Released on = April 12, 2007, 3:14 pm

Press Release Author = GTCbio

Industry = Pharmaceuticals

Press Release Summary = Panel discussion at GTCbio\'s Protein Kinases in Drug
Discovery Conference

Press Release Body = MONROVIA, CA - At this year's Protein Kinases in Drug Discovery
conference organized by GTCbio, a special panel of researchers will assemble to
discuss the challenges and progress associated with the inhibition of kinases in
chronic and acute disorders.

The panel will review the advantages and disadvantages for treating different
disorders and look into whether the inhibition of kinases is really a viable path
towards treating these disorders. The clinical issues related to inhibition will
also be covered by the panelists.

Among the panelists is Dr. Jessie English, Director of Kinase Center of Emphasis at
Pfizer, Dr. Andrew West, Instructor at the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins
University, Dr. Sridhar Rabindran, Associate Director of Oncology Research at Wyeth
Research and Dr. Maria Webb, Vice President of Preclinical Research, Biological &
Pharmacological Sciences at Pharmacopeia. Moderating the panel is Dr. Paul Jackson,
Team Leader of CNS Research at Johnson & Johnson.

The 2nd Protein Kinases in Drug Discovery conference will take place on May 31 -
June 1, 2007 at the Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Additional
topics to be covered include Technologies for Identifying Kinase Targets and
Inhibitors, Kinase Targets and Inhibitors in Oncology, CNS, and Inflammatory
Disorders.

Among the prestigious organization to present are Pfizer, Merck, Johnson & Johnson,
Wyeth, GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly, Bristol Myers Squibb, Genentech, AstraZeneca,
Schering-Plough, Abbott Laboratories, Boehringer Ingelheim, Amgen, MIT, Johns
Hopkins University, Harvard University, and the National Cancer Institute of the
National Institutes of Health.

For more information including a detailed agenda, exhibitor opportunities and
registration information visit
http://www.gtcbio.com/conference/conferenceDetails.aspx?id

Web Site = http://www.gtcbio.com

Contact Details = GTCBIO (626) 256-6405, (626) 256-6460 fax, raniah@gtcbio.com