:\/\/efpia.eu\/news-events\/the-efpia-view\/blog-articles\/07092017-efpia-s-rentree-2017-unlocking-tomorrow-s-cures\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/efpia.eu\/news-events\/the-efpia-view\/blog-articles\/07092017-efpia-s-rentree-2017-unlocking-tomorrow-s-cures\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 7 September, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) held an event under the banner &#8220;Unlocking tomorrow&#8217;s cures&#8221;\u009d in Brussels, Belgium. The EFPIA Rentr\u00e9e 2017 gathered six scientists working on groundbreaking, innovative and life-changing therapies: Dr Frank B\u00e4hner, Area Head Prophylactic Vaccines at Curevac, explained the advantages of mRNA vaccines where pandemics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ep-ad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ep-ad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ep-ad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ep-ad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ep-ad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ep-ad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ep-ad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ep-ad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ep-ad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ep-ad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}