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Session Details

Ultra Rare Disease: Is Perpetual IND a Regulatory Solution for Access?
Friday, May 31, 2024 09:15 AM - 10:15 AM  
Room 208-209
Roundtable
Organized by: ISCT North America Legal & Regulatory Affairs Committee

Moderator
  • Michael Mendicino, PhD, Hybrid Concepts International (HCI), LLC, United States
Panelists
  • Donald B. Kohn, MD, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
  • Julie Douville, PhD, n-Lorem Foundation, United States
  • Nicole Verdun, MD, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), United States
Understand challenges associated with commercializing products that are developed for ultra rare diseases and debate whether providing these products through perpetual INDs can be a sustainable strategy.

Key Learning Objectives
1. What may constitute ultra rare diseases?
2. What are existing regulatory mechanisms to provide access to these types of CGTs/advanced therapies?
3. What are the bottlenecks for IND maintenance and marketing approval of ultra-rare products where commercialization is unlikely?
4. What are possible solutions to these challenges? 

Nicole Verdun
Super Office Director
OTP/CBER/FDA
Panelist


Michael Mendicino
Chief Consultant
Hybrid Concepts International
Moderator


Julie Douville
Executive Director of ASO Discovery and Development
n-Lorem Foundation
Panelist


Donald Kohn
Distinguished Professor
University of California, Los Angeles
Panelist