Coalition Against Major Diseases: Precompetitive Collaborations and Regulatory Paths to Accelerating Drug Development for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Diane Stephenson, Enrique Aviles, Lisa J. Bain, Martha Brumfield, Maria Carrillo, Thomas A. Comery, Carolyn Compton, Brian Corrigan, Mark Forrest Gordon, Clifford R. Jack, Russell Katz, Veronika Logovinsky, Andrew Satlin, Ken Marek, Timothy Nicholas, Dan Polhamus, B. Steven Angersbach, Nandini Raghavan, Gary Romano, Klaus RomeroLeslie Shaw, Janet Woodcock, George Vradenburg, Maria Isaac

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Abstract

Precompetitive collaborations have been successful in several disease areas and industries. Such collaborations are critical to address the gaps and challenges in therapeutic development for chronic neurodegenerative diseases. On November 5, 2012, members of the scientific community, advocates, regulators, industry, and government officials met at the US Food and Drug Administration to develop tools to expedite drug development and maximize the potential for success in future drug trials for Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease. The meeting established that multiple collaborative approaches are essential for accelerating drug development. Such approaches include precompetitive data sharing, regulatory qualification of biomarkers and clinical outcome assessments, implementation of data standards, and development of quantitative drug disease trial models. While challenges to collaboration among industry partners are formidable, they are not insurmountable. The Coalition Against Major Diseases (CAMD) has several positive examples to highlight. This review represents proceedings from CAMD's annual conference and discusses the key themes that are being advanced by the Critical Path Institute.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)632-638
Number of pages7
JournalTherapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science
Volume47
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2013

Keywords

  • Alzheimer disease
  • Parkinson disease
  • biomarkers
  • disease modeling
  • regulatory qualification

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Pharmacology (medical)

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