Second Annual Risk Management and Drug Safety Summit
A Joint Presentation of FDAnews, United BioSource Corporation and the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest
(Washington, DC) – September 28, 2009 -- Join regulators and pharmaceutical industry experts on October 1st and 2nd at the National Press Club where they will discuss their new get-tough approach to risk management and drug safety regulation. The 2nd Annual Risk Management and Drug Safety Summit is a one and a half day-long conference and as a sponsor of the event, United BioSource Corporation invites reporters covering the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry to attend at no charge, any or all sessions.
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Thursday, Oct. 1st, 8:00am-5:30pm and Friday, October 2nd, 8am-11am
Speakers include:
Janet Woodcock, M.D., Director, CDER, FDA
Jane Axelrad, Associate Director for Policy, CDER, FDA
Sir Alasdair Breckenridge, Chairman, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, UK
Annette Stemhagen, Dr.P.H., FISPE, Senior Vice President, Safety, Epidemiology, Registries & Risk Management, United BioSource Corporation
Gerald Faich, M.D., M.P.H., FISPE, Senior Vice President, Safety, Epidemiology, Registries & Risk Management, United BioSource Corporation
Mark Ammann, Pharm.D., Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, United BioSource Corporation
Peter Pitts, President, Center for Medicine in the Public Interest
These and other industry experts will discuss:
How the agency is thinking about constituent communications
What “transparency” means and how the FDA will use the concept to change the way it does business
Whether “comparative effectiveness” will become the third leg of the drug approval process
The FDA in the Age of Obama
The key differences between U.S. and EU regulatory schemes and enforcement
What emerging standards could be used to assure all stakeholders are in agreement
How to use risk-benefit assessment throughout the product life cycle
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Posted: September 2009
