Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research

FDA

Overview Site Visit

Carolyn A. Wilson, Ph.D.Associate Director for Research

CBER’s Mission

To ensure the safety, purity, potency, and effectiveness of biological products, including vaccines, blood and blood products, and cells, tissues and gene therapies for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human diseases, conditions or injury.

Vision for CBER

• Protect and improve public and individual health in the US and, where feasible, globally

• Facilitate development, approval and access to safe and effective products and promising new technologies

• Strengthen CBER as a preeminent regulatory organization for biologics

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCING PUBLIC HEALTH

CBER Regulates Complex Products

XenotransplantationXenotransplantationProductsProducts

TissuesTissues

Cell & Gene Cell & Gene TherapiesTherapies

Blood, Blood Blood, Blood Components and Components and DerivativesDerivatives

Vaccines: Preventive & Vaccines: Preventive & TherapeuticTherapeutic

Related Related DevicesDevices

Allergenic ProductsAllergenic Products

CBER Mission: Role of Research

Regulatory Regulatory ChallengeChallengePublic HealthPublic Health

Novel ProductNovel Product

CBERCBERResearchResearch

DiscoveryDiscoveryNew ToolsNew ToolsRegulatoryRegulatory

Policy/DecisionPolicy/Decision

Licensed Licensed ProductProduct

Improved Improved Data – Data – Benefit/RiskBenefit/Risk

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CBER Research Facilities• Biotechnology Core Facility

– Oligonucleotide, siRNA, PNA, and peptide synthesis– Peptide and DNA sequencing– Taqman Probe synthesis– HPLC; Capillary electrophoresis– Mass Spectrometry/Proteomics– Amino acid analysis

• Core support for – Flow Cytometry: Sorting/Analytic– Confocal microscopy

• Vivarium with procedure rooms– Rodents, NHP, BSL-2 capacity for infectious agents

• BSL-3 and ABSL-3 laboratories

Scientific Expertise

• Novel technologies: NMR, mass spec, flow cytometry, high throughput sequencing

• Microbiology: parasitology, bacteriology, virology

• Immunology• Biochemistry and molecular biology• Cell and developmental biology

CBER researcher =“Researcher-Regulator”

~20% CBER Staff

Integration of research and review ensures

Relevance, Expertise, Timeliness, and Usability

CBER RESEARCH MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW

IDENTIFICATION OF

REGULATORY AND

PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS

CBERRESEARCH PRIORITIES

OFFICE RESEARCHPLANS ANDPRIORITIES

RESEARCHPROGRAMS

EXTERNAL REVIEW AND INPUT

CBER Research Priorities*Ensure safety, efficacy and availability of biologic

products and use and development of appropriate regulatory pathways through

• Development and evaluation of methods, reagents, standards

• Evaluation, development, integration of novel scientific technologies and preclinical models for use in product regulation, including development and analysis of novel approaches that reduce, refine, or replace use of animals (3R’s)

• Facilitation of the development of new biological products for control of high priority public health threats, including pandemic influenza, emerging infectious diseases, and agents of bioterrorism.

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• Improving clinical trial design and evaluation, including adaptive design approaches

• Enhance risk management, risk assessment, and risk communication sciences

• Developing improved analytical tools and new means to access large medical databases to perform active population-based safety surveillance, including support of FDA's Sentinel Initiative.

CBER Research Priorities - continued

Cyclic Peer Review of Every PI Every 4 Years

• Internal – Promotion, Conversion, Evaluation Committee

• External – peer review by scientific experts, Site Visits

Annual Review of ResearchPI providesFor each project

Progress reportFuture plansBudget Request

Presentations, PubsOther output

Information reviewedLab chief, DD, ADR, ODRelevanceProductivityQuality

Research Reporting Database

Funding AllocatedRelevance to priorityScientific/Reg OutputFeasiblity

Site-Visit Report• Draft report is distributed to full Advisory

Committee• Final report is approved by full Advisory

Committee • Final report used in many ways:

– Internal peer review of research/PI by Promotion, Conversion, Evaluation Committee (PCE) for personnel actions

– By PIs for improving research program– By management, resource allocation

decisions may be impacted by report (pending resource availability)

Thank you!

To the Site Visit reviewers and Advisory Committee

Your input improves CBER’s research programs

External review is critical to fulfilling our regulatory mission!