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NH Buenos Aires City

Sep 29, 2025 11:00 AM - Oct 01, 2025 12:00 PM

Bolívar 160, C1066AAD Buenos Aires, Argentina

Latin America Annual Meeting

Take advantage of opportunities for networking and knowledge sharing with key stakeholders influencing the advancement and implementation of initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Session 5, Track A: Orphan and Rare Disease Management: Are Patients In LatAm Getting the Advanced Therapies They Need?

Session Chair(s)

Carolina  Sian, PharmD, RAC

Carolina Sian, PharmD, RAC

Regulatory Affairs Director

CAEME, Argentina

Lawrence  Liberti, PhD, RAC

Lawrence Liberti, PhD, RAC

Director, D.K. Kim International Center for Regulatory Science

The Kim Center/ USC DRQS, United States

As the identification of rare diseases become more sophisticated, so too do their therapies. The growing focus on advanced medicinal therapeutic products (ATMPs), biologics and specialized gene therapies for orphan diseases poses not only challenges during development but also for their regulatory assessments. This session will investigate challenges such as the use of early clinical data and decisions from other NRAs based on phase 2 or small, yet fit-for-purpose datasets. Is import testing of ATMPs being optimized or are products which are developed in precious small quantities being needlessly wasted? What do patients expect from developers and regulators to meet their unique needs?

Learning Objective :

At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:

  • Define the scope of rare diseases in LatAm
  • Characterize the similarities and diversities among regulatory approaches to assess rare disease therapeutics
  • Identify opportunities to optimize regulatory approaches to the efficient review of rare disease therapeutics
  • Understand the needs of patients affected by these rare diseases

Speaker(s)

Roberta Eleonora Anido

Orphan and Rare Disease Management: Are Patients In Latam Getting the Advanced Therapies They Need?

Roberta Eleonora Anido

FADEPOF, Argentina

Patient Advocate

Maria Antonieta  Roman, MPharm

Orphan and Rare Disease Management: Are Patients in LatAm Getting the Therapies They Need?

Maria Antonieta Roman, MPharm

Novartis, Mexico

Head Regulatory Policy LaCan

Gabriela Beatriz Bravo

Regulation of Advanced Therapies in Argentina: Status, Experience, and Challenges of ANMAT

Gabriela Beatriz Bravo

ANMAT Ministry of Health, Argentina

Biologics Regulatory Reviewer

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