Announcement

LSW Roundtable 1st Edition with Prof. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, November 5, 2014, the Orchid Hotel, Mumbai

Summary

Meeting Title: LSW Round Table Meeting with Dr. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury

Meeting Called by: LSW LifeScienceWorld

Purpose of the Meeting: To revive Clinical Trial Operations in India

Meeting Date: November 5, 2014

Venue: The Orchid, Mumbai

Chair: Prof. Dr. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Adviser to Minister of Health, Govt. of India

Note Taker: Dr. Milind Antani, Advisory Board Member, LSW and Partner, Nishith Desai Associates

Attendees:

Dr. Shailesh Ayyangar, Managing Director, Sanofi India



Jitendra Tyagi, Managing Director, Bristol - Myers Squibb Dr. Murtaza Khorakiwala, Managing Director, Wockhardt

Aman Bajaaj, Managing Director, Takeda Pharma

Dr. Santosh Jha, Director-Medical & Regulatory, Takeda

Sudharshan Jain, Managing Director, Abbott Healthcare.

Dr.Arun Mishra, Director-Regulatory Affairs, Abbott India

Dr. Chandrashekhar Potkar,Director-Medical & Regulatory Affairs, Pfizer

Dr. Suresh Menon, CSO, Novartis

Jeroze J Dalal, Head-Clinical Operations, India & Pakistan, Gsk

Dr. Anish Desai, Director-Medical Affairs, Johnson & Johnson

Nandita Chopra, India Representative, NIH, USA

Dr. Milind Antani, Partner, Nishith Desai Associates

D G Shah, Secretary-General, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance

Dr. Rashmi Hegde, Director- Medical Affairs, Abbott

Dr. Veena Jagutse, Director-Development Operations, Amgen

Sankar Iyer, Editor & Managing Partner, Lsw Lifescienceworld

Discussion

6 points of the policy pertaining to Clinical Trials

Stress on Accreditation:

Centre which will carry out clinical trials will be accredited

Principal Investigator will be accredited

Ethics Committee will be accredited

Agenda:

Industry’s views, future plans and suggestions to the government with regards to the revival of clinical trials as before and on other core issues pertaining to the pharma industry, and what industry can expect from the government.

Summary of Discussion:

Following recommendations were put forth: 1. To form a committee representing industry, government and NGO to discuss and handle various issues

2. To have clarity in the language of notifications/office orders and to give clarification that the regulations notified are applicable to prospective trials and not ongoing trials

3. New Drug Advisory Committee (NDAC)

a. To have only one layer of committee approval

b. NDAC must act very fast and ethically

c. Proper training program for NDAC members

d. Regular evaluation of performance of NDAC members should be done

e. There should be clarity on the process of functioning of the committee

f. An experience industry expert should be involved in the committee

g. All the minutes of meeting should be published on website

h. Committee must have an able leader, should give adequate time in the meeting and decisions in meeting must be communicated immediately

i. Composition of committee needs to change

j. Professional project management training should be done

k. High level committee should be formed regarding formation


4. To create a platform at government level to connect with all the stake holders

5. While finalizing the notifications/office order, DCGI office should invite industry representative to sit with them as many a times outcome of meeting is not interpreted correctly

6. Correspondence regarding invitation to be committee should happen from office of ministers and properly as it is an honor

7. To study and compare global practices and implement

8. In reporting of SAE, language should change from “occurrence” to “awareness”

9. To issue clarification on post marketing surveillance and phase 4 clinical trials

10. to tacked medical device issues and expedite pending bills

Action Points for Industry:

1. To provide relevant examples of issues they have faced so that proper representation can be made before the minister

2. To provide global practices and what best can / should be implemented in India

3. To discuss and provide guidance on Project Management expertise

4. To give composition of NDAC


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