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University of London

Nov 16, 2026 8:30 AM - Nov 17, 2026 5:00 PM

Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU, United Kingdom

DIA-MHRA Global Summit

Global Collaboration For Safer and Smarter Health Innovation

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Session 5 - Day 2 Opening Session: Advanced Therapies for Rare Diseases - From Breakthrough Science to Sustainable Patient Access

Session Chair(s)

Julian  Beach, MBA

Julian Beach, MBA

Interim Executive Director, Healthcare Quality and Access, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), United Kingdom

Julia  Vitarello

Julia Vitarello

Founder & CEO, Mila's Miracle Foundation, Inc., United States

SESSION OVERVIEW:Rare diseases and advanced therapies sit at the frontier of medical innovation, bringing together powerful science, urgent patient need and complex product development and unique regulatory approval challenges. This session will explore how the UK and international partners can support more effective pathways for rare disease and advanced therapy development, while keeping access,?affordability?and implementation in view. The discussion will bring together patient, clinical,?regulatory,?and global perspectives to consider what makes development?feasible, what makes access sustainable, and how health systems can respond when innovation moves faster than established pathways.

SESSION IMPACT:Bringing together diverse voices from industry and regulatory authorities, this session will?provide?a unique opportunity to explore the realities of developing and delivering innovative therapies. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of how to engage regulators effectively,?anticipate?challenges and shape robust long-term strategies that can translate scientific breakthroughs into transformative outcomes for patients.

Speaker(s)

John F Crowley

Panel: development, regulation, access and global comparison

John F Crowley

President & CEO, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), United States

Tippi C. MacKenzie

Panel: development, regulation, access and global comparison

Tippi C. MacKenzie

Benioff UCSF Professor of Children’s Health & Professor of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, United States

Claire  Booth

Panel: development, regulation, access and global comparison

Claire Booth

Professor - Gene Therapy and Consultant Paediatric Immunology, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for Children - International & Private Care, United Kingdom

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