After the successful launch of our Natural Compounds Special Interest Group last year we are running our second event in collaboration with Neem Biotech, the Medicines Discovery Catapult and Innovate UK.

The focus of these Special Interest Groups will be on taking natural compounds that have already been identified and for which research data already exists, to market. The group will share advice on developing routes to market, managing regulatory requirements, achieving relevant product certifications and running clinical trials.

Draft Programme

Registration

Gwyn Tudor, CEO, MediWales
Welcome and introduction from MediWales

Michael Graz, Managing Director, Neem Biotech
Introduction from Neem Biotech

Heike Stier, Senior Consultant, Strategic Consulting & Innovation, analyse & realize
How can natural health products fit into the regulatory shelf of the EU?

Break

Chris Molloy, CEO, Medicines Discovery Catapult
Medicines Discovery Catapult : A springboard for natural products R&D?

Katie Beckett, Enforcement Team Leader, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing: Why is it relevant and how to comply

Lunch

Gabriela Juarez Martinez, Knowledge Transfer Manager, Knowledge Transfer Network
The KTN offer – Support for business innovation

Simon Haslam, Senior Associate, Abel and Imray
Patenting Natural Compounds – possibilities and pitfalls

Company showcase

Angela Moseley, HR Manager, CatSci
International Drug Dealing and Development in Cardiff

Dr Minshad Ansari, Managing Director, Bionema Limited
Biopesticides: The natural pesticides for pest control

James Hindley, Executive Director, Indoor Biotechnologies
Natural allergens for allergy diagnostics and therapeutics

Robert Nash, CEO, PhytoQuest
Iminosugar drug discovery and development in Aberystwyth

Almero Barnard, Laboratory Manager, Neem Biotech
From agrowaste to high value products

Howard Thomas, Technical Director, Citrox Biosciences Ltd
Working in harmony with nature to protect

Academic Showcase

Andrew Thomas, Principal Lecturer, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Elucidating the Molecular Targets of Plant Derived Polyphenols

Dr Geertje Van Keulen, Associate Professor, Swansea University Medical School
Exploring ancient Welsh texts for antimicrobials

Alex White, Pharmacy Programme Director, Cardiff University School of Pharmacy
Rapid methodology for drug discovery from nature

Close

This event is free to attend.

We have a few exhibition spaces available at this event. Exhibition stands are free for MediWales members or £250 + VAT for non-members.

Contact Isabelle if you have any questions.