5th Statistical Approaches for CMC Development and Lifecycle Management of Biotherapeutics and Vaccines

 November 26-28, 2018
Venue: US Pharmacopeia
Rockville, Maryland

Objectives

This meeting is to bring together regulators and scientists to discuss statistical approaches used to help develop and manage processes, which ensure the quality and availability of biotherapeutics and vaccines. Speakers and panel members will engage with meeting participants on challenges and solutions related to CMC development and lifecycle management of biologics.   Areas of attention will include Quality by Design in process and analytical development,  comparability and biosimilarity, stability study design and analysis, validation, and continuous process and analytical verification.  Statistical challenges related to introduction of new technologies and Big Data will be discussed.  Special emphasis will be devoted to collaboration and communication, between scientists and statisticians as well as industry and regulators.  The meeting will bring experts together to discuss the issues and through roundtables attempt to reach conclusions that will add value to global public health.