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  • Society for Neuroscience
    November 15 - 19, 2008
    Washington Convention Center
    Washington, DC

    Sunday, November 16, 2008 from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., #233
    Presenter: Jenny Zhang, Ph.D, Sr. Scientist, Preclinical Research
    Poster: Pharmacological characterization of functional upregulation of human alpha4beta2 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by reduced temperature

    Monday, November 17, 2008 at 8 a.m. - Noon, #328
    Presenter: Vladimir Grinevich, M.D., Ph.D., Sr. Scientist
    Poster: Effects of TC-5653, a potent alpha4*/alpha6* nicotinic receptor partial agonist, on striatal dopamine release

    Monday, November 17, 2008 at 8 to 9:00 a.m., #329.5
    Presenter: Teng Peng, AstraZeneca (Greg Gatto, Ph. D., Sr. Director, Preclinical Pharmacology; Vladimir Grinevich, M.D. Ph.D. and Terry Hauser, Ph.D., Group Leader, HTS and Neurochemistry, Preclinical Research, all of Targacept , are co-authors)
    Poster: In vitro and in vivo binding of the potent radioligand, [3H]-2-FA and the agonist AZD3480 (TC-1734) at neuronal nicotinic receptors

  • Pharma ChemOutsourcing Conference & Exhibition
    September 8-9 2008
    Ocean Place Resort
    Long Branch, NJ

    Tuesday, September 9, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
    Presenter: Michael G. Williams - Director, Pharmaceutical Research & Development
    Presentation: How Will New Regulations in Asia Effect The Cost Sourcing?

    Tuesday, September 9, 2008, from 2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
    Presenter: Michael G. Williams - Director, Pharmaceutical Research & Development
    Presentation: I Have to Scale UP to 20 Kilos in 6 Months - How Am I Going to Get This Done?

  • American Chemical Society
    August 17-21, 2008
    Philadelphia Marriott
    Philadelphia, PA

    Monday, August 18, 2008, 1:30 p.m.
    Presenter: Daniel Yohannes, Ph.D., Director, Drug Discovery
    Presentation: Development of selective alpha7 NNR agonists for the treatment of schizophrenia

    Monday, August 18, 2008 from 4:25 p.m.
    Presenter: Daniel Yohannes, Ph.D., Director, Drug Discovery
    Presentation: New Approaches for the Treatment of Schizophrenia

    Thursday, August 21, 2008, 1:30 PM
    Presenter: Craig Miller, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Intellectual Property
    Presentation: Comprehensive, systematic intellectual property capture and management

    Thursday, August 21, 2008 from 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM
    Presenter: Craig Miller, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Intellectual Property
    Presentation: The Many Faces of CHAL: Where Chemistry Meets the Law


  • CINP 2008 - 50th Anniversary
    July 13-17, 2008
    Internationales Congress Center Munchen
    Munich, Germany

    Wednesday, July 16, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
    Presenter:  Geoffrey C. Dunbar, M.D.,Vice President, Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs, Targacept
    Poster:  Effect of Nicotinic Antagonism on Irritability in Depressed Patients Who Were Partial or Non Responders to Citalopram First Line Therapy: A Mecamylamine Double Blind Placebo Controlled Study

  • 2008 BIO International Convention
    June 17-20, 2008
    San Diego Convention Center
    San Diego, CA

    Tuesday, June 17, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
    Panelist:  Jeffrey Brennan, Vice-President, Business and Commercial Development, Targacept
    Presentation:  New Biotech-Pharma Partnership Models That Retain Greater Value

    Wednesday, June 18, 10:15 - 11:45 a.m.
    Panelist:  Don deBethizy, Ph.D., President & CEO, Targacept
    Presentation:  The Early Bird Gets the Worm:  Extracting Value out of Your Early-Stage Pipeline

  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors 2008
    April 23 - 28, 2008
    Wellcome Trust Conference Center
    Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
    Hinxton
    Cambridgeshire

    Presenters:  Merourane Bencherif, MD, Ph.D., Vice President, Preclinical Research and Pat Lippiello, Ph.D., Senior Director, Project Planning and Scientific Communication, Targacept
    Poster:  Differential Effects of TC-5214 [S-(+)-mecamylamine] and TC-5213
    [R-(-)-mecamylamine] at Low and High Sensitivity Human a4b2 Nicotinic Receptors and in Animal Models of Depression and Anxiety

    Presenter:  Kristen Jordan, Ph.D., Group Leader, Behavioral Neuroscience
    Poster:  TC-6499: An Orally Effective and Selective alpha4beta2 Neuronal Nicotinic Receptor Agonist with Anti-allodynic Activity

  • April 6 - 10, 2008
    Morial Convention Center
    New Orleans, Louisiana

    Presenter:  David C. Kombo, Ph.D., Sr. Computational Scientist
    Poster:  Predicting Ligand Binding Affinity to the Rat alpha4beta2 Neuronal Nicotinic Receptor: Lessons from Bayesian Categorization Modeling

  • American College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 46th Annual Meeting
    December 9-13, 2007
    Boca Raton Resort and Conference Center
    Boca
    Raton, FL, USA

    Presenter:  Geoffrey C. Dunbar, M.D., Vice President, Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs, Targacept

    Monday, December 10, 2007, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
    Poster:  Mecamylamine in the treatment for depressed patients who were poor responders to citalopram first line therapy; a double-blind placebo controlled study

  • Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting
    November 3-7, 2007
    San Diego Convention Center
    San Diego, CA, USA

    Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 2 p.m., #39.2, Board F33
    Presenter:  Nikolai Fedorov, Ph.D., Sr. Staff Scientist, Electrophysiology
    Poster:  Differential Effects of TC-5214 [S-(+)-mecamylamine] and TC-5213
    [R-(-)-mecamylamine] at Low and High Sensitivity Human a4b2 Nicotinic Receptors and in Animal Models of Depression and Anxiety

    Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 3 pm, #39.7, Board F38
    Presenter:  Kristen Jordan, Ph.D., Group Leader, Behavioral Neuroscience
    Poster:  TC-6499: An Orally Effective and Selective alpha4beta2 Neuronal Nicotinic Receptor Agonist with Anti-allodynic Activity

    Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 3 p.m., Annual Brain Awareness Campaign Event, Room 17 AB
    Presenter:  Debra Perret, Communications Coordinator
    Poster:  Got Brains?  We Do! Bringing the Brain to Audiences in NC’s Triad Region

  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors as Therapeutic Targets: Emerging Frontiers in Basic Research & Clinical Science
    Satellite to the 2007 Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
    October 31 - November 2, 2007
    San Diego Convention Center
    San Diego, CA, USA

    November 1, 10:25 AM – Session 2: Alzheimer’s Disease
    Presenter:  Geoffrey C. Dunbar, M.D., Vice President, Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs, Targacept
    Presentation:  Targeting a4ß2 nAChRs to Treat Cognitive Impairments in the Elderly: Clinical Trials with TC-1734 (AZD-3480) in AAMI and MCI

    November 2, 10:00 AM – Session 7: ADHD, Depression and Epilepsy
    Presenter:  Ramana Kuchibhatla, Ph.D., President & CEO, Ventureast Pharmaceutical Services
    Presentation:  Clinical Studies with Mecamylamine in MDD Patients Non-Responsive to First-Line SSRI Treatment

  • Women's Cognitive Health: Continuing the Dialogue
    Cutting Edge Translational Research

    October 24-26, 2007
    Graylyn International Conference Center of Wake Forest University
    Winston-Salem, NC

    Wendesday, October 25, 3:00 p.m.
    Presenter:  Geoffrey C. Dunbar, M.D., Vice President, Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs
    Presentation:  Mecamylamine Augmentation Treatment in Major Depressive Disorder

  • European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
    October 13 - 17, 2007
    Austria Center Vienna
    Vienna, Austria

    Tuesday, October 15,  12 noon -  2:00 PM
    Presenter:   Patrick Lippiello, Senior Director, Project Planning and Scientific Communication
    Poster:  Novel neuronal nicotinic receptor selective compounds for the treatment of acute, chronic and neuropathic pain

    Tuesday, October 16,  12 noon -  2:00 PM
    Presenter:  Merouane Bencherif, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President, Preclinical Research
    Poster:  TC-4214 ((S)-(+) Mecamylamine) demonstrates antidepressant and anxiolytic effects in multiple animal models.

 

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