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McCormick Place

Jun 18, 2017 8:30 AM - Jun 22, 2017 12:45 PM

2301 South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Gate 4, Chicago, IL 60616

DIA 2017 Annual Meeting

Optimizing Early Clinical Strategies to Support Breakthrough Therapy Designation

Session Chair(s)

Alexander  Varond, JD

Alexander Varond, JD

Partner

Goodwin Procter LLP, United States

Preliminary clinical evidence showing substantial improvement over existing therapies on at least one clinically significant outcome is required to qualify for breakthrough therapy designation. This session will focus on how to optimize chances of early breakthrough therapy designation and developments in the breakthrough therapy space.

Learning Objective : Describe the key considerations and challenges in the design of early clinical trials to provide sufficient evidence of early benefit; Discuss successful case examples of novel therapies that have never before received FDA approval; Learn about developing issues related breakthrough therapy designation.

Speaker(s)

Alexander  Varond, JD

Breakthrough Therapy Designation: Optimizing Early Clinical Strategies to Support Breakthrough Therapy Designation

Alexander Varond, JD

Goodwin Procter LLP, United States

Partner

Jeff  Allen, PhD

Patient Advocacy Perspective

Jeff Allen, PhD

Friends of Cancer Research, United States

President and Chief Executive Officer

Ilan  Irony, MD

FDA and Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies Perspective

Ilan Irony, MD

Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson, United States

Senior Director, Global Regulatory Leader

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