Conference on Rare Disease and Orphan Drugs

1st and 2nd October
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OUR SPEAKERS

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Rich Horgan

Founder and President

Cure Rare Disease

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Lydia L. Seiders

Patient Education Council Member

Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation

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Kelly Austin

Founder, Regulatory Specialist (ODD, Fast Track, Breakthrough, RMAT)

KLA Breakthrough Consulting

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Harsha K Rajasimha

Founder and CEO

Jeeva Informatics Solutions

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Alice Rathjen

Co-Founder and CEO

DNA Compass

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Gavin Jones

Director of Rare Disease

OPEN Health

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Hector De la Riva

Commercial Lead Ocular Rare Disease – Gene Therapy

Novartis

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Diana Stefani-Hunyady

Co-Founder

Life Key Sciences LLC

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Christine Von Raesfeld

Founder and CEO

People with Empathy

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Shahar Keinan

CEO and Co-Founder

POLARISqb

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Dan Donovan

Founder & CEO

rareLife solutions

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Jonathan Morton

Rare Disease Consultant

AMICULUM

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

  8:00 AM EST
Registration (Telephonic And Virtual)
  8:30 AM EST
Introduction To DBMR
  9:00 AM EST
the Rare Disease Community for the Long Haul
Dan Donovan | Founder & CEO - rareLife solutions
  10:00 AM EST
Rethinking our approach to rare disease communications during COVID-19 and beyond
Jonathan Morton | Rare Disease Consultant - AMICULUM
Agency Lead - Comradis Limited
  11:15 AM EST
Every BODY is unique: A patient perspective into precision medicine
Christine Von Raesfeld | Founder and CEO - People with Empathy
Technical Expert Panelist - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  12:30 PM EST
Advocacy and the need to hear the rare disease patients voice within strategic efforts
Lydia L. Seiders | Patient Education Council Member Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation
Advisor - Liv4TheCure
Advisor - Rare Disease Ghana Initiative
  1:45 PM EST
A Case Study (Epidiolex) Demonstrating How to Use Special FDA Designations to Efficiently Reach the US Market
Kelly Austin | Founder, Regulatory Specialist (ODD, Fast Track, Breakthrough, RMAT)
KLA Breakthrough Consulting
  3:00 PM EST
The Future of Rare Diseases: Developing and Accessing the Next Generation of Therapies
Rich Horgan | Founder and President - Cure Rare Disease
  4:15 PM EST
Federated data solutions for Accessing rare genomes across borders
Alice Rathjen | Co-Founder and CEO - DNA Compass
  5:15 PM EST
How to Commercialize an Orphan Drug
  6:15 PM EST
Rare vs. Common Diseases
  7:00 PM EST
DBMR Quantum Leap Awards
  8:30 AM EST
Registration
  9:30 AM EST
Challenges being faced by Orphan drug development Companies
  10:00 AM EST
Succeeding with Star Wars Medicine - Translating the science and value of Gene Therapies
Gavin Jones | Director of Rare Disease - OPEN Health
  11:15 AM EST
Gene Therapy, a New Paradigm in Ocular Rare Diseases
Hector De la Riva | Commercial Lead Ocular Rare Disease – Gene Therapy
Novartis
  12:30 PM EST
Treatment and Advanced Therapies for Rare Diseases
Shahar Keinan | CEO and Co-Founder - POLARISqb
  1:45 PM EST
Social Entrepreneurship in Rare Diseases: It takes concerted efforts between technology and advocacy to accelerate therapies for rare diseases
Harsha K Rajasimha | Founder and CEO - Jeeva Informatics Solutions
Founder and Chairman IndoUSrare
Member of the Board of Advisors - Synergy
  3:00 PM EST
Patient involvement in drug development for rare diseases
Diana Stefani-Hunyady | Head of Global Medical Affairs - Viela Bio
Co-Founder - Life Key Sciences LLC
  4:15 PM EST
Examining industry strategies for leveraging patient data and AI to advance rare disease patient identification, R&D, and commercialization
  5:15 PM EST
Regulatory Framework for Drugs for Rare Diseases
  6:15 PM EST
Rare Mental and Behavioural Disorders
  7:00 PM EST
DBMR Closing Remarks