Karen Swales

Company: Institute of Cancer Research

Job title: Senior Scientific Officer and Operational Leader of the Clinical PD Biomarker Group

Seminars:

Translating Biomarkers – From Bench to Bedside & Back Again 12:00 pm

Exploring examples of proof of mechanism and proof of concept biomarkers transferred from bench to bedside in phase I oncology trials Highlighting the need to robustly measure the right biomarker in the right sample at the right time Learnings from an academic translational research laboratory on the interface between drug discovery and clinical drug developmentRead more

day: Conference Day Two - Track 1

Panel Discussion: Accelerating our Ability to Unearth the Mechanism of Action of Biomarkers 3:00 pm

What are some of the major challenges for identifying and understanding biomarker MOA? How are researchers developing a better test earlier?  How are we overcoming the upfront investment? What are the key challenges for validating different sets of biomarkers? Why is sampling so important? At what stage do we need to begin thinking about the…Read more

day: Conference Day One - Track One - PM