Emerging Opportunities to Streamline Cancer Drug Development

Agenda

8:30

Registration

8:30

Welcome and Introductions

9:10

Session 1, Part 1: Bringing Drugs that Add Value to Market Faster

Presentation: Richard Pazdur, MD, Acting Director, Oncology Center of Excellence, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (15 min)

Moderated Discussion (40 min)

10:10

Break

10:25

Session 1, Part 2: Bringing Drugs that Add Value to Market Faster

11:25

Session 2, Part 1: Accelerating Throughput and Learning from Clinical Trials

Presentation: Lisa LaVange, PhD, Director, Office of Biostatistics, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (10 min)

11:40

Public Comment

11:45

Lunch

12:45

Session 2, Part 2: Accelerating Throughput and Learning from Clinical Trials

Presentation: James Zwiebel, MD, Chief, Investigational Drug Branch, Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, National Cancer Institute (10 min)

Moderated Discussion (60 min)

1:55

Break

2:10

Session 3: Evaluating and Approving Combination Therapies

Presentation: Gary Gilliland, MD, PhD, President and Director, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (10 min)

Presentation: Roy Baynes, MD, PhD, Senior Vice President and Head, Global Clinical Development, and Chief Medical Officer, Merck Research Laboratories (10 min)

Moderated Discussion (60 min)

3:30

Conclusions and Cross-Cutting Recommendations

3:45

Public Comment

3:50

Wrap-Up and Next Steps

4:00

Adjourn