Symposium

Lipid Learnings -  A one-day symposium discussing the advances in Lipid and LNP development and manufacturing

November 15, 2024​ | Cambridge, MA, USA


Overview

Lipids are some of the most clinically important excipients for drug delivery systems and are especially relevant for RNA-based therapies and mRNA vaccines. As a CDMO partner offering end-to-end solutions, Evonik has decades of experience and expertise in every step of the manufacturing process, including route scouting, process development and optimization, purification, isolation, characterization, scale-up, and commercialization.

This workshop will focus on the growth and use of lipids for drug delivery and provide insight into important steps for success. We will not only outline the role of our novel multivariate models to speed up timelines and increase successful scale-up and transfer to the clinic, but also highlight current advances in leveraging novel lipids, such as randomized PEGs (rPEGs) in LNP-based delivery systems.


Key learnings for participants

  • Introduction to capabilities necessary to support lipid development and manufacturing
  • Lipid impurities and their impact on therapeutic effectiveness
  • LNP formulation opportunities with rPEGs



This event will be jointly hosted by Evonik Health Care and Knauer. We are delighted to welcome our esteemed speakers from Evonik and Knauer, as well as leaders from industry and academia, who will present exciting insights and case studies.



Note: Please fill in your details and click 'Submit' to register for the workshop. Once we have received your registration, we will send you a status notification as soon as possible. Due to the high demand for our workshops, we sometimes need to reject registrations or put you on a waiting list. Workshop materials will be available for download at the end of the workshop. Any photographs taken during the event are the property of Evonik and may be used for promotional purposes.


Details
Participation fee: Free of charge
Symosium language: English

Agenda
The symposium will start at 08:00 a.m. on Friday, November 15, 2024, and finish at 02:00 p.m. on the same day. Please see the detailed event program under the registration form.

Speakers
  • Dr. Thomas Endres
    Head of New Products and Materials
    Evonik Health Care
  • Dr. Andrea Engel
    Global Head, Growth Projects Health Care
    Evonik Health Care

  • Janis Fiedler
    Product Manager Customized Solutions
    Knauer

  • Dr. Zahra Merchant
    Senior Scientist RD&I
    Evonik Health Care

  • Dr. Michael Parr
    Director of Formulation and Process Development
    Evonik Health Care

  • Cody Yetter
    Director Business Development
    Evonik Health Care


Venue
Evonik Cambridge Innovation Satellite
6th Floor Event Space
238 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Fill out the form to register for the workshop:

Agenda

08:00 a.m. | Registration & Breakfast

08:30 a.m. | Welcome & Introduction to Evonik Health Care
Cody Yetter
Director Business Development
Evonik Health Care

Dr. Andrea Engel
Global Head, Growth Projects Health Care
Evonik Health Care

09:00 a.m | Lipids, Learnings & Future Opportunities
Dr. Zahra Merchant
Senior Scientist RD&I
Evonik Health Care

09:45 a.m. | New Developments in rPEGs
Dr. Thomas Endres
Head of New Products and Materials
Evonik Health Care

10:15 a.m. | Coffee Break & Networking

10:30 a.m. | Controlled delivery of stabilized mRNA LNP formulations to the respiratory tract: From bench to bedside
Dr. Carsten Rudolph
Co-founder & CEO
ETHRIS GmbH

11:00 a.m. | Next-Generation LNP Mixing Technologies
Janis Fiedler
Product Manager Customized Solutions
Knauer

11:30 a.m. | Developing your LNP Formulation
Dr. Michael Parr
Director of Formulation and Process Development
Evonik Health Care

12:15 p.m. | Q&A and Panel

01:00 p.m. | Lunch & Lab Demo

02:00 p.m. | Wrap-up





Disclaimer

Notice for business transactions
We assume that you are not currently or foreseeably involved in a business decision in favour of or in direct connection with the Evonik Group or, if this is the case, the decision will not be influenced by this invitation. Therefore, we do not see any concerns on our part regarding your participation. However, we would like to ask you to ensure that you are allowed to accept the invitation in accordance with the regulations that apply to you.

Note for public officials
We assume that you are not or have not been involved in any official act in favour of or in connection with the Evonik Group, either now or in the foreseeable future or in the past and therefore your participation in the event is not subject to any concerns. In addition, we ask you to ensure that your superior approves your participation or you may also accept the invitation in accordance with the rules applicable to you. By registering or participating, you confirm to us that the acceptance of this invitation is permitted according to your internal rules and that you have obtained all necessary approvals. If this is not the case, we ask you for a corresponding note.

Tax notices
Any tax liability resulting from this event will be borne by Evonik Industries AG through a flat-rate tax levy pursuant to Section 37b of the German Income Tax Act (EStG). If you are not taxable in Germany, please clarify whether you must report the invitation to your employer for taxation or whether taxation must be made via your income tax return.




QUESTIONS? 

Emily Peters
Regional Marketing Manager | North America
M +1 732 668-5892

Cléa Michel

Cléa Michel is product manager for Cell Culture Ingredients at Evonik Health Care. She provides biopharma companies and media manufacturers with the finest specialty ingredients to increase cell culture performance. Cléa has a background in biochemistry and biotechnology engineering and holds a master’s degree from the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon, France. She has held various positions in marketing, project management and business development and is passionate about innovative solutions that enable the successful development of life-saving biopharmaceuticals.
Dr. Stephan Brinkmann

Stephan Brinkmann works as project manager and head of Evonik's Biopharma Applications group at Evonik R&D for the Health Care business line. He is responsible for biopharma innovation projects as well as application tests of Evonik's cell culture ingredients (i.e., cQrex® peptides). Stephan studied molecular biotechnology at Bielefeld University in Germany, where he specialized in biopharma upstream and downstream process development. Before joining Evonik, Stephan worked in Switzerland on industrial mammalian cell line development for the production of therapeutic biologics. Stephan obtained his Ph.D. in a public private partnership with Sanofi and later Evotec at Fraunhofer IME in Giessen with a focus on the discovery of natural products, especially peptides.