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Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center

Oct 19, 2026 7:00 AM - Oct 20, 2026 5:00 PM

5701 Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, MD 20852

Real-World Evidence Conference

Translating Insights into Real-World Value

Session 4: Innovative Approaches and Considerations for Use of External Controls in Drug Development

Session Chair(s)

Gillis  Carrigan, PhD, MS

Gillis Carrigan, PhD, MS

Director, Center for Observational Research, Amgen, United States

This session will explore the current state of external controls for use in drug development. Specifically, the session opens with an overview of the history and evolving use of external controls, a case study, considerations around selection of appropriate data sources and concludes with an exploration of AI derived digital twin for use as external controls. The session will provide current state information selected from this exciting and evolving area of drug development science.

Speaker(s)

Representative Invited

Representative Invited

Senior Director, Datavant, United States

Externally Controlled Trials Using Real-World Data: Adapting SPIFD2 to Ensure Principled Design and Data Selection (SPIFD-ECT)

Bernat  Navarro, PhD

Bernat Navarro, PhD

Senior Science Policy Analyst, Friends of Cancer Research, United States

Advancing External Control Arms for Regulatory Use: Lessons from a Multi-Stakeholder Pilot

Daniele  Bertolini

Daniele Bertolini

Principal Machine Learning Scientist, Unlearn.Ai, United States

Digital Twins

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