DIE AKADEMIE FRESENIUS Where Experts Meet! International Fresenius Gene-Tox Conference Genotoxicity Assessment, Regulation, Testing, Modelling and Prediction 21 and 22 June 2018 in Mainz/Germany Highlights Regulatory Developments EFSA overview of genotoxicity testing requirements Genotoxicity assessment under REACH Update on genotoxicity and biocides Testing Genotoxicity Development of new test guidelines Changes in OECD Test Guidelines - practical experiences Follow Up in Case of Positive Results Weight of Evidence Issues with in vivo genotoxicity studies Thresholds for carcinogens and the derivation of occupational exposure limits Different choices for in vivo genotoxicity testing Impurities: Risk assessment through BMD derivation Modelling and Prediction of Genotoxicity Genotoxicity TTC safe thresholds for humans EFSA initiatives facilitating implementation of QSAR models and read across in the process of risk assessment of pesticides The Experts Carol Beevers Exponent International Marc Cronin Liverpool John Moores University Gisela H. Degen Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo) Nathalie Delrue Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Claudia Flohr-Beckhaus Dr. Knoell Consult George Johnson Swansea University David Kirkland Kirkland Consulting Andreas Luch German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) Hans-Jörg Martus Novartis Pharma AG Daniela Maurici European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Stephanie Melching-Kollmuss BASF Krista Meurer BASF Angelo Moretto University of Milan / International Centre for Pesticides and Health Risk Prevention (ICPS) Lutz Müller La Roche Paschalina Papadaki European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Rositsa Serafimova European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
The Programme Get-Together on Wednesday, 20 June 2018 Will you arrive on Wednesday? Come into the hotel bar at 8 p.m. and meet other participants and experts in a relaxed atmosphere. Thursday, 21 June 2018 8.30 Registration and coffee 9.00 Welcome address by the organisers and introduction by the Chair Stephanie Melching-Kollmuss, BASF, Germany Regulatory Developments 9.10 Overview of genotoxicity testing requirements in the different legal frameworks and guidance on genotoxicity assessment Daniela Maurici, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Italy 9.35 Genotoxicity assessment within agricultural regulation practical hurdles Krista Meurer, BASF, Germany 10.00 Update on genotoxicity and biocides (BPR) Paschalina Papadaki, European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Finland 10.25 Panel discussion 10.55 Coffee break 11.25 Genotoxicity assessment under REACH Testing requirements depending on the tonnage Testing strategies a step-wise approach Considerations of test results for Classification and Labelling under CLP Andreas Luch, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Germany Testing Genotoxicity 11.50 Development of new test guidelines Current activities Update on the status of assays under development Nathalie Delrue, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), France 12.15 Changes in OECD Test Guidelines - practical experiences Key changes to the study designs and their impact What to look for in your testing facility Carol Beevers, Exponent International, United Kingdom 12.40 Panel discussion 13.10 Lunch 14.30 Summary of the 7 th International Workshop on Genotoxicity Tests, Tokyo, Japan Purpose, structure and history of IWGT Topics discussed in Tokyo Key messages and consensus statements from the working groups Hans-Jörg Martus, Novartis, Switzerland 14.55 Genotoxicity assessment in different regulations Claudia Flohr-Beckhaus, Dr. Knoell Consult, Germany 15.20 Panel discussion 15.50 Coffee break Follow Up in Case of Positive Results Weight of Evidence 16.20 Issues with in vivo genotoxicity studies criteria and when to perform them Data that trigger the studies What design and which parameters? Evaluation of data within the toxicological profile of the compound Angelo Moretto, University of Milan/International Centre for Pesticides and Health Risk Prevention (ICPS), Italy 16.45 Thresholds for carcinogens and the derivation of occupational exposure limits Gisela H. Degen, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo) 17.10 Panel discussion 17.40 End of the first conference day 18.40 Departure time for the evening event
As always, you are most welcome to attend our evening event, which will take us to the former monastery named Wasem Kloster Engelthal. We will have a short tour of the wine cellar and afterwards we will enjoy a dinner and have time to continue the days interesting conversations in a relaxed atmosphere. Don t miss out on this opportunity! Friday, 22 June 2018 9.00 Welcome address by the Chair 9.10 Different choices for in vivo genotoxicity testing: Comparing transgenics and comet Follow up of in vitro gene mutagens with a transgenic mutation assay (TGR) in vivo Is the recommendation for a TGR supported by data? Could comet assay be an alternative choice? Data on analysis of TGR versus comet (key tissues, ability to detect bacterial mutagens and mutagenic carcinogens) David Kirkland, Kirkland Consulting, United Kingdom 9.35 Impurities: Risk assessment through BMD derivation, despite initial positive genetic toxicity results Using in vivo genetic toxicity data for BMD derivation Calculating human exposure limits from BMD derived reference doses Case study impurity examples to demonstrate these approaches George Johnson, Swansea University Medical School, European Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EEMGS), United Kingdom 10.00 The ICH M7 Guideline and how to handle mutagenic impurities in drugs History of ICH M7 Risk evaluation basics, less than lifetime risk model ICH M7 - how to handle mutagenic impurities in drugs in practice Lutz Müller, La Roche, Germany 10.25 Panel discussion 10.55 Coffee break Modelling and Prediction of Genotoxicity 11.25 EFSA initiatives facilitating implementation of QSAR models and read across in the process of risk assessment of pesticides. Rositsa Serafimova, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Italy (Video Presentation) 11.55 Genotoxicity TTC Safe thresholds for humans The historical Cancer Potency Database has been updated including a more comprehensive assessment of genotoxicity Identification of potential genotoxic chemicals from experimental data or in silico assessment Recalculation of Thresholds of Toxicological Concern (TTC values) on the basis of mode of action Marc Cronin, Liverpool John Moores University/Cefic Long Range Research Initiative (LRI) Project, United Kingdom 12.15 Final discussion 12.50 Lunch and end of the conference Information available online at: www.akademie-fresenius.com/2506
The Experts Carol Beevers is a Consultant Toxicologist at Exponent International Ltd, specialising in genetic toxicology. She has 20 years of experience at a contract research organisation, study directing in vitro and in vivo genotoxicity tests. She is a member of the UK Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM). She was also a member of the OECD Expert Group for test guideline 489 on the comet assay. Mark Cronin is Professor of Predictive Toxicology at Liverpool John Moores University, England. He has expertise in the application of in silico methods and TTC for the risk assessment of chemicals. Gisela H. Degen is a Professor of toxicology and now a Senior Fellow Scientist and was formerly the Head of the Research Group Chemical Risks at IfADo, the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors. She has also served as expert member in various scientific advisory committees, for instance in the UA III of the Committee on Hazardous Chemicals (AGS), the advisory body of the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and in the Scientific Committee on Consumer Products/Safety (SCCP/SCCS 2004 2016) of the European Commission. Nathalie Delrue joined the OECD in 2006 as an Administrator of the Programme of the OECD guidelines for the testing of chemicals. She is in charge of the development and revision of Test Guidelines and related documents in the field of human health and has been coordinating the recent update of the set of OECD Test Guidelines on genotoxicity as well as recent projects for the development of new test methods on genotoxicity. Claudia Flohr-Beckhaus is currently the Head of Industrial Chemicals & Biocides for Environmental and Human Safety at Dr Knoell Consult. She has previously focused on molecular mechanism of genotoxcity for many years. George Johnson is an Associate Professor at Swansea University Medical School, UK. He is also Chair of the Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI) Genetic Toxicology Technical Committee (GTTC) Quantitative Group, and Vice-President of the European Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EEMGS). His main interests are in utilising genetic toxicity data for human health risk assessment purposes through dose response modelling, as well as developing in vitro test systems for use in supporting the 3Rs of animals in science. David Kirkland is a Professor with over 35 years of experience in regulatory genetic toxicology and has worked as an Independent Consultant since 2009. He has received recognition awards from the US, Japanese and UK environmental mutagen societies, was chair of IWGT for 20 years and is a member of the UK Government Advisory Committee on Mutagenicity. Andreas Luch is a Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Eurotox Registered Toxicologist. He is currently the Head of the Department of Safety of Consumer Products at the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Berlin. Priorly he held positions at the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School (ICCB Institute of Chemistry and Cell Biology) and the MIT Cancer Center in Cambridge, MA. Hans-Jörg Martus is currently the Global Head of Genetic Toxicology and Photosafety at the Novartis Institutes for Bio Medical Research in Basel, Switzerland. Priorly he held positions at Sandoz, the Harvard Medical School and the Institute of Toxicology in Mainz, Germany. Daniela Maurici is a Senior Scientific Officer at the European Food Safety Authority, (EFSA) in Parma, Italy. She is contributing to the activities of the Scientific Committee and Emerging Risks Unit (SCER Unit). Her work focusses on cross-cutting and methodological guidance development for risk assessment. She has priorly held positions at the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Ispra, Italy. Stephanie Melching-Kollmuss has been working as European and Global Regulatory Toxicologist for plant protection products at BASF since 2006. Her main research interest is combined toxicity assessment and she continues to be involved in ECETOC and Cefic LRI projects. She is member of ECPA working groups on cumulative risk assessment. Krista Meurer has been a Regulatory Toxicologist for Crop Protection at BASF since 2008. In support of European and global registrations, she is responsible for human health risk assessment for pesticide products and active substances. Before, Christa has been a study director at RCC/ Harlan Cytotest Cell Research in Germany. Angelo Moretto is an Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine at the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences at the University of Milan as well as the Director of the International Centre for Pesticides and Health Risk Prevention, Luigi Sacco Hospital in Milan. He has been involved in risk assessment of chemicals, especially pesticides, for many years and also in many EFSA projects, including the development of the database on genotoxicity of metabolites of pesticides. Lutz Müller is a Distinguished Scientist and has been a Project Leader for the area toxicology at F. Hoffmann-La Roche since 2004. He previously served as Head of Investigational and in silico Safety & Metabolism at Novartis Pharma in Switzerland and held positions at the Department of Toxicology of the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM). Paschalina Papadaki is currently a Scientific Officer for ECHA s Biocides Unit, where she is involved in the peer review programme of active substances. She has also worked in the REACH Evaluation Unit in ECHA. She has previously held positions at the Department of Pesticides, Control and Phytopharmacy of Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Greece and at Battelle UK. Rositsa Serafimova is currently a Scientific Officer at EFSA s Pesticides Unit. She previously held a position at Joint Research Centre-European Commission. Her research interests are development, assessment and implementation of computational tools (e.g. (Q)SAR, read across) for prediction of toxicological properties of chemicals.
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