Infusion Technology Organisation

Scientific Programme
Symposium Day 1 – 7th September 2015
8:30

Arrival/ Coffee/ Tea

9:00

Welcome & Introduction

BayerSession I“New/ Developing Methodology/ Practices”
Chair: (Covance, UK)
9:10

9:40

10:10

10:40

SMP-200 micro infusion pump: effect of 6-weeks intravenous treatment
with Amlodipine in spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) telemetered rat
WIL Research, France
How a Comprehensive Surgical Training Program Can Influence theSuccessful Outcome of Infusion Studies
HLS, USUse of iPrecio implantable micro infusion pumps for targetedintracerebral drug delivery in a rat model of epilepsy
University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover (TiHo) Germany
Tea/Coffee

Session I continued
Chair: (IMS Euro, UK)
11:00
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12:30
13:00

Jackets, The Interface Between Animal and "Machine"
Lomir, Canada
Development of a Centrally Catheterised Guinea Pig Model
HLS, UK
Automated behavioural observations for ambulatory continuous infusion
studies of socially housed cynomolgus monkeys: Is Ethovision the answer?
Covance Germany
CSF Sampling in dogs
Janssen Pharmaceutica, Belgium
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Session II“Preclinical Development - Industry”
Chair: Bayer Pharma AG
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14:30

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16:00

Automated Arterial Blood Sampling in Rhesus Monkey PET Imaging
StudiesMerck, USA
Dual catheterized mice model for euglycemic clamping
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Vehicle-induced lesions after intravenous administration
Bayer Pharma, Germany
The tail cuff infused mouse – history and histopathological findings innude mice
Bayer Pharma, Germany; Covance, UK
Coffee/ Tea

Workshop“Short Presentations: Direct from the Bench/ Animal Room”
Chair: Instech
16:3017:20

The tail cuff pinport model in the catheterized nude mouse
Bayer Pharma AG, Germany; Covance, UKFrequent blood sampling from the jugular vein, testing of different
vascular access materials,
Bayer Pharma AG, Germany
The Impact of Occlusions on Dose Accuracy
Instech, USA
Working with pinports
Harlan, Netherlands
Method enhancement for intrathecal lumbar bolus delivery and CSF
sampling in the anesthetized cynomolgous monkey: numbers, volume andprocedures
Covance Münster
ITO Issues

18:30

CONFERENCE DINNER – Above the Roofs of Downtown Cologne

16:40

16:5017:00
17:10

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Symposium Day 2 - 8th September 2015
9:00
9:25

Arrival/ Coffee/ Tea
WelcomeSession III, Part 1"Animal Welfare – Effects on Experimental Data"

Chair: (Novartis, Switzerland)
09.30 Impact of tethered infusion technology on a permanently catheterized
mouse model
University of Copenhagen, Denmark10.00 Good surgical practice and animal welfare (I and II)
Surgical Skills Centre, Netherlands
10.40 Tea/Coffee

Session III, continued"Animal Welfare – Effects on Experimental Data"
Chair: Bayer/ Radiaprotect2012
11:10

11:50

12:20

12:50

The harmony of gold standard physiological monitoring with novel infusion
technology: Better quality of science in pre-clinical models ranging frommice to marmosets
Novartis, Switzerland
Effect of animal handling on body weights in CD-1 cruk mice oncontinuous infusion studies
Covance, UK
Use of a pinport model to minimize handling/stress associated with serial
blood sampling in the rat
WIL Research, USALunch

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Session VI“Other Models / Practices”
Chair: WIL Research US
14:00

From an Idea to the Clinic - Preclinical Development of a Pre-term LaborNCE Using Remote Infusions and a Telemetric Method to Determine
Intrauterine Pressure
QPS US
14:30 Challenges and Solutions to Data Entry and Verification in Infusion andSampling Studies
SAI, US
15:00 Update on the IT landscape
Infotope, A
15:30 Coffee/ Tea
16:00

Summary & Good Bye

16:45

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