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Recorded on: Aug. 23, 2018
Description: A panel of clinical trial experts discusses the implications and opportunities presented by the developing field of gene therapy. They talk about:
- How genetic testing is being used in clinical trials;
- How precision medicine is making trial protocols more complicated; and
- Expertise and infrastructure needed to collect genetic information.
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Speakers: Lindsay McNair, Chief Medical Officer, WIRB-Copernicus Group; Jill Johnston, President, Site Support & Management for Clinical Services, WCG; Karmen Trzupek, Director of Clinical Trial Services and Director of Ocular and Rare Disease Programs, InformedDNA
Recorded on: Aug. 22, 2018
Description: Attorneys Mark Levy and Elizabeth Abrams discuss potential criminal and civil liabilities drug and device manufacturers often face and how to handle them. They cover:
- Justice Deptartment policy on compliance programs, a process that has direct impact on regulatory and quality professionals;
- Enforcement of the FDCA and the False Claims Act and the impact of whistleblowers; and
- Strategies for avoiding both criminal and civil liability.
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Speakers: Mark Levy, Partner, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott; and Elizabeth Abrams, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Criminal Division
Recorded on: Aug. 16, 2018
Description: Three FDA specialists weigh in on Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s first year in office and his priorities for the future. They discuss:
- What Gottlieb is trying to change and how he’s going about making it happen;
- How the drug and device approval process has changed and how it could change in the future; and
- The commissioner’s strategy for dealing with the opioid crisis.
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Speakers: John Kamp, Counsel, Coalition for Healthcare Communication; Kevin Madagan, Partner, Reed Smith; and Wayne Pines, President of Health Care, APCO Worldwide
Recorded on: Aug. 15, 2018
Description: FDA specialist Sonali P. Gunawardhana and clinical research expert Mary Jo Lamberti discuss the evolution of real-world evidence (RWE) in clinical studies and the FDA’s policies and priorities. Topics include:
- Ways drugmakers are using RWE to support promotional claims and premarket applications;
- Impact of recent FDA statements on including RWE in approval and clearance applications and as a basis for drug and device promotional claims; and
- How the agency may use RWE to support regulatory decisionmaking.
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Speakers: Sonali P. Gunawardhana, Of Counsel, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, and Mary Jo Lamberti, Professor and Associate Director of Sponsored Research, Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development
Recorded on: Aug. 14, 2018
Description: Device regulatory expert Dan O’Leary explains the FDA’s new MDR coding regimen. He discusses:
- Criteria for a mandatory medical device report;
- Required records and their content;
- The reporting system and associated acknowledgements; and
- The schedule for transitioning to the new system.
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Speaker: Dan O’Leary, President, Ombu Enterprises LLC
Recorded on: Aug. 1, 2018
Description: Regulatory expert Bradley Merrill Thompson outlines how the FDA has regulated digital health products to date and what it plans in months to come. He discusses:
- AI-powered clinical decision support software;
- Postmarket surveillance;
- Cooperation with industry; and
- Premarket digital safety.
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Speaker: Bradley Merrill Thompson, Attorney, Epstein Becker & Green P.C.
Recorded on: July 31, 2018
Description: European regulatory expert James Pink provides a deep dive into the new EU MDR. He discusses:
- New requirements for documentation confirmation and updating;
- New separate software rules;
- Stricter requirements for implantable devices; and
- Possible sanctions for devicemakers who are not ready to comply with the new rules.
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Speaker: James Pink, Vice President, NSF Health Sciences Medical Devices, Europe
Recorded on: July 26, 2018
Description: Attorney Jessica Ringel outlines provisions of the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 and their impact on devicemakers. She discusses:
- Changes in user fees for premarket submissions;
- Improvements anticipated in the FDA inspections process;
- How transparency in certificates to foreign governments issuance and denials will increase;
- Specific FDA efforts to stimulate pediatric device innovation; and
- New guidances, rules and reports anticipated from the agency in coming years.
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Speaker: Jessica Ringel, Counsel, FDA and Life Sciences Practice, King & Spalding LLP
Recorded on: July 18, 2018
Description: Electronic submissions expert Antoinette Azevedo explains the technical and organization challenges of complying with the FDA’s eCTD specifications:
- How to avoid a refuse-to-receive when submitting your eCTD;
- Strategies for developing a roadmap for implementing the technical and organization components for eCTD success;
- Real world impact of eCTD format on your CMO and CRO partners; and
- The impact of eCTD on submissions to the rest of the world health authorities.
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Speaker: Antoinette Azevedo, President & CEO, e-SubmissionsSolutions.com
Recorded on: July 17, 2018
Description: FDA official Owen Faris provides a view into FDA’s thinking and activities related to the use of real-world evidence (RWE) and the National Evaluation System for Health Technology (NEST). He discusses:
- Why the FDA is promoting the use of RWE to evaluate medical devices;
- Proof of concept as it applies to using RWE for device evaluation; and
- How RWE and NEST can specifically apply to medical device development.
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Speaker: Owen Faris, Director of the Clinical Trials Program, CDRH