Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management Strategies Conference

January 26: Short Courses
January 27-29: Conference

DIA's Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management Strategies Conference provides the foundation for strong strategic planning and practical decision-making in your pharmacovigilance programs. Developed by recognized experts from the biopharmaceutical industry and global regulatory agencies, this conference provides the background, context, and opportunities to discuss current challenges and to problem-solve around issues that matter most to professionals working in the field.

This year’s conference will address the current thinking on predicting and assessing risks such as drug-induced liver injury, and the assessment of expectedness of serious adverse reactions during clinical development. The complexities of assessing benefit-risk balance of today’s therapies, including immunotherapy and other advanced therapies, will be examined. Experts will present approaches and engage in dialogs around more extensive and impactful uses of real world data and generation of RWE for safety assessments. A full-day will be devoted to the development, implementation, and assessment of risk management strategies for drugs approved in multiple regions, with a special in-depth coverage of REMS in the US.

In addition to new developments and updates on regional regulations and guidelines, regulators from the US, EU, and other global regions provide the context and thinking behind evolving requirements.

"One of the best conferences I have attended. A broad view on how far we have come in the world of PV, why we do what we do, and what is still to come ot meet future needs of patients and managing benefit-risk." - Mary Welke, Trilogy Writing & Consulting, Inc

Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management in 2020: A Global Perspective

With the development of expedited regulatory frameworks in the US, EU, and Japan to address unmet medical needs, traditional clinical safety and pharmacovigilance methods must adapt. Download our exclusive eBook to learn more about international and regional initiatives impacting Pharmacovigilance in 2020.

• Real World Evidence – Regulatory agency perspectives on the use of RWE for safety assessments
• RWE – Next generation approaches for expanding the use of RWE in safety decision-making
• ICH and CIOMS new safety projects and their expected impact on safety and pharmacovigilance: ICH E19 Expert Working Group (Optimisation of Safety Data Collection), CIOMS Working Group XI (Patient Involvement), CIOMS MedDRA Labelling Groupings (MLGs), and discussion of the ICH E2D Guideline (Post-Approval Safety Data Management)
• Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) – current research on the mechanisms of injury and the ability to predict DILI from non-clinical and clinical research
• Special considerations in benefit-risk assessment of immune-oncology therapies

Professionals with intermediate to advanced knowledge of, and experience in, clinical safety and who are involved in:

• Drug Safety/Pharmacovigilance
• Risk Management, including Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS)
• Benefit-Risk Assessment and Communication
• Medical Product Safety Assessment
• Regulatory Affairs
• Clinical Research
• Pharmacoepidemiology
• Post-Market Studies and Real World Evidence Generation
• Customer Engagement Programs, including Patient Support Programs
• Medical Information, Medical Communications
• Health Outcomes

It is also designed for professionals who work for:

• Industry: Pharmaceuticals, Biologics, Combination Products, Devices
• Clinical Research Organizations, Contract Service Organizations
• Academic Research Centers
• Regulatory Agencies
• Government Research Programs
  

• Apply the current regulatory framework for pharmacovigilance in key markets, including the US and the changing EU
• Discuss the impact of current pharmacovigilance conditions, regulatory requirements, and recent developments in India, China, and Japan on safety and pharmacovigilance practice in those markets
• Describe new ICH and CIOMS pharmacovigilance projects underway and their importance to evolving best practices in patient engagement and safety data collection
• Discuss current research findings on mechanisms of risk such as drug-induced liver injury (DILI) and their impact on assessing benefit-risk associated with therapies, including new and advanced therapies
• Compare and contrast risk management tools, such as REMS and RMPs, approved by various regulatory agencies; and discuss risk management strategies that have achieved successful implementation in a complex global setting
• Explain new approaches for surveilling medication errors and effective methods to prevent and reduce these errors
• Describe new approaches and opportunities to use RWE for safety assessment and evidence generation