Day 2 Congress

Panelist:

• Khrystal K. Davis, Patient Advocate & Writer, Hunt for a Cure, Author, Zebra Leaf Publishing
• Anthony Gucciardo, SVP, Strategic Partnerships, National Kidney Foundation
• Daniel Anderson, Head, Commercial Partnerships Invitae
• Carl K Edwards, CSO, DNX Biopharmaceuticals

Khrystal K. Davis, Patient Advocate & Writer, Hunt for a Cure, Author, Zebra Leaf Publishing

T Anthony Howell, Esq., Co-Founder & Digital Community Builder, rareLife solutions, Creators of onevoice.world

• Identifying and evaluating research
• Innovative funding
• Academia vs Biotech
• Grants vs Investment

Debra Miller, CEO, CureDuchenne

• Patients as Key Partners in Drug Development
• Role of Real-World Evidence in Rare Disease
• Value of Registries in Rare Disease – pros and cons

Sonal Bhatia, Vice President, North America Medical Lead, Rare Disease, Pfizer*

• How to improve knowledge and recognising a rare condition for patients to gain a sense of ease and trust
• Addressing issues on practical challenges
• Improving access and supporting patients

Reserve for Gold Spotlight Presentation

• Patient recruitment: The need to go multinational - no country has all resources to pull it off in rare diseases. With ORDIUSA, we are building collaborative bridges between US and India to accelerate clinical research and sharing of best practices.
• Taking clinical trials to patients’ homes - reducing burden of participation (This is a part of PFDD)
• The end to end continuum or patient journey - awareness, education, diagnosis, treatment, research, clinical trials as standard of care.

Christine Von Raesfeld, Patient Advocate, More Than Lupus, Ambassador, CureClick
Harsha Karur Rajasimha, Co-Founder, Board Director, Organization for Rare Diseases India and USA

• How can stakeholders work together to remove barriers to patient access?
• How can developers make research goals and use of data to be transparent and to be informed about progress or roadblocks in order to build a relationship based on trust with patients?
• What enhanced ongoing patient support beyond the clinic can be provided to encourage positive relationships between patients and healthcare providers?
• Effective collaboration contributing to faster and wider access of medicines to patients

Panelist:
Anthony Gucciardo, SVP, Strategic Partnerships, National Kidney Foundation
Angela Ramirez Holmes, Founder/President, Cal Rare

• Payers are becoming more aggressive in scrutinizing price and implementing restrictions to patient access that have traditionally been reserved for competitive, high budget impact drug classes
• Recent development in orphan drugs pricing and reimbursement and the impact of those changes
• Addressing some of the major issues facing payers and orphan drug manufacturers, highlighting the way these have been handled by both parties.
• Implementing measures designed to limit exposure to costs associated with orphan drug reimbursement.

Lauren Nelson, Account Director, US Market Access - Rare and Oncology, Sanofi Genzyme*

• Patient registries from advocacy groups are not always your best source for trials and surveys - The BEST source actual patients who are involved and are self-advocates
• Patient Centricity is claimed but not often achieved by CRO’s and they may not even know it. Find out why
• Why patients are leery of registries and most avoid them
• The rules of double-blind studies leave patients in the “cold”. There are strategies to keep them invested and Involved
• You need to know what patients face in day-to-day challenges or you will lose them

Tom Lambdin, Co-Executive Director, Ben’s Friends Patient Communities

Clasina Field, Co-Executive Director, Ben’s Friends Patient Communities