There are important questions you need to ask yourself and any potential laboratory partner before you start a study including PBMC assays as part of your protocol. When looking at the laboratory partner for your PBMC processing, approaching potential partners with the end in mind is important to ensure that you will be able to generate the data you need in the future.

The challenges in immuno-oncology (I/O) drug development require deep scientific insights, generation and analysis of complex biological data, new state-of-the art technologies and both logistical & operational support across continents. The goal of immuno-oncology drug developers is to turn precision medicine into action, bringing life-changing therapies to patients.

In this webinar originally held on October 4 our experts discuss the use of Immunohistochemistry (IHC), Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), and Flow Cytometry (FCM) within immuno-oncology, and how they can offer the comprehensive insights required for I/O clinical trials.

Speakers

• Jérôme Sallette, PhD, CSO Cerba Research
• Shu Jen Chen, PhD, CSO ACT Genomics
• Sofie Vandevyver, PhD, Head of Business Operations & Marketing Cerba Research
• George Wei, PhD, Vice President R&D ACT Genomics
• Renaud Burrer, PhD, Head of Histopathology Cerba Research
• Nithianandan Selliah, PhD, Global Head Flow Cytometry Cerba Research

With Cerba’s network spanning five continents, team up with our experienced scientists to generate early insights and direct the course of your complex trial.

Our locations consist of cutting-edge laboratories that provide a full portfolio of specialty laboratory testing, anchored by seven centers in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia-Pacific regions. With consistent, high-quality data and a road map to the patients you need, we empower you to develop personalized medicines and diagnostic solutions that will change lives worldwide.

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A biorepository enabled by a leading medical diagnostic and healthcare infrastructure

Since 1967, Cerba HealthCare Group has accompanied scientific and technological advances in diagnosis, prevention and precision medicine in order to better meet the expectations of health professionals and patients. This constant quest for improvement has led Cerba Research to create one of the world’ s largest and multinational commercial biorepository with the unique goal of contributing to the advancement of Science.

As a specialty and central laboratory for clinical trials covering 5 continents, our biospecimen provision is the starting point for your research to facilitate further downstream decisions inclusion: robust assay development and assay validation with quality samples.

The coronavirus is not the first infectious disease that has forced clinical trials to adapt. Zika, Ebola and other diseases called for the world to adjust and collaborate global research efforts. With COVID-19, the rapid spread and impact on global healthcare systems forced us to change our trial management and accelerate our processes like never before. The global research community have already discovered and developed several tests and vaccines in record time through collaboration. Yet we are still working on predictive biomarker testing to identify people who are at the most risk of developing severe symptoms, epidemiological, vaccine and genetic studies.

To facilitate testing, research, and innovation and to ensure trials continued, Cerba Research and Cerba Healthcare adapted our capabilities and facilities to push research continuity.

Watch this webinar and discover the answers to these questions:

• Did we succeed, how fast did we adapt and are we ready to face a new pandemic crisis in the future?
• How did we maintain the high security and confidence of testing, and what did our reactivity and proactivity mean in the context of a health crisis?