2023 UCSF-Stanford CERSI Innovations in Regulatory Science Summit

The UCSF-Stanford Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (UCSF-Stanford CERSI) was pleased to present the 4th annual Innovations in Regulatory Science Summit, "Accelerating Healthcare Innovation Through a Regulatory Lens," a gathering of leaders in the academia, industry, and regulatory sectors to discuss the role of regulatory science in medical product development on January 8, 2023, 9am-4pm PST.

The 2023 CERSI Innovations in Regulatory Science Summit had a major focus on emerging issues in regulatory science including diversity in clinical trials, FDA/CMS decision making, and global drug development. In addition, we brought back our exciting panel from 2022 featuring former FDA Commissioners discussing the latest issues facing the Agency.

The goal of the summit was to stimulate discussion across sectors and to critically consider lessons learned and scientific issues that need addressing to expeditiously and safely advance the development, approval, and monitoring of medical products.

Watch recordings of the summit

Panel Discussions

  1. Disparities in Clinical Trial Enrollment: What Will it Take to Close the Gap?
  2. Cross Agency Synergy to Accelerate Access to Safe and Effective Medical Products
  3. Building a Global Regulatory Vision for Product and Drug Development: Challenges and Opportunities
  4. FDA Chiefs Chat

Summit Agenda

Times shown in Pacific Time (UTC-8)

8:30 - 9:00 amBreakfast & Sign-In
9:00 - 9:10 am

Welcome

Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm - Co-PI, UCSF-Stanford CERSI

Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH - Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University

9:10 - 9:15 am

Opening Remarks

Sam Hawgood, MBBS - Chancellor, University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

9:15 - 9:35 am

Year in Review

Robert Califf, MD - FDA Commissioner, 2016-2017, 2022-present

9:35 - 10:35 am

Panel 1: Disparities in Clinical Trial Enrollment: What Will it Take to Close the Gap?

Moderators:

Laura Esserman, MD, MBA - Professor of Surgery and Radiology, UCSF

Patrizia Cavazzoni, MD - Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), FDA

Panelists:

Michael Drake, MD - President, University of California

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo - Chair of the Health Subcommittee in the US House of Representatives

Ricki Fairley, MBA - Chief Executive Officer at Touch, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance

Sohail Rao, MD, MA, DPhil - Founding President & Chief Executive Officer, DHR Health Institute for Research & Development

Ramona Sequeira, MBA - President, Global Portfolio Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical

10:35 - 10:55 amBreak
10:55 - 11:55 am

Panel 2: Cross-Agency Synergy to Accelerate Access to Safe and Effective Medical Products

Moderators:

Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH - Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University

Mark McClellan, MD, PhD - Professor of Business, Medicine, and Policy, Duke University

Panelists:

Rena Conti, PhD - Associate Research Director of Biopharma & Public Policy, Boston University Institute for Health System Innovation & Policy

Lee Fleisher, MD - Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Mathai Mammen, MD, PhD - Executive Vice President, Pharmaceuticals, Research & Development, Johnson & Johnson

Jeff Shuren, MD, JD - Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), FDA

11:55 am - 12:55 pm

Panel 3: Building a Global Regulatory Vision for Product and Drug Development: Challenges and Opportunities

Moderators:

Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm - Co-PI, UCSF-Stanford CERSI

Dan Hartman, MD - Director, Integrated Development, Global Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Panelists:

Moji Christianah Adeyeye, PhD,  FAS - Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Nigeria

Emer Cooke, MBA - Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA)

Frank Gupton, PhD - Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr. Chair in Pharmaceutical Engineering and Chair, Professor, Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University

Peter Marks, MD, PhD - Director, Center of Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), FDA

Jacques Mascaro, PhD, MBA - Sr. Vice President, Global Head of Oncology Regulatory Science and Strategy, AstraZeneca

12:55 - 1:40 pmLunch
1:40 - 2:40 pm

Panel 4: FDA Chiefs Chat

Moderators:

Andy Plump, MD, PhD - President, Research and Development, Takeda Pharmaceutical

Janet Woodcock, MD - FDA Principal Deputy Commissioner

Confirmed Panelists:

Robert Califf, MD - FDA Commissioner, 2016-2017, 2022-present

Scott Gottlieb, MD - FDA Commissioner, 2017-2019

Margaret (Peggy) A. Hamburg, MD - FDA Commissioner, 2009-2015

Mark McClellan, MD, PhD - FDA Commissioner, 2002-2004

2:40 - 2:55 pm

Closing Remarks

Janet Woodcock, MD - FDA Principal Deputy Commissioner

Laura Esserman, MD, MBA - Professor of Surgery and Radiology, UCSF

2:55 - 4:00 pm

Poster Session & Networking

Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm - Co-PI, UCSF-Stanford CERSI

Tina Morrison, PhD - Director, Office of Regulatory Science and Innovation (ORSI), FDA

4:00 pmAdjournment

Sponsors

Platinum

Merck sponsor

Gold

Abbvie sponsor
Intuitive sponsor
Takeda sponsor

Silver

Genentech sponsor
Gilead sponsor
Lilly sponsor

Bronze

Novartis sponsor