Rare Diseases Forum 1

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The Rare Diseases Forum 1 was held on October 17 at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC. 115 people attended the Forum 1. Of those, 99 attended in person, and 16 people registered for the webcast.

Materials

Agenda
 
Meeting Report
 
List of Participants
Presentations
 
Session I: Introduction & Project Overview
 
Veronica Miller, Forum for Collaborative Research
 
Dragos Roman, FDA/ CDER/ DGIEP 
 
Session II: Regulatory Considerations
 
Erica Lyons, FDA/ CDER/ DGIEP
 
Rachel Witten, FDA/ CBER/ OTAT
 
Session III: What has worked, What has not?
 
Case Study 1: Palynziq
 
Holly Weng, BioMarin Pharmaceutical
 
Patroula Smpokou, FDA/ CDER/ DGIEP
  
Case Study 2: Brineura
 
David Jacoby, BioMarin Pharmaceutical
 
Elizabeth Hart, FDA/ CDER/ DGIEP
 
Case Study 3: Mepsevii
 
Qais Abu Ali , Ultragenyx
 
Dina Zand, FDA/ CDER/ DGIEP
 
 
Session IV: Identifying Gaps & Needs Panel
(no presentations)
 
 
Session V: Overcoming Barriers/ Practical Approaches
 
Kathleen Donohue, FDA/ DGIEP
 
Donna Snyder, FDA/ OC/ OPT
 
 
 

About the Rare Diseases Forum 1
 
The Rare Diseases Forum aims to maximize efficiency through collaborations and make use of innovation afforded by the 21st Century Cures Act, including totality of evidence, use of novel/innovative analytics, and efficient/rigorous evaluation of novel biotechnology. 

The Rare Diseases Forum was created attending the request of several patient advocacy and state funded networks, with the purpose to facilitate the development of new therapeutics for rare diseases and advance the regulatory science for the diagnosis and treatment of inborn errors of metabolism and other genetically based rare diseases by providing an independent and neutral venue for ongoing multi-stakeholder dialogue.

 The Rare Diseases Forum will convene in-person on a regular basis, with work streams and working group meetings in between the in-person meetings. The hallmark of the Forum is inclusion of all stakeholder groups, including patient and advocacy organizations, academia, federal agencies, industry, professional societies and other relevant entities. The Forum works closely with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA), providing a trans-Atlantic regulatory scope and breadth to the deliberations. 
 
The Rare Diseases Forum’s unique approach –continuous, ongoing and focused discussions until a resolution is reached –differentiate this program from other efforts.