Pain Therapeutics - Reviewing current opportunities in the effective and safe management of pain

LONDON - Feb. 27, 2015 - PRLog -- We are delighted to announce that Mark T Brown, MD, Executive Director, Tanezumab Clinical Program Leader for Osteoarthritis and Cancer Pain Studies, from Pfizer has joined our expert panel on day two, his presentation is entitled: Update on Tanezumab, a monoclonal antibody inhibitor of nerve growth factor, looking at the following areas: rationale for NGF inhibition in treatment of chronic pain, review of tanezumab efficacy in completed chronic pain studies and update on current status of tanezumab development

SMi’s Pain Therapeutics conference is a must attend event for attendees who want to benchmark their organisation with recent developments in the pain therapeutics arena and methods on how to overcome the challenges faced. The conference will examine principles and illustrative case studies on current activities and trends in clinical and pre-clinical evidence-based and best-practice-based pain medicine.

Benefits of Attending Include:

• New for 2015 - Presentations on personalized medicine for pain, biomarkers and CGRP receptor antagonists for migraine treatment
• Learn about Grunenthal’s latest screening approach for neuropathic pain and pain models
• Hear timely case studies from Merck and Afferent Pharmaceuticals
• Spotlight sessions - Latest updates on developments in targeting nerve growth factors
• Discover latest advances in the treatment of pain from leading, pharma, biotech and academic experts from the industry
• Interactive panel discussion the reviewing validity of animal models for chronic pain

Pain Therapeutics is sponsored by: CHDR & PRA Health Sciences

For more information or to register visit http://www.smi-online.co.uk/2015pain-therapeutics19.asp

Alternatively, contact Magdalena Georgieva on +44 (0)20 7827 6148 or email mgeorgieva@smi-online.co.uk

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