Rakesh Dixit

President & Chief Executive Officer Bionavigen Oncology

Seminars

Thursday 26th February 2026
Optimising Preclinical Model Deployment & Strategy to Tackle ADC & Novel Conjugate Translational Mismatch
1:00 pm

Despite ADC’s raging success in oncology in the clinic, translational barriers still plague ADC development, with preclinical activity not matching early clinical safety and efficacy readouts and therapeutic index

As the field turns its attention to advance novel conjugate translation, join your peers to best leverage preclinical tools and understand rationale to effectively characterise safety and efficacy to minimise the ADC translational mismatch

Workshop highlights include:

  • Gleaning insights from PDX models alongside emerging capabilities and challenges from in vitro and organoid models
  • Understanding translational considerations for novel conjugates including bispecific ADCs and combination therapies
  • Delving into in vitro pharmacology studies with high content imaging to better understand ADC trafficking, favourable design characteristics and considerations for nonspecific uptake
Monday 23rd February 2026
Evaluating Toxicity Considerations & Challenges for Next-Generation ADC Payloads & Design
9:30 am
  • Contextualising the field’s prioritisation of novel ADC payloads and design in next-generation ADC development
  • Understanding toxicity challenges and opportunities for novel and dual payload ADCs
  • Exploring ongoing development, promise and opportunities of bispecific ADC programmes
Monday 23rd February 2026
Chair:

Even with 2025 seeing ADCs rival oncology standard of care performance and multiple new regulatory approvals, clinical toxicity still remains the largest hurdle to widen ADC therapeutic index and accomplish widespread impact for patients

Don’t miss this important seminar spanning the breadth of ADC toxicity including in vivo and in vitro model to predict clinical tolerability, harnessing masked payload technology to improve off-target toxicity and clinical mitigation strategies to deliver safer, more effective ADCs

Wednesday 25th February 2026
Chair:
Rakesh Dixit Speaker Photo - 16th World ADC London Summit