ASCPT Podcast Channel

On this episode of PSPod, Drs. Lokesh Jain, Larissa Wenning, and Nitin Mehrotra from Merck discuss the important role model-informed drug development (MIDD) will play in the successful implementation of PDUFA VI. This discussion is based on their Perspective article “PDUFA VI: It’s Time to Unleash the Full Potential of Model-Informed Drug Development” which published in the January 2019 issue of PSP. The article is available here.

On this episode of PSPod, Drs. Piet van der Graaf and Suruchi Bakshi from Certara QSP and Leiden University, and Dr. Chao Chen from Clinical Pharmacology Modelling & Simulation at  GlaxoSmithKline, discuss quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) modeling in relation to the study of Parkinson’s disease. This discussion is based on a Review article that published in the February 2019 issue of PSP, which is available here.

On today’s episode, Dr. Paul Watkins, the Howard Q. Ferguson Distinguished Professor at Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Director of the University of North Carolina Institute for Drug Safety Sciences, discusses quantitative systems toxicology (QST) and quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) modeling, recent examples of their application, and how they might better inform decision-making in the pharma industry. Dr. Watkins recently wrote a Commentary in PSP related to this topic and it is available here.

On this special joint episode of ClinPharmPod, the official podcast for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and PSPod, the official podcast of CPT: Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology Karthik Venkatakrishnan from Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Associate Editor for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Lang Li, from the Ohio State University and Associate Editor for CPT: Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology, and Valentina Shakhnovich from Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City and Associate Editor for Clinical and Translational Science discuss reverse translation, the theme of a joint issue of articles recently published in the ASCPT journal family. They discuss the concept of reverse translation as a means to maximize the value of the ever-growing reservoir of real-world data in order to more effectively drive future research using retrospective analysis. Please visit the full joint virtual issue by clicking here.

In this episode Dennis Velasco speaks with Stuart MacLeod from the University of British Columbia about efforts to equip pediatric clinical pharmacologists and clinical pharmacists with the necessary skills in relevant research and educational methods to address a shortfall in the human resource pool, particularly in low- and lower-middle-income countries where a majority of children under 14 years of age reside. You can read more in the June 2017 issue of CPT focused on Drugs for Chirldren.

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On today’s episode, Mike Smith from Pfizer, Justin Wilkins from Occams, and Amy Cheung from AstraZeneca discuss “Thoughtflow”, a set of standards compiled by the DDMoRe consortium to help facilitate the capture, storage, and reporting of knowledge in the context of MID3, as well as to support reproducibility.

This episode features Dr. Iñaki F. Trocóniz discussing how pharmacometric techniques can be used to counteract immuno-response suppression by tumor cells. Read his commentary from the January 2017 issue here. Also, please find additional CPT:PSP articles related to this topic in the Immuno-oncology Virtual Issue, which is available here.

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In this episode Dennis Velasco speaks with Marilyn Huestis from the University of Maryland School of Medicine about novel psychoactive substances (e.g., modafinil, psilocybin, lysergic acid diethylamide, and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) and how they simultaneously offer new pharmacotherapies and pose serious health problems. You can read more in the February issue of CPT focused on Designer Drugs.

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This episode features Marlene Haffner, MD, MPH of Haffner Associates, LLC discussing orphan drug regulation in the United States and beyond. Read her article which published in the October 2016 issue here.

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This episode features Dr. Satyaprakash Nayak discussing application of advanced pharmacometrics and quantitative systems pharmacology in hematology. Read his article from the July 2016 issue here. Also, please find additional CPT:PSP articles related to hematology in the Hematology Virtual Issue, which is available here.

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