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PREP Webinar: Examining synergies between regulators and ethics committees during public health emergencies

4 March 2021

Online webinar

The Good Clinical Practice Alliance (GCPA) & the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard are organizing a Preparedness Planning for Clinical Research During Public Health Emergencies (PREP) webinar on the theme “Examining synergies between regulators and ethics committees during public health emergencies“.

Date: Thursday, 4 March 2021
Time: 13:00-14:00 UTC

Introduction to the webinar
Professor Barbara Bierer, Professor of Medicine, Faculty Director, Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard, Coordinator: AVAREF & MRCT Center Ethics Training Course for AVAREF country-members’ NECs/IRBs & US Single IRB Review Project, Cambridge, MA, USA
The expectations of regulators for ethics committees during a public health emergency
Dr Samvel Azatyan, Group Lead, Regulatory Convergence and Networks, World Health Organization WHO
Efficient and quality decision making for starting clinical trials during a public health emergency
Dr Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft, Director Neglected Tropical Diseases & Coordinator of the ANTICOV Clinical Trial, DNDi
What are the hurdles to cooperation between ethics committees and regulators during a public health emergency?
Dr Aamir Jafarey, Professor, Centre of Biomedical Ethics and Culture, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Pakistan; Member, National Bioethics Committee; Member, Clinical Studies Committee, Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP)
Pathways to cooperation between ethics committees and regulators during public health emergencies: Present realities and future possibilities
Dr Fergus Sweeney, Head, Vaccines Strategy Group & Head, Inspections and Human Medicines Pharmacovigilance Division, European Medicines Agency & Co-Chair, ICH E6(R3) GCP Expert Working Group
Experiences in the African region of cooperation between ethics committees and regulatory authorities on vaccine clinical trials during public health emergencies
Dr Mimi Darko, CEO, Ghana Food and Drugs Authority; Chair, AVEREF Steering Committee

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