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Project Orbis: Global Collaborative Oncology Review Program

Thursday, May 13, 2021
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST
Webcast Only

Presented by:

R. Angelo de Claro, MD
Associate Director (Acting) for Global Clinical Sciences
U.S. FDA Oncology Center of Excellence

About the Presentation:

FDA Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE) launched Project Orbis in May 2019 with international regulatory authorities as a global collaborative review program for oncology marketing applications. Current Project Orbis partners include the regulatory health authorities of Australia, Brazil, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The program aims to facilitate the submission, review, and approval of high impact oncology marketing applications across the participating countries.

Past Grand Rounds

2021

• Electrical Safety in CTP Regulated Products
• Studies of SARS-CoV-2 NSP1 and Envelope Protein
• Research and Development of Radioanalytical Capabilities for Detection of Radionuclides in Food
• FDA Grand Rounds: The CORE Network (or How I Learned to Love Lettuce…)

2020

• Assessment of Safety and Efficacy of Fecal Microbiota for Transplantation Products
• Facial Coverings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: How well do they flatten the curve?
• Bioequivalence of Complex Topical Generics: In Vitro and In Vivo
• Advancing the Science of Real-World Data to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Nanotechnology: Over a Decade of Progress and Innovation at FDA
• A Pandemic and a Call to Action for One Health: The FDA One Health Initiative
• Artificial Intelligence for Regulatory Science Research
• Analysis of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in foods- Analytical method development, challenges and successes
• Modernization of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing through the Adoption of Advanced Technology
• Detection of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Agents in Biological Products Using Protein Aggregation Assays
• Quality Control: Stopping infections before they happen through safer endoscope reprocessing

2019

• Vet-LIRN – How FDA’s Network of Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories advance animal food safety and public health by conducting outbreak investigations and monitoring resistance in animal pathogens
• Technical and Logistical Considerations for Examining FDA-Regulated Products at International Mail Facilities using Handheld and Field-Portable Analytical Devices

• Why FDA authorized the marketing of the IQOS heated tobacco product as “appropriate for the protection of the public health”

• Overview of FDA's Perinatal Health Center of Excellence: Development and Validation of Predictive Systems

• Cyclospora Cayetanensis: The Crossroads Between Scientific Advances and Knowledge Gaps 

• Gaining Insight into the Patient’s Experience by Harnessing the Power of Social Listening and FDA Archival Data 

• Uncertainty is the only certainty there is: Potential approaches for making public health decisions

• The VICTRE trial: an in-silico replica of a clinical trial for evaluating digital breast tomosynthesis as a replacement for full-field digital mammography

2018

• Jerky Pet Treats and illness in dogs:  a collaborative approach to investigating a mysterious outbreak
• Decomposition of Seafood Products by Mass Spectrometry with Sensory-Driven Predictive Modeling
• The Science to Inform a Tobacco Product Standard for the Level of Nicotine in Combusted Cigarettes
• Bisphenol A: Toxicology and Pharmacokenetic Data to Inform Ongoing Safety Assessments
• How Simulation Can Transform Regulatory Pathways
• FDA's Predictive Toxicology Roadmap: Implications and Opportunities for Stakeholders
• Are Stem Cells Ready for Prime Time? A Look at FDA Research Advances in Regenerative Medicine
• Ethnicity- and Gender-Related Differences in Alzheimer's Disease

2017

• Assessing the Safety and Effectiveness of New and Emerging Therapeutic Ultrasound Technologies
• Developing a Mechanistic Model-Based Approach to Assess Cardiac Safety of New Drugs
• Genome Trakr: How a Large Network of Sequencing Laboratories is Transforming Food Safety and Public Health
• Serious and Actionable Risks, Plus Disclosure: investigating an Alternative Approach for Presenting Risk Information in Prescription Drug TV Ads
• Vaccine adjuvants: New ways to evaluate their safety and effectiveness
• Developing Regulatory Methods for Characterizing Nanomaterials in FDA-Regulated Products

2016

• The Host Response to Whooping Cough Infection and Vaccination [Archived]
• Antibiotic resistance surveillance in the age of genomics: New answers to old questions [Archived]
• FDA Research into 3D Printing of its Regulated Products [Archived]
• Rapid Screening of Dietary Supplements for Undeclared Ingredients [Archived]
• Metabolomics and Proteomics Biomarkers: Discovery and Validation in Toxicity Studies [Archived]

Resources For You

• FDA's Predictive Toxicology Roadmap
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