The CAR-T Landscape: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions

Join us for an insightful morning session on CAR-T Cell Therapy, designed for medical affairs professionals, with participation from regulatory and clinical experts. The session is followed by a networking lunch (12h00-13h00).

This session offers a comprehensive exploration of CAR-T therapy, tracing the journey of both cells and patients while unpacking its mechanisms of action and clinical applications. Participants will gain insights into current CAR-T treatments for hematologic and autoimmune diseases, as well as future directions including autologous and in vivo CAR-T pipelines. Diverse expert perspectives will highlight regulatory, market access, quality, healthcare provider, and industry considerations, culminating in a panel discussion on the key challenges hospitals and pharma face in production, regulation, and access. Together, these discussions provide a dynamic outlook on the impact and evolution of CAR-T therapies.

Program:

9:00-9:15

Introduction

Ina Gesquiere

Sarah Tavernier

9:15-9:30

Patient testimonial 

 

9:30-10:35 

CAR-T Therapy: From academic foundations to clinical breakthroughs

Prof. Dr. Sébastien Anguille (UZA)

10:35-10:50 

BREAK

 

10:50-11:20 

Understanding the spectrum of CAR-T cell technologies

  • Sophie Vandervennet (Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine)
  • Bart Jacobs (Kite Pharma)
  • Thierry Marysael (AstraZeneca) 

11:20-12:20 

Panel discussion: delving into CAR-T cell therapy challenges (regulatory, production, market access,...)  

  • Prof. Dr. Sébastien Anguille (UZA)
  • Sophie Vandervennet (Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine)
  • Bart Jacobs (Kite Pharma)
  • Thierry Marysael (AstraZeneca) 

12:20-12:30

Closing 

Ina Gesquiere

Sarah Tavernier

12:30

Networking lunch

 

 

May we kindly ask you to help us in preparing this session and tailoring it to your needs, by letting us know which questions/topics you would like to see addressed during the panel debate. You can do so by filling out this form, which only takes 2 minutes of your time.