Industry Symposia
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GSK Symposium: Modifying the natural history of LN: from theory to clinical practice
Room America
Agenda:
10:30 – 10:45 Why consider Belimumab as SOC in LN? Disease modification concept – PROF ROGER A LEVY, GME GSK
10:45 – 11:00 From Concept to real world: Clinical Case Discussion (patient profile: LN) – PROF ANA MALVAR, ARG
11:00 – 11:15 What do the recommendations for Lupus Nephritis say? – PROF EDGARD TORRES, BRA
11:15 – 11:30 Q&A – ALL
Moderator: PROF ROGER LEVY, GME GSK (Brazil)




Rheumatologist. GSK Global Medical Expert.
Vascular Diseases Committee Coordinator, of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology.

Medical Specialist in Nephrology and acid-base, electrolyte and fluid homeostasis
Professor: School of Medicine, Nephrology Unit, Universidad del Salvador (USAL)
Member of the American Society of Nephrology
Member of the Glomerulopathies Council (ANCBA)

Profesor Adjunto de la Escuela Paulista de Medicina de la Universidad Federal de São Paulo.
Coordinador de la Comisión de Lupus de la Sociedad Brasileña de Reumatología (2020-2022 y 2022-2024)
Miembro de GLADEL (Grupo Latinoamericano de Estudios de Lupus).
GSK Symposium: Herpes zoster and the rheumatic patient: Impact and prevention
Room Galapagos
Moderator: Jesse Reis Alves (Brazil), GSK Vaccines Medical Manager.



Infectious disease physician, currently Professor of Infectious Diseases at UFPR.

Adjunct Professor of Rheumatology/UFJF, Scientific Director of the Sociedade Mineira de Reumatologia and Coordinator of the Commission on Endemic and Infectious Diseases of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology.
New approaches in the treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis
Room Oceania B
Agenda:
Unmet needs in the management of Psoriatic Arthritis – Dr Roberto Ranza
Risankizumab and Upadacitinib in the treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis – Dr Dennis McGonagle
Q&A – Dr Ranza & Dr McGonagle – all



Professor Dennis McGonagle is Section Head of Experimental Rheumatology in the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Medicine at the University of Leeds in Leeds, UK. He graduated from University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland, with a first-class honour in Medicine , and completed his clinical training and PhD in Leeds.
Through his clinical research, Professor McGonagle has elucidated the pathogenesis of seronegative inflammatory diseases and defined the central role of the enthesis in joint pathology, including the cytokine-mediated enthesitis theory of synovitis in seronegative spondyloarthropathies in 1998. He runs clinics in immune-mediated diseases and a joint autoinflammatory network (with Dr Sinisa Savic) and has developed the modern immunological disease-continuum classification of inflammation against self. Professor McGonagle’s group has defined normal human enthesis innate and adaptive immunity, including -T cells and conventional T cells in the human enthesis. His other interest is the use of native joint resident mesenchymal stem cells for osteoarthritis therapy .
Professor McGonagle has served on the editorial boards of Arthritis & Rheumatology and Annals of Rheumatic Diseases. He was a member of the Scientific Committee of The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR), Chair and Co-Chair of two EULAR task forces and a member of the UK Medical Research Council Population and Systems Medicine Board (MRC PSMB). Professor McGonagle has won international prizes for his work, including the Verna Wright Lecture (2018), the Pemberton Lecture Award from the Philadelphia Rheumatism Society (2018), and the Royal Academy of Medicine (Bioengineering) Medal (2019).

Roberto Ranza, MD, MsC, PhD
Rheumatology residence program and Rheumatology department chief at Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
Treatment target: long term and RWE data for remission and LDA with baricitinib in RA

Room Oceania A
Agenda:
- Lecture – Prof. Dr. Ricardo Blanco
- Q&A – Dr. Dawton Torigoe
Lecture will be in Spanish and local translation will be available.



Chairman and Principal Investigator of the research group, Epidemiology, Genetics and Arteriosclerosis in Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, belonging to the IDIVAL of the same Hospital
Responsible for the CSUR (Centres, Services and Reference Units) of the Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases of the Spanish National Health System.
PhD. Director of several PhD.
Author of numerous conferences, conference communications and book chapters on different diseases, especially inflammatory

Head of the Rheumatology Discipline at Santa Casa de São Paulo
PhD in Rheumatology from FMUSP
10 years with infliximab biosimilar in rheumatic treatment: what is the next evolution?

Room Oceania B
Agenda:
16:15 – 16:25 Welcome Remarks – Dr. Salim Benkhalifa (France)
16:25 – 16:45 Biosimilarity and Beyond: Now and then of Infliximab – Dr. Valderilio Feijó Azevedo (Brazil)
10 years recap studies of infliximab biosimilar including pivotal and real-world studies.
16:45 – 17:05 Redefining Infliximab: the era of subcutaneous infliximab – Prof. Yannick Allanore (France)
Introduction of subcutaneous infliximab pivotal studies
17:05 – 17:15 Closing Remarks / Q&A – Dr. Salim Benkhalifa (France)
Moderator: Dr. Salim Benkhalifa (Francia)



• Director of the Musculo-skeletal academic department of APHP. Centre Université de Paris
• Head of department of Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital

Adjunct Professor of Rheumatology at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR).
Head of the Rheumatology service at Hospital Santa Cruz-Rede D’or.
Principal investigator of the EDUMED Research Center.
Member of the Executive Committee of AHF – Americas Health Foundation.
Coordinator of the Psoriatic Arthritis Commission of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology (SBR).
Saphnelo® (anifrolumab) in SLE: thinking long-term for our patients
Room Oceania A
Agenda:
16:15 – 16:30 Welcome and introductions (Professor Odirlei Monticielo)
16:30 – 16:40 Balancing the benefits and risks of GCs in SLE (Professor Odirlei Monticielo)
16:40 – 16:55 Building the picture of treatment with Saphnelo – insights from long-term data (Doctor Grace Wright)
16:55 – 17:10 Striving for comprehensive control – a case in focus (Doctor Sheetal Desai)
17:10 – 17:15 Summary and close (Professor Odirlei Monticielo)




Doctor Sheetal Desai is a Clinical Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at UC Irvine’s School of Medicine, with over 20 years’ experience in clinical practice. She is a rheumatologist at the University of California (UC) Irvine, with a focus on systemic lupus erythematosus. Dr Desai has also served as the Rheumatology Fellowship Program Director and is the current Diversity Equity & Inclusion Officer. Within research settings, Dr Desai is a forerunner in medical education, focusing on the representation of skin colour in rheumatology educational resources.

Professor Odirlei Monticielo is a rheumatology specialist and the Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. He is also an Associate Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Prof Odirlei is a member of the SLE committee of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology (BSR). As an expert in Brazil, Prof Odirlei participated in the development of the first clinical guidelines for the treatment of SLE in Latin America.

Doctor Grace Wright is a consultant rheumatologist in New York. Dr Wright earned her medical and doctorate degrees at the New York University School of Medicine. She completed a fellowship in rheumatology at the NYU Medical Center, where she then served as Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine. Dr Wright founded the Association of Women in Rheumatology (AWIR), where she acts as president. She has authored multiple articles published in peer-reviewed journals and is a fellow of the American College of Rheumatology.
Spondylitis pain, are we really in control?
Room Galapagos
Agenda:
16:15 Welcome and introduction. Speaker
16:20 Spondylitis pain, are we really in control?. Speaker
17:10 Q&A. Speaker


Atul A. Deodhar, MD, is Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of rheumatology clinics in Oregon Health & Science University, Portland. Dr. Deodhar is a past-chair of SPARTAN (Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network), serves on the Steering Committee of GRAPPA (Group for the Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis), was part College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) treatment guidelines sub-committee. Dr. Deodhar is a reviewer for Nature Reviews in Rheumatology, Arthritis & Rheumatology, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Annals of Internal Medicine, among several other journals
Meet the Experts: Managing difficult SLE cases
Room Aruba
Agenda:
08:00 – 08:20 CLINICAL CASE I: +DISCUSSION
PROF LUCIANA SEGURO
PROF ROGER (MODERATOR)
08:20 – 09:00 CLINICAL CASE II +DISCUSSION
PROF MARINA SCOLNIK.
DRA ANA PATRICIA NASCIMENTO (MODERATOR)





Rheumatologist. GSK Global Medical Expert.
Vascular Diseases Committee Coordinator, of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology.


Medical specialist in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology
Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires
Master in Clinical Effectiveness
Member of GLADEL (Latin American Lupus Studies Group).

Rheumatologist from Lupus Group at HCFMUSP.
Member of the Lupus Committee at the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology.
Member of GLADEL (Latin American Lupus Studies Group).
What is the best therapeutic choice for my patient with PSA or axSpA?

Room America
Agenda:
- PSA discussion – Dr. Vinicius Domingues
- axSpA discussion – Prof. Xenofon Baraliakos
- Q&A – Dr. Rodrigo Luppino
Moderator: Dr. Rodrigo Luppino Assad (Brazil)




Chief of Department, Rheumatology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.

Graduated from Estácio de Sá Medical School (Brazil);
Internal Medicine residency at Weill Cornell Medical Center (NYP / NY)
Rheumatology fellowship at New York University (NYU / NY).

Physician at the Hospital das Clínicas of the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto and at CEDMAC (Center for High Complexity Medicines)
Master in Spondyloarthritis from the Universidad Europea de Madrid
Member of the Brazilian Spondyloarthritis Registry (RBE) of the SBR Spondyloarthritis Commission
Member of GRAPPA (Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis)
Member of the Scientific Committee of the São Paulo Society of Rheumatology (biennia 2014-2015; 2016-2017, 2018-2019, current);
Upadacitinib in Rheumatoid Arthritis and its Role in Helping Patients Reach Treatment Goals
Room Oceania B
Agenda:
Unmet needs in RA management: Is there a treatment goal gap? – Dr Ricardo Xavier
Upadacitinib in the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis – Dr Eduardo Mysler
Q&A – Dr Xavier & Dr Mysler & all



Director of the medical research organization OMI (Organizacion Medica de Investigacion) – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Member of the American College of Rheumatology

Full Professor of Rheumatology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Coordinator of the Autoimmune Diseases Laboratory, Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
President of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology 2020-2022
PhD in Immunology, Shimane University, Japan