Hosted at the newly-reopened Apiary Conference Centre at Alderley Park, the Bionow Oncology Conference on 27th November welcomed around 100 delegates, speakers and exhibitors with a deep dive into the latest advancements and challenges in cancer research, fostering collaboration and innovation across the healthcare sector.
The agenda covered a wide range of topics, including research and development, clinical and supply, and manufacturing, alongside patient perspective insights, a state of the nation panel and a poster presentation session for oncology researchers to showcase their work.
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The 2025 Oncology Conference was sponsored by Appleyard Lees and Bruntwood SciTech.
Agenda highlights:
Keynote Speakers
David Jennis, Director of Sterile Manufacturing Integration and Strategic Network Collaboration, GSK Barnard Castle
Laura Rosenberg, Director of Target Validation within Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca
State of the Nation
Chair: Kate Hickinson, Partner, Appleyard Lees
Speakers
Allan Jordan, Vice President of Oncology Drug Discovery, Synature Discovery
Matthew Taylor, Director, York Health Economics Consortium
Peter Leather, IP & Innovation Manager, Liverpool John Moores University
Jenny Thirlway, Executive Director, Iksuda Therapeutics
Nathalie Dhomen, Translation Executive, Cancer Research Horizons
Suzanne Robb, Senior Market Strategy Manager, Centre for Process Innovation (CPI)
Research & Development
Chair: Mark Julian, Associate Commercial Director, Bruntwood SciTech
Speakers
Sam Butterworth, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Manchester
Cole Sims, Business Development Lead, LightOx
Gray Kueberuwa, CEO, Immunokey
Anita Liu, Senior Scientist, Medicines Discovery Catapult
Poster Spotlight
Patient Perspective
Chris Curtis, CEO, The Swallows Head and Neck Cancer Support Group
Clinical & Supply
Speakers
Stephanie-Jayne Jones, Chief Medical Officer, Pharmora
Michael Morton, Director and Co-Founder, ApconiX
Mireia Sueca‑Comes, Client Account Manager, HistologiX
Manufacturing
Speakers
Mike Tobyn, Senior Scientific Director | Drug Product Development, BMS
Matt Ling, Director, Scientific Product Development, Catalent
Hélène Trottin, Associate Director Biologics Development, Pharmaron
Lewis White, Mechanical Engineering Team Leader, Scitech-EKIUM
