DAY 2: Monday, September 22, 2025

Program subject to change.

07:00 - 17:00

Registration Open

07:15 - 08:15

Career Mentoring and Networking Session, Sponsored by Lilly

08:30 - 09:30

Plenary Lecture 1

  • Predicting Altered Drug Disposition in Disease using Novel In Vitro and Modeling Tools
    Kim Brouwer, UNC Chapel Hil, USA

09:30 - 10:00

Break, Posters, Exhibitors

Thought Leader Presentation

  • WuXi Apptec: 09:40 - 09:50

10:00 - 12:00

Concurrent Symposia 1 & 2

Symposium 1: Transporter-Enzyme Interplay & Drug-Drug Interactions in Health & Disease

Co-chairs: Xiaoyan Chu, Merck, USA; Jacqueline Tiley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

  • Transporter-Enzyme Interplay and Drug-Drug Interactions in Hepatic Endoplasmic Reticulum
    Yukio Kato, Kanazawa University, Japan

  • Understanding CYP3A4 and P-gp Mediated Drug-Drug Interactions through PBPK Modeling - Case Example of Pralsetinib
    Christine Bowman, Genentech, USA

  • CYP2C8 Clinical Probe Substrates and the Significance of OATP1B CYP Interplay: From Repaglinide to Daprodustat
    Manthena Varma, Pfizer, USA

  • Altered Transporter Function in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: Impact on Bile Acids, Coproporphyrin-I, Drug-Drug Interactions, and Drug-Induced Liver Injury
    Jacqueline Tiley, UNC, USA


Symposium 2: Oral Delivery of bRo5 Compounds (Peptides, TPD)

Co-chairs: Simone Schadt, Roche, Switzerland; Donglu Zhang, Genentech, USA

  • Inroads with Gastrointestinal Permeation Enhancers for Oral Peptides
    Mridula Dogra, Lilly, USA

  • Oral macromolecules: Bringing the unruly to heel
    Stephen Buckley, Nova Nordisk, Denmark

  • Novel Approaches to deliver PROTACs to the site of action
    Donglu Zhang, Genentech/Roche, USA

  • Novel strategies to assess and improve oral bioavailability of bRo5 compounds, including degraders and chameleonicity
    Ryoichi Saito, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Japan

12:00 - 15:00

Lunch/Exhibits/Poster Viewing/Thought Leader Presentations

Finalist Presentations
A1-A6 Finalist Presentations: 12:00 - 12:45
A7-A12 Finalist Presentations: 12:45 - 13:30

Poster Session 1 Presentations, P1-P45
Odd Poster Presentations: 13:30 - 14:15
Even Poster Presentations: 14:15 - 15:00

Thought Leader Presentation Schedule:
Pharmaron: 13:45 - 13:55
ATCC: 14:00 - 14:10
BioIVT: 14:15 - 14:25

15:00 - 16:30

Concurrent Symposia 3 & 4

Symposium 3: Nuclear Receptors in Drug Discovery and Development

Co-chairs: Huichang (Nancy) Bi, Southern Medical University, China; Taosheng Chen, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, USA

  • Multiple approaches to inhibit the xenobiotic receptor PXR
    Taosheng Chen, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA

  • Novel PXR/CAR modulators in long-term human primary hepatocyte culture
    Hongbing Wang, Maryland University, USA

  • Structure-informed discovery of a novel nuclear receptor ligand regulatory mechanism
    Doug Kojetin, Scripps Research, USA


Symposium 4: Protein-based and novel modalities

Co-chairs: David Belair, Abbvie, USA; Nita Patel, Eli Lilly, USA

  • Overcoming ADME challenges of Antibody Conjugates (Diversified applications ADC/ARC)
    Lukasz Chlewicki, Lilly, USA

  • Mechanistic PKPD Modeling for Therapeutic Protein Degraders/ADCs
    David Belair, Abbvie, USA

  • Considering sub-cellular processes to enhance PKPD modeling and translation of Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs)
    Jessica Leete, Avidity BioSciences, USA

16:30 - 16:45

Break

16:45 - 18:15

ISSX Debate Session

Motion: This house believes that in silico models, in vitro studies, and artificial intelligence will replace in vivo studies as the primary decision-making tools in the preclinical sciences within the next decade.

Moderator: Andreas Reichel, Bayer, Germany

  • Robin Haid, Bayer, USA

  • Kevin Read, University of Dundee, UK

  • Ben-Filippo Krippendorff, Pierre Fabre Group, France

  • Steve Hood, GSK, UK

18:15 - 19:15

New Investigators Group Session

18:15 - 20:00

19th Annual Hepatocyte Research Association Meeting : New Hepatic Test Systems, Uses with New Modalities, Benefits and Challenges

19:15 - 20:00

Poster Viewing