2022 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 3rd annual Innovations in Regulatory Science Summit, "Movers and Shapers: The Future of Drug and Device Development," a gathering of leaders in the academia, industry and regulatory sectors to discuss the role of regulatory science in medical product development on January 9, 2022, 8am-3pm PST.

The 2022 CERSI Innovations in Regulatory Science Summit had a major focus on the use of biomarkers and endpoints in medical product development, and included an exciting panel featuring past FDA Commissioners discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic changed 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.

While we had originally planned for this to be a hybrid virtual/in-person event, pandemic restrictions forced us to transition this to a 100% virtual event.

Watch recordings of the summit

Panel Discussions

  • Issues and Opportunities Generated by Accelerated Approval: Confirmatory Endpoints, Evidence Generation, and Value
  • Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints: Alzheimer’s as a Prototype
  • Pandemic and Beyond: the Future of the FDA, featuring FDA commissioners:
    • Janet Woodcock, MD (2021-present)
    • Scott Gottlieb, MD (2017-2019)
    • Robert Califf, MD (2016-2017)
    • Margaret Hamburg, MD (2009-2015)
    • Mark McClellan, MD, PhD (2002-2004)

Keynote Addresses

  • Patrizia Cavazzoni, MD – Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at FDA
  • Peter Marks, MD, PhD – Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at FDA
  • Janet Woodcock, MD – Acting FDA Commissioner

Summit Agenda

Times shown in Pacific time (UTC-8)

8:00 - 8:05 am

Welcome

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

8:05 - 8:10 am

Opening Remarks from UCSF

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

8:10 - 8:15 am

Opening Remarks from Stanford

Marc Tessier-Lavigne, PhD - President, Stanford University

8:15 - 8:30 am

Overview of the CERSI Program

Kathy Giacomini, PhD - Co-Director of UCSF-Stanford CERSI

Tina Morrison, MD - Director, Office of Regulatory Science and Innovation at FDA

8:30 - 8:50 am

Advancing the Manufacturing of Biologics: Lessons from the Pandemic

Peter Marks, MD, PhD - Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at FDA

8:50 - 9:50 am

Panel 1 - Issues and Opportunities Generated by Accelerated Approval: Confirmatory Endpoints, Evidence Generation, and Value

Moderators:

Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC - Head of Clinical Policy and Strategy for Verily and Google Health

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

Panelists:

Hal Barron, MD - Chief Scientific Officer at GlaxoSmithKline

Julia Beaver, MD - Chief of Medical Oncology, Oncology Center of Excellence at FDA

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo - Chair of the Health Subcommittee at U.S. House of Representatives

Michelle McMurr-Heath, MD, PhD - President and CEO at BIO

Sean Tunis, MD - Principal at Rubix Health

9:50 - 10:00 amBreak
10:00 - 11:00 am

Panel 2 - Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints: Alzheimer's as a Prototype

Moderators:

George Scangos, PhD - President and CEO of Vir Biotechnology

C. Simone Fishburn, PhD - Vice President and Editor-in-Chief at BioCentury

Panelists:

Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC - Head of Clinical Policy and Strategy for Verily and Google Health

Mark Duggan, PhD - Professor of Economics at Stanford University

Susan Peschin, MHS - President and CEO at Alliance for Aging Research

Gil Rabinovici, MD - Professor of Neurology at UCSF

Alfred Sandrock, Jr, MD, PhD - Former Head of Research & Development at Biogen

Daniel Skovronsky, MD, PhD - Chief Scientific and Medical Officer at Eli Lilly

11:00 - 11:30 am

The (Near-term) Future of the FDA

Janet Woodcock, MD - Acting Commissioner at FDA

11:30 - 11:50 amBreak
11:50 - 12:10 pm

Meeting Unmet Needs Through Expedited Regulatory Pathways and Inclusive Clinical Trials

Patrizia Cavazzoni, MD - Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at FDA

12:10 - 12:20 pmBreak
12:20 - 1:20 pm

Research Talks in Biologics, Medical Devices and Health Disparities (Concurrent Sessions)

Room 1 - Biologics / Big Data

Moderators:

Deanna Kroetz, PhD - Professor of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences at UCSF

Joseph Wu, MD, PhD - Professor & Director, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute

Speakers:

Asthma Biologics in the Real World of Clinical Practice - Molly Jeffery, PhD - Assistant Professor of Health Services Research at Mayo Clinic

Understanding the Use of Animal Models in Evaluating SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Efficacy - Tony Wang, PhD, Principal Investigator, OVRR/CBER at FDA

Risk Modeling and the Use of Large Databases for Biologics - Richard Forshee, PhD - Associate Director for Research / OBE / CBER at FDA

Quantifying the Severity of Adverse Drug Reactions Using Social Media - Russ Altman, MD, PhD - Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford

Room 2 - Medical Devices

Moderators:

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

Michelle Tarver, MD, PhD - Deputy Director, Office of Strategic Partnerships and Technology Innovation / CDRH at FDA

Speakers:

Rapid Well-Intended COVID Responses via Additive Manufacturing: Perspectives from UMD's Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices - William Bentley, PhD - Professor of Bioengineering at University of Maryland

HIV Genomic Surveillance in Cameroon by Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing - Charles Chiu, MD, PhD - Professor of Laboratory Medicine at UCSF

TAP: Transforming the Medtech Innovation Ecosystem - Doug Kelly, MD, MBA - Deputy Director for Science / CDRH at FDA

A Tour Round OSEL Regulatory Research Programs: Linking Regulatory Science Tools with Upstream Innovation - E.G. Margerrison, PhD - Director, Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories / CDRH at FDA

Room 3 - Health Disparities

Moderators:

Anne Wojcicki - Co-founder and CEO of 23andMe

Jason Sello, PhD - Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at UCSF

Speakers:

FDA Office of Minority Health and Health Equity: Partnering to Advance Health Equity - RADM Richardae Araojo, PharmD, MS - Associate Commissioner for Minority Health at FDA and Christine Lee, PharmD, PhD - Strategic Research Engagement Lead / OMHHE at FDA

Making Precision Medicine Socially Precise - Esteban Burchard, MD, MPH - Professor of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences at UCSF

Measuring Disparity in Empirical Research: From Statistical Concerns to Value Judgments - John Jackson, ScD - Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins

OneSource: Towards Rapid, Efficient and Unbiased Data Collection - Kathleen Liu, MD, PhD - Professor of Medicine at UCSF

1:20 - 1:30 pmBreak
1:30 - 1:50 pm

A Conversation with UC President Michael Drake

Michael V. Drake, MD - President, University of California

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

1:50 - 2:50 pm

Panel 3 - Pandemic and Beyond: the Future of the FDA

Moderators:

Andy Plumb, MD, PhD - President, Research & Development at Takeda

Janet Woodcock, MD - Acting Commissioner at FDA

Panelists:

Scott Gottlieb, MD - FDA Commissioner from 2017-2019

Robert M. Califf, MD - FDA Commissioner from 2016-2017

Margaret A. Hamburg, MD - FDA Commissioner from 2009-2015

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

2:50 - 2:55 pm

Closing Remarks from Stanford

Lloyd B. Minor, MD - Dean, Stanford University School of Medicine

2:55 - 3:00 pm

Closing Remarks from UCSF

Talmadge E. King Jr, MD - Dean, UCSF School of Medicine

3:00 pm

Adjournment

Kathy Giacomini, PhD - Co-Director of UCSF-Stanford CERSI

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

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