FDA Grand Rounds: Immune system responses to therapeutic proteins: Getting up close and personal
September 9, 2021
Virtual: Adobe platform
The FDA Grand Rounds is webcast every other month to highlight cutting-edge research underway across the agency and its impact on protecting and advancing public health. Each session features an FDA scientist presenting on a key public health challenge and how FDA is applying science to its regulatory activities.
Proteins used as therapeutics have become an essential part of modern medicine. Immunogenicity (anti-drug antibodies that target the protein-therapeutic) is a significant impediment to development and licensure of any therapeutic-protein. The lecture will illustrate how judicious application of tools available for immunogenicity risk-assessment can permit better decision-making during drug-development, licensure, and clinical-trials.
- Z.E. Sauna, D. Lagassé, J. Pedras-Vasconcelos, B. Golding & A.S. Rosenberg. Evaluating and mitigating the immunogenicity of therapeutic proteins. Trends Biotechnol 36: 1068-1084, 2018
- V.L. Simhadri, J. McGill, S. McMahon, J. Wang, H. Jian & Z.E. Sauna. Prevalence of Pre-existing Antibodies to CRISPR-associated Nuclease Cas9 in the US Population. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 10: 105-112, 2018
- K. Lamberth, S. Louise Reedtz-Runge, J. Simon, K. Klementyeva, G.S. Pandey, S.B. Padkjær, V. Pascal, I.R. León, C.N. Gudme, S. Buus & Z.E. Sauna. Post-hoc assessment of the immunogenicity of bioengineered Factor VIIa demonstrates utility of preclinical tools. Sci. Transl. Med. 9: eaag1286, 2017
- Discuss the research conducted at the FDA
- Explain how FDA science impacts public health
- Identify the economic and personal costs of immunogenicity to protein therapeutics
- Explain the use of non-clinical immunogenicity assays for determining immunogenicity risk
- List some in silico, in vitro and ex vivo methods used to evaluate immunogenicity of therapeutic proteins
This activity is intended for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other scientists within the agency and external scientific communities.
Lecture 1 September 9, 2021
Time | Topic | Speaker |
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12:00 - 1:00 PM EDT | Immune system responses to therapeutic proteins: Getting up close and personal | Zuben Sauna, Ph.D. |
Physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and those claiming non-physician CME: participants must attest to their attendance and complete the final activity evaluation via the CE Portal (ceportal.fda.gov). For multi-day activities, participants must attest to their attendance and complete the faculty evaluation each day. Final activity evaluations must be completed within two weeks after the activity - no exceptions.
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Faculty
- Sauna, Zuben, Ph.D., Research Biologist, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research - nothing to disclose
Planning Committee
- Dinatale, Miriam, DO, Team Leader, Food and Drug Administration - nothing to disclose
- Pfundt, Tiffany, PharmD, Program Coordinator, FDA/CDER/OTBB - Disclosure not received.
- Wheelock, Leslie, RN, MS, Director, OSPD, FDA, OC, OCS, OSPD - nothing to disclose
CE Consultation and Accreditation Team
- Bryant, Traci, M.A.T., CE Consultant, FDA/CDER/OEP/DLOD - nothing to disclose
- Zawalick, Karen, CE Team Leader, FDA/CDER/OEP/DLOD - nothing to disclose
Registration is complimentary; therefore refunds are not applicable.