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Public Meeting Agendas
Meeting 1 Agenda
Thursday, January 26, 2023
10:30–11:30 a.m. | CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY |
11:30–11:50 | Break |
OPEN SESSION
11:50–11:55 | Welcome and Introductions |
Mimi Foster Riley, Committee Chair | |
Professor of Law | |
University of Virginia | |
11:55–12:10 p.m. | Sponsor Perspective and Charge to the Committee |
Camille Fabiyi | |
Program Officer, NICHD | |
National Institutes of Health | |
Aaron Pawlyk | |
Chief, Obstetric and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics Branch, NICHD | |
National Institutes of Health |
Nahida Chakhtoura | |
Branch Chief, Pregnancy and | |
Perinatology Branch, NICHD | |
National Institutes of Health | |
12:10–12:45 | Discussion with Committee |
12:45 | ADJOURN OPEN SESSION |
12:45–1:45 | Break |
1:45–4:30 | CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY |
4:30 | END OF MEETING |
Meeting 2 Agenda
Thursday, March 23, 2023
CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY
9:30–10:00 a.m. | Closed Session Deliberations |
OPEN SESSION—PUBLIC WORKSHOP
Welcome and Introduction
10:00–10:10 | Opening Remarks |
Mimi Foster Riley, Committee Chair | |
Professor of Law | |
University of Virginia |
SESSION I – Product Liability
Considerations
Session Objectives
- Discuss the role of product liability considerations in creating incentives and/or disincentives for medical product companies to generate evidence for the safety and efficacy of their products in pregnant and lactating populations; and
- Consider what incentives and accountability measures may be effective in generating evidence for pregnant and lactating populations.
10:10–10:25 | Fireside Chat |
Bruce Kuhlik, Moderator | |
Former General Counsel | |
Merck & Co. | |
Defense Attorney Perspective | |
John Beisner | |
Partner | |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates | |
10:25–10:45 | Discussion with Committee |
SESSION II—THE ROLE OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND TRIAL INSURANCE
Session Objectives
- Understand what factors or considerations influence decisions to include or exclude pregnant and lactating populations from clinical research;
- Discuss how risk and benefit are assessed for populations that are being considered for inclusion in a clinical research study, as well as for the institutions conducting, funding, or insuring the study; and
- Examine opportunities to apply risk mitigation strategies to clinical research that includes pregnant and lactating populations.
10:45–11:10 | Panel Discussion |
Patricia Danzon, Moderator | |
Celia Moh Professor of Healthcare Management University of Pennsylvania |
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Trial Insurance Perspective | |
Sara Dyson | |
Vice President of Underwriting Operations and Risk Management | |
Medmarc | |
Academic Medical Center Perspective | |
Hillary Noll Kalay | |
Principal Counsel | |
University of California |
Institutional Review Board Perspective | |
Elisa Hurley | |
Executive Director | |
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research | |
11:10–11:45 | Discussion with Committee |
11:45–12:45 | LUNCH BREAK |
SESSION III—EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS FOR INJURY COMPENSATION
Session Objectives
- Understand how research participants view and make decisions regarding participation in clinical research while pregnant or lactating;
- Consider various perspectives on what constitutes fair and just compensation for participants harmed in the course of clinical research;
- Examine the benefits and drawbacks to different injury compensation schemes in the context of promoting fairness and justice; and
- Discuss opportunities to improve upon existing compensation schemes to make them more equitable.
12:45–1:00 | Presentation |
Jason Malone | |
Director of the Human Subjects Division University of Washington |
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1:00–1:45 | Panel Discussion |
Anne C.C. Lee, Moderator | |
Director of Global Newborn Health | |
Brigham and Women’s Hospital | |
Harvard Medical School | |
Research Participant Perspective | |
Marcela Smid | |
Research Participant | |
Jillian Brown | |
Research Participant |
No Fault Compensation Perspective | |
Efthimios Parasidis | |
Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer Professorship for the Administration of Justice and Rule of Law Ohio State University |
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Renée Gentry | |
Principal Partner | |
The Law Office of Renée J. Gentry | |
Tort Perspective | |
Michelle Mello | |
Professor of Law and Health Policy | |
Stanford University | |
1:45–2:30 | Discussion with Committee |
2:30–3:00 | BREAK |
SESSION IV—CASE STUDIES IN RISK MITIGATION
Session Objectives
- Consider approaches that various institutions have adopted to mitigate risk and liability in clinical research that includes pregnant or lactating persons;
- Discuss challenges and successes of adopting and implementing risk and liability mitigation strategies for research involving pregnant or lactating persons; and
- Discuss opportunities to scale risk and liability mitigation strategies to other clinical research studies that could include pregnant or lactating persons.
3:00–3:20 | Panel Discussion |
Anna C. Mastroianni, Moderator | |
Research Professor in Bioethics and Law | |
John Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics | |
Charles I Stone Professor of Law Emeritus | |
University of Washington | |
Nonprofit Perspective | |
Metin Gülmezoglu | |
Executive Director | |
Concept Foundation |
Niranjan Bhat | |
Senior Medical Officer | |
PATH | |
Industry Perspective | |
Lorien Urban | |
Senior Medical Director, Clinical Development | |
Ferring Pharmaceuticals | |
3:20–4:00 | Discussion with Committee |
WORKSHOP ADJOURNS
CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY
4:15–4:30 | Closed Session Deliberations |
4:30 | ADJOURN DAY 1 |
Friday, March 24, 2023
CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY
9:30–4:00 | Closed Session Deliberations |
Meeting 3 Agenda
Thursday, June 15, 2023
CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY
OPEN SESSION
10:15–11:15 | Real-World Data and Real-World Evidence: Challenges and Opportunities Panel Discussion |
Ahizechukwu Eke, Moderator | |
Director of Research, Division of | |
Maternal-Fetal Medicine | |
Johns Hopkins University | |
Industry Registry Perspective | |
Kristin Veley | |
Executive Director, Research Science | |
Epidemiology and Scientific Affairs, PPAS & RW PPD |
Human Milk Biorepositories Perspective | |
Tina Chambers | |
Professor of Pediatrics | |
University of California San Diego | |
FDA Perspective | |
Tamara Johnson | |
Lead Medical Officer | |
Division of Pediatric and Maternal Health | |
FDA | |
Clinical Researcher Perspective | |
Jonathan Watanabe | |
Associate Dean of Pharmacy Assessment and Quality | |
University of California Irvine | |
11:15–11:30 | Coffee Break |
11:30–12:15 | Discussion: Liability for Pregnant and Lactating Persons Exclusion |
Leslie Meltzer-Henry, Moderator | |
Professor of Law | |
University of Maryland | |
Alan C. Milstein | |
Shareholder & Chairman, Department of Litigation | |
Sherman, Silverstein, Kohl, Rose & Podolsky, P.A. | |
12:15–1:15 | LUNCH BREAK |
1:15–2:15 | Presentation on FDA Commissioned Paper |
Julie Tibbets | |
Partner | |
Goodwin Procter LLP | |
Sarah Wicks | |
Associate | |
Goodwin Procter LLP | |
2:15–2:30 | BREAK |
CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY
2:30–4:30 | Closed Session Deliberations |
4:30 | ADJOURN DAY 1 |
Friday, June 16, 2023
CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY
OPEN SESSION
11:30–12:00 | Product Liability Discussion |
Bruce Kuhlik, Moderator | |
Former General Counsel | |
Merck & Co. | |
Kirke Weaver | |
General Counsel | |
Organon |
CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY
12:45–4:00 | Closed Session Deliberations |
4:00 | ADJOURN DAY 1 |
Meeting 4 Agenda
Thursday, July 13, 2023
10:30–3:00 | CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY |
12:15–1:00 | Lunch Break |
Friday, July 14, 2023
10:00–3:00 | CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY |
12:00–1:00 | Lunch Break |
Meeting 5 Agenda
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
10:30–1:00 | CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY |
OPEN SESSION
1:00–2:00 | Drug Development Incentive Programs: Experience with BPCA & PREA |
FDA Perspective | |
Prabha Viswanathan | |
Deputy Director | |
Office of Pediatric Therapeutics, | |
Officer of the Commissioner, FDA | |
NIH Perspective | |
Perdita Taylor-Zapata | |
Program Lead, BPCA Clinical Program | |
NICHD | |
Public Policy Perspective | |
Florence Bourgeois | |
Codirector, Harvard–MIT Center for | |
Regulatory Science | |
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and | |
Emergency Medicine | |
Harvard Medical School | |
2:00–2:15 | Coffee Break |
2:15–5:00 | CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY |
Thursday, September 28, 2023
10:00–3:00 | CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY |
Meeting 6 Agenda
Friday, October 20, 2023
10:00–5:00 | CLOSED SESSION—COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY |
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