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#659: Real World Evidence in Regulatory Decision-Making: Challenges, Innovations, and Impact
Wednesday June 17, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
203AB
Component Type: Session
Level: Intermediate
CE: ACPE 1.00 Knowledge UAN: 0286-0000-26-642-L04-P; CME 1.00; RN 1.00

This session highlights innovative Real World Data (RWD) methods, including AI, for enhancing Real World Evidence (RWE) for regulatory decisions. Through case studies and discussion, it will examine practical integration strategies for these innovations.

Learning Objectives

Define the key challenges and limitations in the use of real-world evidence (RWE) for regulatory decision-making; Illustrate how innovative methodologies can be integrated into study design and analysis to enhance the robustness and credibility of RWE; Describe practical insights, informed by multi-stakeholder perspectives, for developing a framework of regulatory acceptability of RWE.

Chair

Alison Cave

Speaker

Advancing Real-World Evidence for Regulatory Decision-Making: Academic perspective
Olaf Klungel, FISPE

Advancing Real-World Evidence for Regulatory Decision-Making: industry perspective
Gracy G Crane, MS

Advancing Real-World Evidence for Regulatory Decision-Making: FDA perspective
Motiur Rahman, PHD, MPHARM, MS


Speakers
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Alison Cave

Chief Safety Officer, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), United Kingdom
Dr Alison Cave is Chief Safety Officer at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), with responsibility for the safety of medicines and medical devices in the UK. She holds a BSc (Hons) and PhD from the University of London and has extensive academic and regulatory... Read More →
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Gracy Crane

Policy Lead, Roche, United Kingdom
Gracy holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Oncology from King’s College Hospital, an M.Sc. in Biomedical Research from King’s College. She did her postdoctoral training at Oxford (UK) and at MIT (USA). Gracy brings broad experience in clinical research, medical affairs and health outcomes... Read More →
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Olaf Klungel

Professor of Pharmacoepidemiologic Methods, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Olaf Klungel is Professor of Pharmacoepidemiologic Methods, chair of the division of Pharmacoepidemiology & Clinical Pharmacology and the scientific director of the Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS) at Utrecht University. He is also member of the Methodology working... Read More →
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Motiur Rahman

Senior Epidemiologist & Policy Advisor, Real World Evidence Analytics, OMP, CDER, FDA, United States
Dr. Motiur Rahman is a Senior Epidemiologist and Policy Advisor in Real-World Evidence (RWE) Analytics within the Office of Medical Policy at CDER, FDA. He leads the consult service for reviewing RWD study submissions, leads international regulatory collaborations including ICH initiatives... Read More →
Wednesday June 17, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
203AB The Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  10: Stats-EvidenceGeneration-RWE, Session

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