LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, March 27, 2014 /EINPresswire.com/ -- SMi Group are pleased to announce that Merck's Director of Neuroscience Scientific Knowledge and Discover, Samer Eid, will be providing a keynote address at this year’s Pain Therapeutics conference taking place on 19th and 20th May, London.

Highlights from the presentation entitled: Accelerating Innovation in Research to Build the Pain Pipeline, will include:
• Filling the pain clinical development pipeline
• Open innovation in pain research
• Novel targets/mechanisms and new directions in pain research

The presentation, which will feature in the session looking at “Assesing New Mechanisms – Bench to Bedside,” will also include talks from UCB, Spinifex, Imperial College London, University of Oxford and AbbVie.

Tom McCarthy, CEO from Spinifex mentioned the Merck presentation as being one of the most interesting talks at the event when asked about conference highlights.

Pain Therapeutics 2014 will provide a mix of case study led presentations, panel debates and keynote addresses that have been tailored to an audience of professionals working in the pain market from research and drug discovery through to clinical trials and the translation from bench to bedside. The above is just a snap shot of what will be covered at the event. To download a brochure visit www.pain-therapeutics.co.uk

Some of the confirmed attendees so far include: Abbott Laboratories, Anderson Cancer Center, Eli Lilly, G W Pharmaceuticals, Johnson And Johnson, MC Mutual, Merck & Co, Mundipharma, Nektar Therapeutics, OGBConsulting, Spinifex Pharmaceuticals, Stockholm Brain Institute, Technology & Medicine, The Medicines Company, University Of Sheffield, UCB, University of Oxford, VETOQUINOL plus many more
For further details visit www.pain-therapeutics.co.uk


PAIN THERAPEUTICS
19TH – 20TH MAY 2014, LONDON UK
Holiday Inn Kensington Forum , London UK
www.pain-therapeutics.co.uk

About SMi Group

Established since 1993, the SMi Group is a global event-production company that specializes in Business-to-Business Conferences, Workshops, Masterclasses and online Communities. We create and deliver events in the Defence, Security, Energy, Utilities, Finance and Pharmaceutical industries.
We pride ourselves on having access to the world’s most forward thinking opinion leaders and visionaries, allowing us to bring our communities together to Learn, Engage, Share and Network. We hold events in over 30 major cities throughout the world including London, Paris and Singapore and to date have welcomed over 200,000 participants from 80 countries.

More information can be found at www.smi-online.co.uk

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SMi Group Ltd
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