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2021 HBV-TAG CONFERENCE
PRESENTATION SLIDES

Friday, June 11, 2021 

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The Year in Review

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Presenter:  Raymond Chung, MD 

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Global Status of Hepatitis B 

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Presenter:  Brian McMahon, MD

  

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SESSION 1: New Perspectives on HBV Virology 

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Update: The HBV Entry

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Presenter: Stephan Urban, PhD

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Biology of cccDNA: Formation, Maintenance, and Regulation 

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Presenter: Haitao Guo, PhD

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Role of HBx on Transcriptional Regulation of HBV cccDNA 

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Presenter: Rudolf Beran, PhD 

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HBV Integration: Consequences for Viral Gene Expression and Cellular Gene Dysregulation

Presenter: Thomas Tu, PhD 

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SESSION 2: Evaluation of HBV Infected Patients: Current Practice and New Horizons 

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Noninvasive Assessment of Fibrosis in Hepatitis B 

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Presenter: Richard Sterling, MD, MSc 

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Genotypes, Core and Precore Mutations 

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Presenter: Brian McMahon, MD

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SESSION 3: New Perspectives on HBV Virology 

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Impact of Current Treatment on Incidence of HCC 

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Presenter: Raymond Kim, MD, MBA, FAASLD 

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Screening and Surveillance Debate

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Presenters: Ira Jacobson, MD and Amit Singal, MD 

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Molecular Genetics of HCC: When Should Tumor Genomic Sequencing be Done?

Presenter: Lewis Roberts, M.B., CH.B., PH.D.

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SESSION 4: Controversies in Current Therapy

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When Should We Stop Nuc Therapy? HBeAg+, HBeAg-

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Presenter: Harry Janssen, MD, PhD

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Flares: Good, Bad, or Just Ugly?

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Presenter: Robert Fontana, MD

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Is there a Role for Interferon with Nucleos(t)ides?

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Presenter: Robert Perrillo, MD 

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Blazing Saddles Expanding Treatment Criteria

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Presenter: Patrick Kennedy, MD

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SESSION 5: Controversies in Current Therapy

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Capsid Assembly Modulators 

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Presenter: Man Fung (MF) Yuen, MD, PhD 

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Other Antiviral Approaches Including FXR, HBxAg and RNA Destabilizers and Beyond 

Presenter: Fabien Zoulim, MD, PhD  

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siRNAs and Antisense Oligonucleotides 

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Presenter: Edward Gane, MD 

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CRISPR and other DNA Targeting Approaches 

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Presenter: Ype de Jong, MD, PhD  

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Approaches to Target HBsAg from cccDNA or Integrates 

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Presenter: George Wu, MD, PhD 

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Saturday, June 11, 2021 

SESSION 6: Immune-Based Therapies 

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New Perspectives on HBV Immunology 

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Adam Gehring, PhD

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Innate Immunity: TLR, STING 

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Presenter: Ju-Tao Guo, MD  

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Adaptive Immunity: T-Cell Therapies 

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Antonio Bertoletti, MD 

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Adaptive Immunity: B-Cell Therapies 

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Mala Maini, MD, PhD

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SESSION 7: HBV Drug Development – General Considerations 

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Lessons Learned from HBV and Other Drugs and Technology Development in Hepatology 

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Presenter: Nid Afdhal, MD

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Is There a Role for Tissue Sampling and Machine Learning in Studies of Novel HBV Therapies? 

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Presenter: Jordan Feld, MD

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Pharmacoeconomic Considerations in Hepatitis B Drug Development

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Presenter: Sammy Saab, MD 

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SESSION 8: Hepatitis D

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HDV Epidemiology, Life Cycle and Targets of Therapeutic Interference 

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Presenter: Jeffrey Glenn, MD, PhD 

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Lonafarnib and Lambda Interferon

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Presenter: Christopher Koh, MD, M.H.Sc. 

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Bulevirtide 

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Presenter: Heiner Wedemeyer, MD 

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Other HBV Targets that will affect HDV Replication or Release  

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Presenter: Timothy Block, PhD

 

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SESSION 9: Advocacy 

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Hepatitis B Foundation Survey on What the Patients Want Out of New Hepatitis B 

Drug Development 

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Presenter: Chari Cohen, DrPH, MPH 

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Quality-of-Life, Extrahepatic Manifestations 

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Presenter: David Bernstein, MD 

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Stigma

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Presenter: Robert Gish, MD

 

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