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Symposium | Virtual

Event Title
A Joint US-FDA | MHRA-UK | Health Canada Good Clinical Practice & Pharmacovigilance Compliance Symposium
February 13 - 15, 2024


Date:
February 13 - 15, 2024
Day1:
- ET
Day2:
- ET
Day3:
- ET

Topics & Presentations Day 1

Speakers

Good Clinical Practice & Pharmacovigilance Compliance Symposium Day One – AM

 

Day One Opening Remarks & Keynote

Patrizia Cavazzoni, MD
Director
Center for Drug Evaluation & Research (CDER) | FDA

Session 1: Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Harmonization: Updates to ICH E6(R3)

Kassa Ayalew, MD, MPH
Division Director
Division of Clinical Compliance Evaluation (DCCE)
Office of Scientific Investigations (OSI)
Office of Compliance (OC)
CDER | FDA

Leigh Marcus, MD
Senior Physician
DCCE | OSI | OC | CDER | FDA

Hocine Abid, MD, MBA
National Manager
Regulatory Operations and Enforcement Branch (ROEB)
Health Canada (HC)

Andrew Fisher, BSc
Lead Senior Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Inspector
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

Session 2: Technology in Clinical Trials – Digital Health Technology (DHT)

Debbi Fox, BSc
Compliance Specialist
ROEB | HC

Elena Boley, MD, MBA
Senior Physician
DCCE | OSI | OC | CDER | FDA

Mandy Budwal-Jagait, MSc
Head of GCP and Lead Senior GCP Inspector
MHRA

Session 3: Clinical Trials with Decentralized Elements and GCP Inspections

Karen Bleich, MD
Lead Physician
Division of Clinical Trial Quality (DCTQ)
Office of Medical Policy Initiatives (OMPI)
Office of Medical Policy (OPM)
CDER | FDA

Lee Pai-Scherf, MD
Senior Medical Officer
Good Clinical Practice Assessment Branch (GCPAB)
DCCE | OSI | OC | CDER | FDA

Alicja Kasina, MSc
Senior Regulatory Advisor
ROEB | HC

Hayley Dixey, BSc
Lead Senior GCP Inspector
MHRA

Good Clinical Practice & Pharmacovigilance Compliance Symposium Day One – PM

 

Session 4 - ICH E6 (R3) Draft – Good Data Governance Practices

Cheryl Grandinetti, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacologist
DCCE | OSI | OC | CDER | FDA

Shila Rastegar, MSc
Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement Specialist
Clinical Trial Compliance Program (CTCP)
ROEB | HC

Andrew Fisher, BSc
Lead Senior GCP Inspector
MHRA

Session 1 Discussion Panel

Regina Zopf, MD
Senior Medical Officer
Good Clinical Practice Assessment Branch (GCPAB)
DCCE | OSI | OC | CDER | FDA

And

Leigh Marcus, Hocine Abid, Andrew Fisher

Session 2 Discussion Panel

Regina Zopf, Debbi Fox, Elena Boley, and
Mandy Budwal-Jagait

Session 3 Discussion Panel

Regina Zopf, Lee Pai-Scherf, Hocine Abid,

And

Jason Wakelin-Smith, BSc
Expert GCP Inspector and Head of the Compliance Expert Circle
MHRA

Session 4 Discussion Panel

Regina Zopf, Cheryl Grandinetti, Shila Rastegar, and
Andrew Fisher

Day One Wrap-Up & Closing Remarks

Hocine Abid

 

Topics & Presentations Day 2

Speakers

Good Clinical Practice & Pharmacovigilance Compliance Symposium Day Two – AM

 

Day Two Opening Remarks & Keynote

James Pound, BSc, CChem
Deputy Director
Standards and Compliance
MHRA

Session 1: Sponsor Oversight in Clinical Trials

Adil Nashed, BVSc, DHMS
Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement Specialist
HC

Barbara Wright, BA
Foreign Cadre Director
Foreign BIMO Cadre
Office of Bioresearch Monitoring Operations (OBIMO)
Office of Medical Products and Tobacco Operations (OMPTO)
Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) | FDA

And

Jason Wakelin-Smith

Session 2: Clinical Trials Post Pandemic – Positive Disruption to Establish Ways of Working?

Iram Hassan, PhD
Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) | United States Public Health
Service (USPHS)
Reviewer
Good Clinical Practice Compliance Oversight Branch (GCPCOB)
DCCE | OSI | OC | CDER | FDA

Jennifer Evans, BSc
Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement Specialist
HC

Richard Berning
Foreign Cadre Inspector
Office of Bioresearch Monitoring (OBIMO)
Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) | FDA

And

Jason Wakelin-Smith

Session 3: The Future of GCP Inspections

Jenn Sellers, MD, PhD
Branch Chief
Good Clinical Practice Assessment Branch (GCPAB)
DCCE | OSI | OC | CDER | FDA

Jennifer Adams, MPH
LCDR | USPHS
Foreign Cadre Director
OBIMO | ORA | FDA

Rachel Mead, BSc
Senior GCP Inspector
MHRA

And

Kassa Ayalew

Good Clinical Practice & Pharmacovigilance Compliance Symposium Day Two – PM

 

Session 4: Agency Updates: Policies, Guidances, and Initiatives

Emily Gebbia, JD
Associate Director of Regulatory Development
OSI | OC | CDER | FDA

Stephen Vinter, BSc, CChem
Head of Compliance Team 1
MHRA

And

Hocine Abid

Session 5: Collaboration Between Agencies and Future Expectations

LaKisha Williams, MSN
Commander (CDR) | USPHS
GCP International Liaison
DCCE | OSI | OC | CDER | FDA

Reza Salehzadeh-Asl, MSc
National Supervisor
ROEB | HC

And

Mandy Budwal-Jagait

Session 1 Discussion Panel

Adil Nashed, Barbara Wright, and Jason Wakelin-Smith

Session 2 Discussion Panel

Jennifer Evans, Richard Berning, and Jason Wakelin-Smith

Session 3 Discussion Panel

Jenn Sellers, Jennifer Adams, and Mandy Budwal-Jagait

Session 4 Discussion Panel

Emily Gebbia, Stephen Vinter, and Hocine Abid

Session 5 Discussion Panel

LaKisha Williams, Reza Salehzadeh-Asl, and Mandy Budwal-Jagait

Day Two Wrap-Up & Closing Remarks

Cheryl Grandinetti

 

Topics & Presentations Day 3

Speakers

Good Clinical Practice & Pharmacovigilance Compliance Symposium Day Three – AM

 

Presentations:

 

Day Three Opening Remarks & Keynote

Seongeun (Julia) Cho, MD
Division Director
Division of Generic Drug Study Integrity (DGDSI)
Office of Study Integrity and Surveillance (OSIS)
Office of Translational Sciences (OTS)
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) | FDA

Session 1 (BE): Remote Evaluations

Sean Kassim, PhD
Director
Office of Study I
OSIS | OTS | CDER | FDA

Mei Ou, PhD
Lead Pharmacokineticist
DGDSI | OSIS | OTS | CDER | FDA

Michael McGuinness
Head of GLP & Laboratories | Head UK GLPMA
MHRA

Session 2 (BE): Bioanalytical Issues

Sean Kassim, Michael McGuinness,

And

Yiyue Cynthia Zhang, PhD, RAC
Senior Staff Fellow
Division of New drug Study Integrity (DNDSI)
OSIS | OTS | CDER | FDA

Session 1 Discussion Panel

Sean Kassim, Mei Ou, and Michael McGuinness

Session 2 Discussion Panel

Sean Kassim, Mei Ou, and Michael McGuinness

Session 3 (BE): Clinical Study Conduct

Jason Wakelin-Smith

And

Doug Pham, JD, PharmD
Associate Director
OSIS | OTS | CDER | FDA

Emma Whale, MSc
Senior GCP & GLP Inspector
MHRA

Session 3 Discussion Panel

Jason Wakelin-Smith, Doug Pham,

And

Jennifer Adams, MPH
Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
United States Public Health Service (USPHS)
Foreign Cadre Director
Office of Bioresearch Monitoring Operations (OBIMO)
Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) | FDA

Good Clinical Practice & Pharmacovigilance Compliance Symposium Day Three – PM

 

Pharmacovigilance Compliance Keynote

Stephen Vinter, BSc, CChem
Head of Compliance | Team 1
Healthcare Quality and Access
MHRA

Session 4 (PV): International Collaboration

Carolyn Volpe, PharmD, MS
Regulatory Officer
Division of Enforcement and Postmarketing Safety (DEPS)
Office of Scientific Investigations (OSI)
Office of Compliance (OC)
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) | FDA

Claire Longman, MSc
Expert Pharmacovigilance Inspector
MHRA

Sherry Bous, PharmD
Division Director
DEPS | OSI | OC | CDER | FDA

Paul Baillargeon
Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement Specialist
HC

Session 5 (PV): Future of Inspections

Carolyn Volpe

And

Ginneh Stowe, MS
Health Scientist
Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE) | FDA

Peter Diak, PharmD, MPH
Captain (CAPT) | United States Public Health Service (USPHS)
Branch Chief
Postmarketing Safety Branch (PSB)
DEPS | OSI | OC | CDER | FDA

Chrissy Cochran, PhD
Director
Office of Bioresearch Monitoring Operations (OBIMO)
Office of Medical Products and Tobacco Operations (OMPTO)
Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) | FDA

Robert Ball, MD, MPH, ScM
Deputy Director
Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology (OSE)
CDER | FDA

Session 6 (PV): Regulatory Updates

Carolyn Volpe

And

Claire Longman, MSc
Expert Pharmacovigilance Inspector
MHRA

Lauren Bateman, MS
Senior Informatics Advisor
Office of Clinical Policy and Programs (OCPP)
Office of the Commissioner (OC) | FDA

Suranjan De, MS, MBA
Deputy Director of the Regulatory Science Staff
OSE | CDER | FDA

Session 4 Discussion Panel

Carolyn Volpe, Claire Longman, Paul Baillargeon, and
Peter Diak

Session 5 Discussion Panel

Carolyn Volpe, Ginneh Stowe, Peter Diak, and
Chrissy Cochran

Session 6 Discussion Panel

Carolyn Volpe, Lauren Bateman, Suranjan De, and
Claire Longman

Symposium Wrap-Up & Closing Remarks

Laurie Muldowney, MD
Deputy Director
OSI | OC | CDER | FDA

 

Agenda

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ABOUT THIS EVENT

This workshop will focus on Global Clinical Trials in Good Clinical Practice, Bioequivalence, and Pharmacovigilance in the post pandemic world. Presentations and panel discussions will provide information on the recent updates made to ICH E6(r3) and regulatory perspectives on implementation of proportionate and risk-based approaches to the design and conduct of the trial to help ensure that the quality of the trial data generated is of sufficient quality to support good decision making. Panelists will discuss continuing developments in novel operational approaches, data sources, and technologies used in clinicals trials, as well as novel approaches to regulatory inspections.

The event will also include sessions dedicated to the conduct of bioequivalence (BE) studies. Regulators will provide their perspectives on common issues and challenges in the conduct of the clinical and bioanalytical components of BE studies and provide important updates on guidance and inspection activities.

Regulators will also discuss insights into key pharmacovigilance (PV) compliance topics, and the audience will have the opportunity to hear first-hand from regulators about regulatory updates and ongoing collaborative efforts among the international regulatory agencies by conducting and observing inspections, sharing inspection information, and developing policy.

INTENDED AUDIENCE

  • Researchers and Clinical trial sponsors considering the use of decentralized trial design or Real-World Data
  • Organisations sponsoring, conducting, managing or submitting bioequivalence/bioavailability clinical trials for licensing purposes such as the Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) and Biologic License Application (BLA)
  • Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Research Quality Management Professionals
  • Specialist providers of digital health technologies
  • Consultants focused on provision of GCP training, inspection support or quality management
  • Foreign and national regulators
  • Academic
  • Government or private institutions
  • Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
  • Contract Research Organizations/Site Management Organizations
  • All those who are involved in the management of clinical trials, including investigators, research coordinators, monitors and consultants.

TOPICS COVERED

  • Key updates to ICH E6(R3)
  • The use of technology in clinical trials
  • Updates for trials incorporating decentralized clinical trials (DCT) features
  • ICH E6R3 data governance updates
  • Risk-based approach to sponsor oversight
  • Changes in clinical trial activities, inspections, and remote regulatory assessments/ remote inspections
  • Policy/guidance updates
  • Clinical and bioanalytical challenges in bioequivalence studies
  • Updates in guidance, polices, and initiatives by each agency

FDA RESOURCES

 
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