
Ethics of Experimental Medicine During a Pandemic
- What Two-day conference
- When Friday and Saturday, June 6 and 7, 2014
- Where Royal College of Physicians, London, UK
- Registration Free, but please register via Eventbrite by May 31, 2014
- More Information Sarah J.L. Edwards
- To bring together a wide variety of opinion leaders to advance policy on this issue.
- To review suggestions and approaches proposed in the Meeting Report of the WHO Technical Consultation held in 2009 on Research Ethics in International Epidemic Response and develop guidance in this area.
- To suggest training material for researchers and ethics committees based on this conference and on the resulting guidance.
- 9:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee
- 9:20 a.m. Introduction by Prof. Richard Barker, OBE, CASMI
- 9:30 a.m. The Role of Science in a Pandemic
Prof. David L. Heymann, MD, CBE, Chair, Public Health England - 10:00 a.m. Drug Discovery in a Pandemic: An Industry Perspective
Dr. Eddie Reilly, GSK - 10:30 a.m. Experiences From Clinical Trials in Swine Flu
Prof. Andrew Pollard, Oxford Vaccine Group - 11:00 a.m. Facilitating Access to Medical Countermeasures (MCMs)
Dr. Luciana Borio, MD, Office of the Chief Scientist, FDA - 11:30 a.m. Exceptional Circumstances and Public Health
Dr. Keith MacDonald, MHRA - 12:00 p.m. Regulatory Barriers to International Research in Pandemics
Prof.Alistair Nichol, International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium
- 1:30 p.m. Balancing Therapeutic Access to INDs Against Need for Science
Dr. Sarah J.L. Edwards, UCL - 2:15 p.m. Ethics and Study Design
Prof.Charles Weijer, UWO Canada - 3:00 p.m. Right to Health and Access to Treatments in a Pandemic
Dr. George Letsas, UCL Laws - 3:45 p.m. Public Views of Investigational Treatments in a Pandemic
Prof. Sandra Quinn, Associate Director, Maryland Center for Health Equity - 5:00 p.m. Mitigating Social Tension in Pandemic Research
Prof. Alex John London, Carnegie Mellon University, USA - 5:45 p.m. Global Research Coordination
Prof. Mike Parker, ETHOX
Part 3: WHO Technical Consultation “Research Ethics in International Epidemic Response”
Chair: Professor Mike Parker, ETHOX
- 9:00 a.m. Are Principles of GCP and Helsinki Relevant?
Prof. Jonathan Montgomery, Health Research Authority, Nuffield Council - 9:45 a.m. Perspective of Health Research Authority
Dr. Hugh Davies, Ethics Working Group - 10:30 a.m. Meeting Report on the 2009 WHO Technical Consultation “Research Ethics in International Epidemic Response”
Dr. Abha Saxena, WHO - 11:30 a.m. Coffee
- 12:00 p.m. Commentary on the WHO Report
Prof. Alex John London, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
1:00 p.m. Lunch
Chair: Dr Sarah Edwards, UCL
- 2:00 p.m. Panel Discussion
- 3:30 p.m. Towards a Consensus Statement
- 4:00 p.m. Summary and Next Steps
- 4:30 p.m. Final Remarks and Close
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