Agenda

Day One - 5/1/2012 : AM | PM
Day Two - 5/2/2012 : AM | PM
DAY ONE - Tuesday, May 1
8:30-8:45 Chairperson's Opening Remarks
Richard Gliklich, MD, Harvard Medical School, President, Outcome, A Quintiles Company
A New World of Post-Approval Research
8:45-9:30 Keynote: Impact of Real-World and Evidence-Based Medicine for Demonstrating the Safety and Effectiveness of New Therapeutics
Michael Rosenblatt, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Merck
Meeting Safety Surveillance and Benefit Risk Management Requirements
9:30-10:15 Emerging Regulatory Changes in Post-Approval Safety and Risk Management
Gerald Dal Pan
, MD, MHS, Director, Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:15 Updates to European Pharmacovigilance Guidelines
Stella Blackburn, MA, Msc, FRCP(ed), FFPM, Risk Management Development and Scientific Lead, European Medicines Agency
11:15-12:00 Role of Observational and Interventional Study Designs in Safety Research
Brian Strom, MD, George S. Pepper, Professor of Public Health and Preventative Medicine in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Case Study: Using Retrospective Data to Evaluate Safety Signals and Assess Risk
Jeanenne J. Nelson, MSPH, PhD, Director of Oncology Epidemiology, Worldwide Epidemiology, GlaxoSmithKline
1:30-2:00 The Role of the Big Database in Safety
Paul Stang, PhD, Senior Director, Epidemiology, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development
2:00-2:30 ASTER-D and New Models in Device Safety Reporting and Surveillance
Terrie L. Reed, MSIE, Senior Public Health Analyst and Associate Director Informatics, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration
2:30-3:00 Panel: Perspectives in Safety
3:00-3:15 Break
Different Data Sources: Problems, Limitations, and Methods
3:15-3:45 Case Study: Tale of Two Data Sources – A Uterine Fibroid Study
Priscilla Velentgas, MS, PhD, Director of Epidemiology, Outcome, A Quintiles Company
3:45-4:15 Case Study: Novel Uses of Data Sources - Offlabel Use of Drugs in Cancer
Amy Abernathy, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Director, Duke Cancer Care Research Program
Global and Local Considerations in Phase IV
4:15-5:00 Challenges in Designing and Implementing Phase IV in Emerging Markets
5:00-5:30 Regulatory Considerations
Barbara Isquith Arone, MS, Director of Professional Services, Outcome, A Quintiles Company
6:00

Opening Night Reception

Attendees are invited to attend the opening night reception at the Boston Skywalk Observatory, located at the top of the Prudential Center in Downtown Boston, on May 1 following the close of sessions. The reception offers attendees the opportunity see sweeping 360 degree views of Greater Boston and beyond, while networking with colleagues, speakers, and other attendees. Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be provided.

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DAY TWO - Wednesday, May 2
8:30-8:45 Chairperson's Opening Remarks
Richard Gliklich, MD, Harvard Medical School, President, Outcome, A Quintiles Company
Comparative Effectiveness Research: Challenges, Best Practices and Methods, and Reimbursement
8:45-9:30 Keynote: Early Stages and Direction of PCORI
Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH, Executive Director of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
9:30-10:15 Evolving Tools for Assessing the Effectiveness of Health Technologies for Reimbursement and Market Access
Sun Hae Lee Robin, Head of Department of Medical and Surgical Procedures Assessment, French National Authority for Health (Invited)
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:15 Re-emerging Role of the Randomized Trial in Post-Approval
Robert J. Temple, MD, Deputy Center Director for Clinical Science, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration (Invited)
11:15-12:00 CER of Newly Marketed Medications
Sebastian Schneeweiss, MD, ScD,Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
12:00-12:45 Decision-Maker Preferences in Planning the Missing Evidence Link
Robert Dubois, MD, PhD, Chief Science Officer, National Pharmaceutical Council
12:45-1:45 Lunch
1:45-2:15 Case Study: Using a Disease Registry to Evaluate Different Standards of Treatment and Treatment Patterns
Samuel Wagner, PhD, RPh, Executive Director, Oncology, Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb
2:15-3:00 Panel Discussion: Evidence Face-Off: Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Research Approaches
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-3:45 Case Study: Understanding Treatment Patterns through Patient-Reported Data
David Cooper, MD, Director Medical Affairs, Novo Nordisk (Invited)
3:45-4:45

Putting the Patient into Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Paul Wicks, PhD, R&D Director, PatientsLikeMe
Elisa Cascade, MBA, Vice President of Global Operations, MediGuard
Laurie Fenton Ambrose, President and CEO, Lung Cancer Alliance (Invited)
Yann Le Cam, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, EURORDIS (Invited)

Note: An invitation only satellite workshop will continue on May 3.

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