ASGCT Heats Up in Summer 2019
Maritza McIntyre, Ph.D. - June 14, 2019
Up-to-date clinical trials info and a new policy-centered event keep up the post-meeting momentum.
The summer has historically been a slow period for ASGCT, but that’s changed in recent years. As one of the newly-elected members of the Society’s board of directors, I’m proud to say ASGCT is now just as busy in June as it is in January.
Recently, the Society launched the ASGCT Clinical Trials Finder, the only curated, interactive tracking system for gene and cell therapy clinical trials recruiting in the United States. This customizable search engine allows users to explore active clinical trials across the field based on nearly a dozen user-decided criteria.
The launch of the ASGCT Clinical Trials Finder comes at the perfect time as NIH begins phasing out their Genetic Modification Clinical Research Information System, which served a similar purpose. NIH has committed to make stakeholders aware of the resource and ASGCT will work to migrate users of the GeMCRIS system to the ASGCT service.
On behalf of ASGCT, thank you to all of the committee members, stakeholder groups, and Society members who lent their time and expertise to make this important project a reality. We're looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this new tool. Tell us about your experience by emailing info@asgct.org.
ASGCT is also hard at work on a second, mid-cycle event opposite the ASGCT Annual Meeting. The ASGCT Policy Summit (November 4 – 6 at The Westin in Washington, D.C.) will gather scientific, regulatory, and bioethical communities for three days of discussion focusing on global regulation, payment policies, and the ethics of germline gene editing.
Each day covers one of the aforementioned topics and can be registered for individually to provide stakeholders flexibility. The schedule breakdown is as follows:
- November 4: Global Regulatory Issues in Gene Therapy Development
- November 5: Perspectives on Payment Policies
- November 6: Scientific, Ethical, and Societal Issues in Germline Gene Editing
Additional programming and speaker information will be released on ASGCT.org prior to the opening of ASGCT Policy Summit registration on July 8.
I’m looking forward to sharing all of the great initiatives we’re undertaking at ASGCT and hope to see many of you at the summit this November.
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