Industry Leaders Gather Next Week to Discuss Paediatric Clinical Trials

LONDON - March 26, 2014 - PRLog -- Industry leaders will gather next week at the 14^th annual conference on Paediatric Clinical Trials to identify cutting-edge developments including innovative ideas for rare diseases, latest advances in cardiology drug development in children, new methods for clinical studies in paediatrics and model-based paediatric drug development.

This year's summit will spotlight on key focus sessions such as global paediatric legislations, PIP submission, facilitating clinical research, patient recruitment, formulation, dosing and extrapolation.

The agenda will feature case study driven presentations from a line-up of industry specialists such as Lundbeck, Astelles, Hoffmann-La Roche, and PPD Consulting.

So far, a snap shot of confirmed attendees include:

Actelion
Agence Francaise De Securite Sanitaire Des Produits De Sante
Astellas
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
Bayer Pharma AG
COGSTATE LTD
Consortium for Biological and Pharmacological Evaluations (CVBF)
Emerald Lake Ltd
Empowering Children | Enabling Research
F. Hoffmann-La Roche
Ghent University Hospital
GRiP Network of Excellence
HB Clinical
Jenny Walsh Consulting
Klausrose Consulting
L2D consulting
Lundbeck
Medicines for Children Research Network (MCRN)
Medimmune LLC
Novartis
Novartis Vaccines
Opsona Therapeutics Ltd
Paediatric Research Consultancy
Pharmavision
PPD Inc.
Prince Sultan Military Medical City
Quintiles
Roche Pharmaceuticals
Sanofi Pasteur MSD Ltd
Svabhegy Paediatric Hospital
TAKEDA
UCL, Great Ormond Street Hospital
University of Copenhagen

Event highlights will include keynote address on: How does FDASIA change the regulatory landscape for paediatric drug development in the US, hosted by Christina Bucca-Rechtweg, Head Maternal & Paediatric Regulatory Policy at Novartis. The presentation will discuss:

The Paediatric Study Plan (PSP) as a tool to encourage early paediatric research
A new approach toward considerations for an overarching paediatric program development plan
Non-compliance in post FDASIA environment
An opportunity for global harmonisation

Registration will be closing soon. For those who are interested in attending or downloading an event brochure visit http://www.smi-online.co.uk/pharmaceuticals/uk/conference...

PAEDIATRIC CLINICAL TRIALS
31^ST MARCH & 1^ST APRIL 2014
The Kensington Close Hotel
London UK
http://www.smi-online.co.uk/pharmaceuticals/uk/conference/paediatric-clinical-trials

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