Joy Cavagnaro, PhD, DABT, RAC, Fellow ATS, RAPS FELLOW is Pres. of Access BIO. Her career spans academia, CRO/ biotech industries and FDA. She has served in leadership positions for SOT, ASGCT, RAPS, DIA and BIO; on SAB’s, consults and lectures internationally on preclinical safety evaluation.
PRESENTER
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Samuel Cohen, University of Nebraska Medical Center, United States
MD, PhD (1972), Univ. Wisconsin; Board Certified in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology (1976); Prof., Dept of Pathology & Microbiology & Eppley Cancer Center, Univ. Nebraska, Med. Ctr. since 1981. Vice Chair (1981-92) & Chair (1992-2007) of Path./Micro.
David Jacobson-Kram received his Ph.D. from the Univ of CT. He served as a staff fellow at NIH and held academic positions at Geo Washington Univ. and Johns Hopkins. He served as VP of Toxicology at BioReliance Corp from 1988 - 2003. Currently he is the Assoc Dir. of Pharm/Tox in FDA/CDER.
Ron Steigerwalt received his Ph.D in Endocrinology from UCSF and received DABT certification in 2001. He has18 years experience in nonclinical drug development including 7 years as an FDA pharmacology reviewer and 11 years Industry experience. He is currently a Preclinical Director at Amgen.
Description
Has our understanding of carcinogenicity advanced sufficiently that data from alternative assays could be used to support decisions that are as protective of the public health as are current approaches?
Learning Objectives: Discuss approaches to standard preclinical assessment of carcinogenic risk and limitations to understanding human risk Describe potential alternative approaches to current "gold standard" Describe challenges of biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals use of alternative approaches.