ACCELERATING THE DEVELOPMENT
OF NEW DRUGS AND DIAGNOSTICS

MAXIMIZING THE IMPACT OF THE
CURES ACCELERATION NETWORK

Workshop Summary

Steve Olson and Anne B. Claiborne, Rapporteurs

Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation

Board on Health Sciences Policy

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PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE WORKSHOP ON MAXIMIZING THE GOALS OF THE CURES ACCELERATION NETWORK TO ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DRUGS AND DIAGNOSTICS¹

CAROLYN COMPTON (Co-Chair), Critical Path Institute, Tucson, AZ

LOUIS J. DEGENNARO (Co-Chair), the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, White Plains, NY

MARGARET ANDERSON, FasterCures, Washington, DC

ANN BONHAM, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC

C. THOMAS CASKEY, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

WILLIAM W. CHIN, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

PETER B. CORR, Celtic Therapeutics, LLLP, New York, NY

PAUL R. EISENBERG, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA

KATHY L. HUDSON, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

ANKIT MAHADEVIA, Atlas Venture, Cambridge, MA

ROBERT T. O’NEILL, Food and Drug Administration, Chestnut Hill, MA

BARRY PALLOTTA, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, VA

MARY K. PENDERGAST, Pendergast Consulting, Washington, DC

ELLEN V. SIGAL, Friends of Cancer Research, Washington, DC

WILLIAM L. WARREN, Sanofi Pasteur, Orlando, FL

IOM Staff

ANNE B. CLAIBORNE, Forum Director

ADRIENNE STITH BUTLER, Senior Program Officer

REBECCA A. ENGLISH, Associate Program Officer

ELIZABETH F. C. TYSON, Research Associate

ROBIN GUYSE, Senior Program Assistant

ANDREW M. POPE, Director, Board on Health Sciences Policy

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¹ Institute of Medicine planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.

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FORUM ON DRUG DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND TRANSLATION¹

JEFFREY M. DRAZEN (Co-Chair), New England Journal of Medicine, Boston, MA

STEVEN K. GALSON (Co-Chair), Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA

MARGARET ANDERSON, FasterCures, Washington, DC

HUGH AUCHINCLOSS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD

LESLIE Z. BENET, University of California, San Francisco

ANN BONHAM, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC

LINDA BRADY, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD

ROBERT CALIFF, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

C. THOMAS CASKEY, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

GAIL H. CASSELL, Harvard Medical School (Visiting), Carmel, IN

PETER B. CORR, Celtic Therapeutics, LLLP, New York, NY

ANDREW M. DAHLEM, Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, IN

TAMARA DARSOW, American Diabetes Association, Alexandria, VA

JAMES H. DOROSHOW, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

GARY L. FILERMAN, Atlas Health Foundation, McLean, VA

GARRET A. FITZGERALD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

MARK J. GOLDBERGER, Abbott Pharmaceuticals, Rockville, MD

HARRY B. GREENBERG, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA

STEPHEN GROFT, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Bethesda, MD

LYNN HUDSON, Critical Path Institute, Tucson, AZ

THOMAS INSEL, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Bethesda, MD

MICHAEL KATZ, March of Dimes Foundation, White Plains, NY

PETRA KAUFMANN, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD

JACK D. KEENE, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

RONALD L. KRALL, University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics, Steamboat Springs, CO

FREDA LEWIS-HALL, Pfizer Inc., New York, NY

MARK B. McCLELLAN, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

CAROL MIMURA, University of California, Berkeley

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¹ Institute of Medicine forums and roundtables do not issue, review, or approve individual documents. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.

ELIZABETH (BETSY) MYERS, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New York, NY

JOHN ORLOFF, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ

AMY PATTERSON, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

MICHAEL ROSENBLATT, Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ

JANET SHOEMAKER, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC

ELLEN SIGAL, Friends of Cancer Research, Washington, DC

ELLIOTT SIGAL, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ

ELLEN R. STRAHLMAN, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC

NANCY SUNG, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Research Triangle Park, NC

JANET TOBIAS, Ikana Media and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

JOANNE WALDSTREICHER, Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Raritan, NJ

JANET WOODCOCK, Food and Drug Administration, White Oak, MD

IOM Staff

ANNE B. CLAIBORNE, Forum Director

RITA S. GUENTHER, Program Officer

REBECCA A. ENGLISH, Associate Program Officer

ELIZABETH F. C. TYSON, Research Associate

ROBIN GUYSE, Senior Program Assistant

ANDREW M. POPE, Director, Board on Health Sciences Policy

Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

Barry S. Coller, The Rockefeller University

Garry A. Neil, Johnson & Johnson

Mary K. Pendergast, Pendergast Consulting

Heather M. Snyder, Alzheimer’s Association

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they did not see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Brian L. Strom, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Appointed by the Institute of Medicine, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authors and the institution.

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Contents

ACRONYMS

1     INTRODUCTION

The History and Goals of CAN

Overview of the Themes of the Workshop

2     APPROACHES TO ACCELERATING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE

Cystic Fibrosis and the Need for Partnerships

Alzheimer’s Disease and the Drug Development Ecosystem

NUT Midline Carcinoma and Open Innovation

Sickle Cell Anemia and the Need for Hedgehogs

Leukemia and Lymphoma and the Need for Partnerships

Cross-Cutting Issues

3     APPLICATION OF MATCHING AUTHORITY

The Small Business Innovation Research Program at the National Cancer Institute

The Matching Requirement at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

The Matching Requirement at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Perspectives of Matchers

4     APPLICATION OF FLEXIBLE RESEARCH AUTHORITY

OTA at DARPA

ARPA-E at the Department of Energy

Promoting an Effective Medical Countermeasures Enterprise at BARDA

OTA at DTRA

Collaboration at the CHDI Foundation

5     SITUATING CAN WITHIN THE DRUG DEVELOPMENT ECOSYSTEM

FDA

The Office of Science and Technology Policy

The Pharmaceutical Industry

Public–Private Partnerships

Tools and Cures

6     FINAL REFLECTIONS ON WAYS TO MAXIMIZE THE GOALS OF CAN

Responding to Frustration

A Rallying Cry

Mastering the Details

Beyond Rocket Science

Changing the Culture and Showing Deliverables

“The Status Quo Is Not Acceptable”

REFERENCES

APPENDIXES

A     WORKSHOP AGENDA

B     PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT, TITLE IV—NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

C     PARTICIPANT BIOGRAPHIES

Boxes

1-1 Statement of Task for the Workshop

1-2 The Need for Translational Science

1-3 Functions of CAN in Authorizing Legislation

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Acronyms