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Session 5, Track A: Accelerating Access to Medicines Through Collaboration
Session Chair(s)
Yatika Kohli, PhD, MBA
Chief Regulatory and Strategy Officer
NoNO Inc, Canada
Tharany Ganesh
Head, Regulatory Affairs
AstraZeneca Canada Inc., Canada
Amber McLeod, PhD
Immunology, Virology, and Specialty Head, Regulatory Affairs
Abbvie Corporation, Canada
This session will focus on some international collaboration initiatives in place to support timely access to medicines in Canada. On behalf of the ACCESS (Australia, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland and United Kingdom) Consortium, Health Canada will provide updates on the ongoing work of Access New Active Substance Work group (NAS WG) including statistics, in addition to providing an update on the newly created Promise Pathway. At this session, representatives from innovative Medicines Canada (IMC) will share the findings of its survey of members’ experiences with submissions reviewed through this initiative as well as speak to the additional initiatives being taken by IMC to accelerate access to medicines for Canadians.
Learning Objective : - Understand the key performance indicators and measures of the Access NAS WG from a regulator’s perspective
- Gain awareness of the advantages, limitations and recommendations to enhance participation in the NAS WG from an industry perspective
- Explain additional IMC initiatives to accelerate access to medicines for Canadians
Speaker(s)
Access: Feedback from 5 Country Survey and Update from Health Canada
Jeffrey Skene, MSc
Health Canada, Canada
Director, Bureau of Cardiology, Allergy and Neurological Science
Access: Feedback from 5 Country Survey and Update from Health Canada
Laura King, MBA
Innovative Medicines Canada, Canada
Vice Chair, Regulatory Operations Teams
International Recognition Procedure (IRP)
Shirley Hopper, DrMed
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), United Kingdom
Deputy Director, Innovative Medicines, HQA
Enabling Patient Access via Policy Innovation
Jonathan Feairs
AstraZeneca Canada, Canada
Director, Government Affairs & Public Policy
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