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Silver Sponsor

Roche

Roche

Roche aims to improve people’s health and quality of life with innovative products and services for the early detection, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease. Part of one of the world’s leading healthcare groups, Roche in the UK employs nearly 2,000 people in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics.

Further Silver sponsorship opportunities available. For more information about becoming a sponsor, please contact our sponsorship co-ordinator

Bronze Sponsor

Bayer Schering Pharma

Bayer Schering Pharma

Prolonging life and improving quality of life – these are Bayer Schering Pharma’s aims to achieve breakthroughs in cancer therapy. The company’s Research and Development is currently directed at therapy for haematological malignancies and solid tumours.

Pfizer Ltd

Pfizer Ltd

Pfizer is a research-based global pharmaceutical company with a growing commitment to oncology. In addition to well-established and successful chemotherapy and hormonal products for the treatment of breast and colorectal cancers, our portfolio includes an exciting tyrosine kinase inhibitor licensed for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma and GIST. Pfizer boasts one of the broadest oncology pipelines in the industry, with over 20 candidates pre-clinical and clinical testing.

AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca

Continuing a tradition of research excellence that has led to the discovery of some of the world’s leading anti-cancer agents, AstraZeneca has a strong portfolio of developmental agents based on biologically targeted therapeutic strategies. These include targeting proliferation, angiogenesis, apoptosis and invasion.

iCafe Sponsor

GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline’s mission is to improve quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better, and live longer. GlaxoSmithKline is committed to the research and development of innovative oncology products in order to make a difference to the lives of patients with cancer.

Programme Sponsorship

Plenary Speaker Sponsorship

Sunday 5 October

Paterson Institute for Cancer Research
Tony Kouzarides
Chromatin modifying enzymes: their function and role in cancer
15.00 — 15.40
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The Association of Cancer Physicians
Martine Piccart
Tailoring adjuvant systemic therapy for breast cancer: dream or reality?
15.40 — 16.20
Read Biography | Read Absract

Marie Curie Cancer Care
Harvey Chochinov
Dying with dignity: a contemporary challenge in palliative cancer care
18.10 — 18.50
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Medical Research Council
Valerie Beral
Title to be confirmed
18.50 — 19.30
Read Biography

Monday 6 October

CR-UK London Research Institute
Sir Paul Nurse
Controlling the cell cycle
09.10 — 09.50
Read Biography | Read Absract

British Association for Cancer Research
Rebecca Fitzgerald
Preinvasive disease: catching it earlier, understanding it better, hitting it harder
09.50 — 10.30
Read Biography | Read Absract

Tuesday 7 October

The Prostate Cancer Charity
Howard Scher
Title to be confirmed
09.00 — 09.40
Read Biography

Cancer Research UK
Lisa Coussens
Inflammation and cancer: organ-specific regulation of cancer development
09.40 — 10.20
Read Biography | Read Absract

The Institute of Cancer Research
Rakesh Jain
Normalising tumour vessels and microenvironment to treat cancer: from the bench to bedside and back
18.00 — 18.40
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The Cambridge Research Institute
Joe Gray
Title to be confirmed
18.40 — 19.20
Read Biography

Wednesday 8 October

The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research
Mariano Barbacid
Ras genes, Ras oncogenes and cancer
11.45 — 12.25
Read Biography | Read Absract

Symposia Sponsorship

Sponsorship details to be confirmed. For more information about becoming a sponsor, please contact our sponsorship co-ordinator

Parallel Session Sponsorship

Sponsorship details to be confirmed. For more information about becoming a sponsor, please contact our sponsorship co-ordinator

Workshop Sponsorship

Sunday 5 October

The Cancer Recognised Research Group in Northern Ireland
12.30 — 14.45
Metabolism and Signalling in Cancer: The Cancer Recognised Research Group in Northern Ireland (CRRG) Workshop

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Monday 6 October

Merck Serono
Commercial Workshop
13.00 — 14.00
Merck Serono: details to be confirmed

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Tuesday 7 October

Illumina
Commercial Workshop
13.00 — 14.00
Illumina: details to be confirmed

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Sponsorship details to be confirmed. For more information about becoming a sponsor, please contact our sponsorship co-ordinator

Other Sponsors

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27/5/2008
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