From Discovery to Breakthrough: Driving Innovation in Biotherapeutics Development

From Discovery to Breakthrough: Driving Innovation in Biotherapeutics Development

From: 2025-09-25 00:00

To: 2025-09-25 00:00

Name: Dimitra Manou

Phone: +46 (0)735 129 176

Email: dimitra.manou@mediconvillage.se

Address for event: Medicon Village, Scheeletorget 1, Lund

Website for event: https://www.mediconvillage.se/event/from-discovery-to-breakthrough-driving-innovation-in-biotherapeutics-development/

Organizer: Medicon Village in collaboration with Thermo Fisher Scientific

September 23, 2025, 08:30-13:00 Supporting Growth in Emerging Biotech Biotechnology startups face challenges in advancing therapeutic programs, from outsourcing key processes to scaling in-house operations. Moving from discovery to large-scale production is complex and resource-intensive. This Academy is tailored for emerging biotech companies seeking practical solutions.

Through integrated strategies, case studies, and innovative technologies, it will highlight ways to streamline research and manufacturing. Collaboration and innovation are central to accelerating the path from discovery to breakthrough. Thermo Fisher Scientific is committed to enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

Key Take Aways

• Comprehensive Support for Biotech Development throughout the entire development pipeline, from initial research to clinical applications, ensuring a seamless transition through each stage.
• Innovative Strategies in Process Development and Scale-Up biotherapeutic production while maintaining quality and consistency. 
• Case studies and hands-on experience of the innovative 5L DynaDrive benchtop bioreactor, showcasing its capabilities and benefits in optimizing biotherapeutic development processes. 

 

Programme

08:30-09:00 | Registration & coffee with croissant

09:00-09:10 | Welcome & introductions

09:10-09:35 | Supporting biotech from research to clinic

09:35-10:35 | Session 1: Discovery & early development – Key Insights and Best Practices Focus: Increasing yield, ensuring quality, and accelerating early-stage development. Topics: - Best practices for handling and expanding sensitive cell types - Strategies to improve cell culture performance with tailored Fetal Bovine Serum Solutions

10:35-10:50 | Networking & coffee break

10:50-12:00 | Session 2: Process development & scale up – Streamlining Upstream and Downstream Operations Focus: Efficiency, scalability, and maintaining quality as you scale from benchtop to commercialization. Topics: - Enhancing upstream process with cell culture and services solutions: from benchtop to large scale manufacture - Downstream purification strategies and vest practices for maintaining product yield and quality - Start small to move fast: How to scale up from benchtop to large production with single-use bioreactors - Production of chemicals & services: Ensuring consistent quality and regulatory compliance at scale - Case studies with the newest technology – 5L DynaDrive Single-Use Bioreactor

12:00-12:50 | 5L DynaDrive benchtop bioreactor demo in groups (please register your interest at the registration form) & lunch break

12:50-13:00 | Closing remarks

13:00 | Networking over coffee

Meet the Experts

• Natraj Ram – VP of Innovation, Bioproduction
• Sofia Holback – Sr. Product Specialist, Neuro & Stem Cells, Cell therapy 
• Catarina Antropow – Product Specialist, GIBCO Serum 
• Alexandre Callot – Sr. Product Specialist, Production Chemicals & Services 
• Lorena Marin – Sr. Product Specialist, Cell Culture & Cell Therapy 
• Jesper Larsen – FAS, Single-use Technologies 
• Girish Kumar Maurya – Biotech Account Manager 
• Gert Von Kiaer – Sr. Product Specialist, Single-Use Technologies 
• Maria Bartel – Sr. Product Specialist, Purification 
• Tom Drake – Product Specialist 
• Jonathan Nugent – Sr. Product Specialist, Production Chemicals & Services 

About Thermo Fisher Scientific Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is a global company in serving science, with annual revenue over $40 billion. Their mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether their customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, Thermo Fisher Scientific is ready to provide support.