Dear All,

 

You have contributed as an important stakeholder in the consultation process for the development of WHO’s guidance for best practices for clinical trials. After a 2 year process overseen by our WHO Technical Advisory Group (Technical Advisory Group on Development of Guidance on Best Practices for Clinical Trials (who.int)), this guidance will be launched on September 25th.

Please join us on Sep 25th at 1300-1430 Geneva time for the launch webinar. The webinar will explain the background, process and key contents of the new guidance, including how it arose from the 2022 World Health Assembly resolution on strengthening clinical trials, WHA 75.8.

Please register via the link: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cf9lWvUeSSKOM3kjhV4u_w and please help us disseminate this online event by sharing the registration link to your network.

We take this opportunity to thank you for your advice and contribution to this work. We look forward to your continued support to implement the best practices for clinical trials.

The webinar will feature a panel discussion moderated by Jeremy Farrar, WHO Chief Scientist, and will cover various critical aspects of the new guidance. Our distinguished panelists, who bring a wealth of expertise from diverse fields, and will provide their perspectives on how the guidance can enable better trials, better evidence and sustained capacities for clinical research.

Panelists:

  1. Maria Dutarte: Involving patients and communities in clinical research.
  2. John Amuasi: The role of the new guidance in enabling the work of clinical researchers.
  3. Val Snewin: Supporting clinical research ecosystems.
  4. Akbar Fotouhi: Strengthening trial capacities.
  5. Lada Leyens: Industry perspective on the WHO guidance.
  6. Roli Mathur: Strengthening research ethics oversight.
  7. Anne Meeker O’Connell: Accelerating clinical trials for health interventions.
  8. Michael Makanga: What funders can do to enable improvements in clinical trials
  9. Kwasi Nyarko: Advancing regulatory and ethics cooperation and coordination.
  10. Eva Madrid: Perspective of secondary researchers, and the evidence community

Event details:

  1. Date: 25 September 2024
  2. Time: 13:00 – 14.30 CET
  3. Platform: Zoom

To confirm your participation, please register through the following link.  Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with details on how to join the webinar.

We look forward to your participation and future engagement in efforts on strengthening clinical trials.

 

With best wishes,

WHO secretariat

(Registration URL in case the hyperlink above is lost – https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cf9lWvUeSSKOM3kjhV4u_w)