Drug Discovery and Development Symposium Bethesda, USA

10 July - 11 July 2023

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We are thrilled to announce that the Annual Drug Discovery and Development Symposium is back this year and will take place on 10-11 July 2023 in Bethesda, Maryland
. Many thanks to our scientific organising committee for putting together a great programme.

The event promises to be an excellent opportunity for regulatory, industry & academic bodies to meet and discuss latest drug developments within pulmonary hypertension.

Agenda

10 July:

  • Session 1: Digital Health Technology (DHT) Advancements and implementation at FDA, FNIH, Pharma & Academia to optimise clinical trial designs and innovative endpoints in PH
  • Session 2: Lessons learned from clinical trials in Groups 2 and 3. What are the similarities and differences in pathogenesis and pathophysiology?
  • Drinks reception

11 July: 

  • Session 3: Novel Drug & Device Therapies

Featured topics

  • CDRH and CDER-DCN Initiatives  
  • FNIH, Pharma and Academia Pioneering of Digital endpoints
  • Taking the plunge with actigraphy: USA and China (lessons learnt)
  • Novel trial designs
  • FIT-PH/ UK Cohort study- Deciphering the Rosetta stone of digital endpoints
  • Stratified and adaptive trial designs
  • Bayesian approaches 
  • Putting the physician in the corner: the patient-centred trial 
  • PH Group 2 PH Group 3 and Pathophysiology and pathogenesis in adults and paediatric
  • Targeting the zinc transporter, ZIP12, with a monoclonal antibody 
  • Mechanism of action in inhaled therapies - why do they work and how do we design the trials? 
  • Disruptive technologies in novel drug discovery
  • Practical solutions to challenges in drug development 

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