A new discussion channel called #dHealth4Trials is now open on the In Silico World Community of Practice on Slack.
Endorsed and supported by Mobilise-D, a project funded by the European Commission and various members of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) through the Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI), the #dHealth4Trials channel will be a virtual space for discussion and exchange of good practices about the use of digital health technologies in regulatory clinical trials for the safety or efficacy evaluation of new drugs or new medical devices.
The use of digital health technology in regulatory trials
The discussion around the use of digital technologies in the regulatory field is particularly important considering that a new methodology can be used to produce evidence of regulatory value only if it has been qualified; regulatory agencies such as EMA or FDA and the pharma industries have extensive experience in the qualification of clinical, biochemical, or statistical methodologies, while the use of digital health technology in regulatory trials is quite recent and to a large extent best practices for the qualification of these methodologies are still being debated.
Best practices emerge from success stories
“Experts do need a safe place where to exchange best practices on the regulatory qualification of these emerging technologies; #dHealth4Trials channel is the answer,”
said Wim Darte, Regulatory Affairs at Novartis Pharma AG and co-lead with Marco Viceconti of the Regulatory activities in the Mobilise-D project.
Indeed, the channel will take its first steps from the recent success story of Mobilise-D and its request for qualification advice to EMA for the use of wearable sensors to quantify digital mobility outcomes and their use as biomarkers in regulatory drug trials.
Accelerate the adoption of digital technologies
“The #dHealth4Trials channel will provide to all practitioners an online community of practice where pre-competitive information can be exchanged freely” said Marco Viceconti, founder of In Silico World. “We believe this is an essential step to accelerate the adoption of digital technologies in regulatory trials: this community of experts, in collaboration with experts from regulatory agencies worldwide, could develop good qualification practices for the qualification of digital health methodologies.”
You can find the original article and access the channel here: https://insilico.world/community/join-the-community-of-practice-channels/