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Join us at ACoP 2025, the leading annual conference for the global pharmacometrics community. This year’s meeting will feature cutting-edge science, hands-on workshops, and insightful presentations from thought leaders across industry, academia, and regulatory agencies. Whether you’re a seasoned expert or new to the field, ACoP 2025 offers valuable opportunities to learn, network, and contribute to the advancement of model-informed drug development.
Be sure to stop by the Simulations Plus booth #7 and meet with our experts, who will be happy to answer any questions you have. We hope to see you there!
Can’t Miss Presentations!
Title: Thales Workshop
Date/Time: Saturday, October 18th, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Homestead 1
Presenters: 
- Cameron Meaney – Scientist I, Scientific Staff, QSP
- Clifton Anderson – Scientist II, Scientific Staff, QSP
- Christina Battista – Senior Principal Scientist, Mgr, Scientific Staff, QSP
- Ryan Suderman – Director/Senior Principal Scientist, Scientific Staff, QSP
Title: Differentiated MIDD strategies to accelerate clinical development in metabolic diseases are worth their weight
Date/Time: Sunday, October 19th, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: Colorado B-D
Co-Chairs:
- Dr. Theodore Rieger, Director, Pharmacometrics, Pfizer
- Dr. Brian J. Schmidt, Executive Director, Clinical Pharmacology, Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
Presenters:
- Dr. Karen Schneck, Advisor, Eli Lilly and Company
- Dr. Rune Overgaard, Senior Scientific Director, Novo Nordisk
- Dr. Scott Siler, Chief Science Officer, Simulations Plus
- Dr. Sibylle Neuhoff, Senior Scientific Advisor, Transporter Group Head, Certara Predictive Technologies
Title: (S-072) Automated concentration-QT data preparation, model selection and reporting in R
Date/Time: Sunday, October 19th, 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM MDT
Location: Colorado A
Presenters: 
- Jonathan Chauvin – Co-Chief, Product & Technology Officer, Product Managment, Shared Services
Title: (S-057) mlxDesignEval: A novel R package for design evaluation based on MonolixSuite, and its comparison to popED and PFIM
Date/Time: Sunday, October 19th, 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM MDT
Location: Colorado A
Presenters: 
- Monika Twarogowska – Sr. Principal Scientific Product Specialist, Product Enablement, Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology
Title: Differentiated MIDD strategies to accelerate clinical development in metabolic diseases are worth their weight (11:00 AM – 12:30 PM)
Date/Time: Sunday, October 19th, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: Colorado B-D
Presenters: 
- Scott Q. Siler – Chief Science Officer, Scientific Staff, QSP
Title: Translation of weight loss and prediction of liver pharmacodynamics in NASH across a range of mechanism quantitative systems pharmacology modeling.
Date/Time: Sunday, October 19th, 11:45 AM – 12:07 PM
Location: Colorado B-D
Presenters: 
- Scott Q. Siler – Chief Science Officer, Scientific Staff, QSP
Title:(M-100) Development of a Quantitative Systems Toxicology Model to Predict Drug-Induced Liver Injury in Pediatrics
Date/Time: Monday, October 20, 2025, 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM MDT
Location: Colorado A
Presenters:
- Scott Q. Siler – Chief Science Officer, Scientific Staff, QSP
Title: (M-015) Hybrid MBMA-QSP Model Predicts T-Cell Engager Plus Cereblon E3 Ligase Modulatory Drugs Combination Outcomes As A Function Of Prior Therapies In Relapsed/refractory Multiple Myeloma
Date/Time: Monday, October 20th, 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Colorado A
Presenter: 
- Clifton Anderson – Scientist II, Scientific Staff, QSP
Title: (M-014) Multiple myeloma QSP model enables evaluation of iberdomide dosing schedules post-ASCT in NDMM patients for the EXCALIBER Maintenance study
Date/Time: Monday, October 20th, 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Colorado A
Presenter: 
- Clifton Anderson – Scientist II, Scientific Staff, QSP
Title: (M-103) Population Pharmacokinetic Analysis of QRL-201 in Plasma and CSF in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis From A First-in-Human Phase 1 Multiple Ascending Dose Escalation Study
Date/Time: Monday, October 20th, 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Colorado A
Presenter: 
- Gaurav, Mitali – Assistant Director, Pharmacometrics, Scientific Staff, Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology
 
Title: Enabling Earlier Predictions of Hepatotoxic Risk with Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship-Machine Learning (QSAR-ML) and Quantitative Systems Toxicology (QST) Models
Date/Time: Tuesday, October 21st, 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Location: Colorado A
Presenter: 
- Christina Battista – Senior Principal Scientist, Mgr, Scientific Staff, QSP
Title: Scaling Peaks Unclimbed: How QSP is Shaping the Future Landscape of MIDD in Diseases Beyond Oncology
Date/Time: Tuesday, October 21st, 9:00 AM
Location: Willow Lake 3-5
Co-Chair:
- Ryan Suderman – Director/Senior Principal Scientist, Scientific Staff, QSP
Title: Will harmonization in guidance lead to consistency in assessment and regulatory decisions, with a focus on PBPK modeling in new drug approvals (NDAs) and marketing authorization applications (MAAs)?
Date/Time: Tuesday, October 21st, 11:15 – 11:30 AM
Location: Willow Lake 3-5
Presenter: Susie Zhang – Vice President, Regulatory Strategies, Scientific Staff, PBPK
Title: Machine learning algorithms for structural model selection – comparison and implementation
Date/Time: Tuesday, October 21st, 10:45 – 12:15 AM
Location: Red Rock 8-9
Presenter: Frano Mihaljevic – Sr. Scientific Product Specialist, Product Enablement, Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology
ACoP Pre-Conference Workshop Details
2-DAY WORKSHOP
Simulations Plus: From PK-PD Models to Simulations: A Hands-On Workshop using MonolixSuite™
Dates/Time: October 17th – 18th, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Presenters:
- Monika Twarogowska – Sr. Principal Scientific Product Specialist, Product Enablement, Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology
- Frano Mihaljevic – Sr. Scientific Product Specialist, Product Enablement, Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology
Find more details here.
1-DAY WORKSHOP
Simulations Plus: End-to-end clinical trial modeling with the Thales QSP software platform
Date/time: October 18th, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Presenters:
- Ryan Suderman – Director/Senior Principal Scientist, Scientific Staff, QSP
- Cameron Meaney – Scientist I, Scientific Staff, QSP
- Clifton Anderson – Scientist II, Scientific Staff, QSP
Find more details here.
Simulations Plus Staff in Attendance:
- Amparo de la Peña, Ph.D. – Vice President, Pharmacometric Services, Scientific Staff, Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology
- Arlene Padron – Senior Director, Business Development, Sales, Shared Services
- Cameron Meaney – Scientist I, Scientific Staff, QSP
- Christina Battista – Senior Principal Scientist, Mgr, Scientific Staff, QSP
- Clifton Anderson – Scientist II, Scientific Staff, QSP
- Elizabeth A. Ludwig, Pharm.D. – Associate Vice President, Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics Solutions
- Frano Mihaljevic – Sr. Scientific Product Specialist, Product Enablement, Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology
- Guillaume Bonnefois, Ph.D. – Director, Pharmacometrics, Scientific Staff, Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology
- Heather Barcomb, M.A. – Assistant Director, Pharmacometrics, Scientific Staff, Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology
- Heather Squire – Business Development Director, Sales, Shared Services
- Jill Fiedler-Kelly, M.S., F.I.S.oP. – President, Services Solutions, Scientific Staff, Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology
- Jennifer Johnson, Learning Services Manager, Clinical Operations, Shared Services
- Jonathan Chauvin, Ph.D. – Co-Chief, Product & Technology Officer, Product Managment, Shared Services
- Julie A. Passarell, M.A. – Associate Vice President, Pharmacometrics, Scientific Staff, Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics Solutions
- Kelly Fellows Maxwell, Ph.D. – Associate Director, Pharmacometrics, Scientific Staff, Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics Solutions
- Mitali Gaurav, Pharm.D. – Assistant Director, Pharmacometrics, Scientific Staff, Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics Solutions
- Monika Twarogowska, Ph.D. – Sr. Principal Scientific Product Specialist, Product Enablement, Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology
- Nancy Lin – Pharmacometrician I, Scientific Staff, Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology
- Olivier Barriere – Senior Director, Pharmacometrics, Scientific Staff, Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology
- Pauline Traynard, Ph.D. – Director, Scientific Product Enablement, Product Management, Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology
- Peter Kilford – Associate Vice President, Software Business Development, Sales, Shared Services
- Ryan Suderman – Director/Senior Principal Scientist, Scientific Staff, QSP
- Saumi Rahatekar – Senior Director, Business Development, Sales, Shared Services
- Shawn O’Connor – Chief Executive Officer, Executive Management, Shared Services
- Scott Siler – Chief Science Officer, Scientific Staff, QSP
- Stephanie Kollmann – Associate Product Specialist, Product Enablement, Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology
- Steve Chang – Global Head of Strategic Alliances, Business Development, Shared Services
- Susie Zhang – Vice President, Regulatory Strategies, Scientific Staff, PBPK
- Suvarchala Avvari – Scientist II, Scientific Staff, PBPK
- Tom Sun – Vice President, Strategic Consulting Services, Scientific Staff, Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology
- Yawen Fan – Business Development Consultant, Sales, Shared Services
 
									