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All delegates are invited to attend the company sponsored satellite symposia. The programmes for these satellite symposia have been designed by the sponsoring companies and have been vetted by the ECTS Scientific Programme Committee to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigour.

 
SATURDAY 23 MAY, 2009

15:00 – 16:30

 

SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM 3
Bisphosphonate therapy: enhancing osteoporosis management

SUPPORTED BY THE ALLIANCE FOR BETTER BONE HEALTH (PROCTER & GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS AND SANOFI-AVENTIS)

Traditional Viennese delicacies will be served to all attendees prior to the symposium

Chair: Juliet Compston (Cambridge, UK)

   

INTRODUCTION
Juliet Compston (Cambridge, UK)

 

 

ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN RISK FACTORS AND FRAGILITY FRACTURES IN THE GLOW STUDY
Juliet Compston (Cambridge, UK)

 

 

EFFECTIVENESS OF BISPHOSPHONATES ON CLINICAL PRACTICE: NEW PERSPECTIVES
Serge Ferrari (Geneva, Switzerland)

 

 

EVALUATION OF SAFETY IN LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS
Graham Russell (Oxford, UK)

 

 


CONCLUSION AND Q&A SESSION
Juliet Compston (Cambridge, UK)

16:30 – 17:00

 

BREAK

17:00 – 18:30

 

SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM 4
New perspectives for the treatment of osteoporosis: from bench to bedside

SUPPORTED BY AMGEN

Chair: Stuart Ralston (Edinburgh, UK)

   

PREVENTING BONE LOSS BY TARGETING THE RANK/RANKL/OPG PATHWAY
Serge Ferrari (Geneva, Switzerland)

 

 

THE EFFECTS OF RANK LIGAND INHIBITION ON MARKERS OF BONE TURNOVER
Richard Eastell (Sheffield, UK)

 

 

THE ROLE OF RANK LIGAND IN CONDITIONS OF HORMONE ABLATION
Lorenz Hofbauer (Dresden, Germany)

SUNDAY 24 MAY, 2009

18:00 – 19:30

 

SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM 5
The evidence builds for zoledronic acid: unparalleled comprehensive fracture protection

SUPPORTED BY NOVARTIS

Webcast of satellite

Chair: René Rizzoli (Geneva, Switzerland)

 

 

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
René Rizzoli (Geneva, Switzerland)

 

 

WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE IN POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS
Michael McClung (Portland, USA)

 

 

COMPREHENSIVE OSTEOPOROSIS PROTECTION: BEYOND THE PMO PATIENT
David Reid (Aberdeen, UK)

 

 

EVIDENCE FROM HORIZON-RFT: THE ONLY RANDOMIZED TRIAL IN POST-HIP FRACTURE SURGERY PATIENTS
Steven Boonen (Leuven, Belgium)

   


STATE-OF-THE-ART OSTEOPOROSIS TREATMENT: PANEL DISCUSSION
René Rizzoli (Geneva, Switzerland)

 

 

CLOSING REMARKS
René Rizzoli (Geneva, Switzerland)

MONDAY 25 MAY, 2009

18:00 – 19:30

 

SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM 6
Moving beyond conventional antiresorptives

SUPPORTED BY MSD

Chair: Roland Baron (Boston, USA)

 

 

MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH AND VITAMIN D
Heike Bischoff-Ferrari (Zurich, Switzerland)

 

 

ODANACATIB: NOVEL ANTIRESORPTIVE AGENT
Michael McClung (Portland, USA)

 

 

NEW APPROACHES TO OSTEOANABOLIC THERAPY
John Bilezikian (New York, USA)

TUESDAY 26 MAY, 2009

18:00 – 19:30

 

SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM 7
New therapeutic options for postmenopausal women’s health

SUPPORTED BY ELI LILLY

Chair: Roberto Civitelli (St Louis, USA)

 

 

INTRODUCTION
Roberto Civitelli (St Louis, USA)

 

 

EFFECTS OF ANTIRESORPTIVES AND BONE FORMING AGENTS ON BONE QUALITY PARAMETERS
Mary Bouxsein (Boston, USA)

 

 

Q&A SESSION

 

 

TERIPARATIDE TREATMENT OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OSTEOPOROSIS
Silvano Adami (Verona, Italy)

 

 

Q&A SESSION

 

 

IS THERE AN OPTION TO PREVENT OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES AND INVASIVE BREAST CANCER WITH A SERM?
Silvia Migliaccio (Rome, Italy)

 

 

Q&A SESSION

 

 

WRAP UP

 

 

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