Speaker
Prof. Nagy Habib
Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, UK
Biography :
Prof. Nagy For over three decades Prof Nagy has been at the forefront of clinical research and clinical practise in cancer. He pioneered the first clinical trial in the use of adenovirus and plasmid for the treatment of liver cancer, as well as the use of plasmid gene therapy in hydrodynamic gene therapy delivery. He was the first in Europe to perform a clinical trial with the use of adult CD34+ stem cells in patients with liver failure and stroke. Nagy is a founder and was the Head of R&D of Mina therapeutics whilst at Mina he was driving the development of saRNA drug (a new class of medicines) which is currently being trialled in patients with liver cancer in eight UK centres, and sites in Singapore and Taiwan (OUTREACH study, Clinical Trials.gov ID NCT02716012) and in a second trial in patients with solid tumours (TIMEPOINT study, ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT 04105335) in the UK, USA, Europe, Singapore and Taiwan. He has published widely in gene therapy, stem cell therapy, oligonucleotides, endoscopy and surgery. Currently he is the CEO of Apterna Limited, a company focussed on novel oligonucleotide delivery and Dawn Therapeutics specialising in gene therapy. Previously Nagy was founder and Chairman of EMcision Limited (acquired by Boston Scientific Inc in 2018). Nagy is Consultant Surgeon and Academic HPB Head at Imperial College London.
