Robert Copeland, VP, Oncology Drug Discovery, GSK to give keynote talk at Cancer Drugs conference

Released on: November 9, 2007, 4:00 pm

Press Release Author: GTCbio

Industry: Pharmaceuticals

Press Release Summary: Robert Copeland, VP of Biology, Oncology Center of Excellence
in Drug Discovery at GlaxoSmithKline to give keynote presentation at 5th Cancer
Drugs R&D conference on February 21-22, 2008 in Phoenix.

Press Release Body: MONROVIA, CA - Robert Copeland, VP of Biology, Oncology Center
of Excellence in Drug Discovery at GlaxoSmithKline to give keynote presentation at
5th Cancer Drugs R&D conference on February 21-22, 2008 in Phoenix.

Dr. Copeland will present on mechanism-driven approaches to molecularly targeted
cancer drug discovery.

Oncology drug discovery at GlaxoSmithKline is focused on molecularly targeted
therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and for cancer supportive care indications.
A guiding principle of the company's approach is that a detailed, mechanistic
understanding of pathobiology and of drug action - at the molecular, cellular and
organismal level - is essential for effective drug discovery. Towards this end
GlaxoSmithKline has built a discovery organization that encompasses robust
biochemical, cellular biological and in vivo pharmacological interrogation of drug
candidates. Examples of the application of these approaches to several cancer
drug-seeking efforts will be presented at the conference.

The 5th Cancer Drugs Research & Development conference features presentations on the
successes and setbacks of modern cancer drugs, new drug compounds and future drugs
for the treatment and prevention of cancer, cancer drug development in clinical
trials and new drug delivery methods. For more information, visit www.gtcbio.com.


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