BALANCING SPEED AND EVIDENCE IN DEVELOPING COVID-19 THERAPIES

Registration required: https://www.bbsw.org/symposium-2-nov-5

Nov 5th, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST
8:30am Welcome and Raffle
8:40am Keynote
Peter Bach, MD, MAPP
The inflexible paradox of scientific research: Urgency
demands patience
9:15am Thomas Jaki, PhD
Designing efficient clinical trials during a pandemic: Some
personal lessons from the RECOVERY trial
9:50am Natalia (Natasha) Mühlemann, MD, MBA
Rajat Mukherjee, PhD
A Bayesian design for COVID-19 trials with focus on
10:35am vaccines development Julia Niewczas, PhD
Statistical challenges of designing COVID-19 therapeutic
and prophylaxis trials
11:10am Hemal B. Mehta, PhD
Balancing speed and evidence in COVID-19 trials
11:25am Panel Discussion
12:25pm Closing