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#652: Anvisa Townhall - From Backlogs to Breakthroughs: Building a Smarter Regulatory Future
Wednesday June 17, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
107AB
Component Type: Session
Level: Intermediate
CE: ACPE 1.00 Knowledge UAN: 0286-0000-26-666-L04-P; CME 1.00; RN 1.00

This town hall will present Anvisa’s strategy to reduce backlogs, modernize regulatory processes, and integrate innovation and AI into decision-making. The session will explore how Brazil is building a more agile, risk-based, and globally connected regulatory system.

Learning Objectives

Describe Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa)’s strategy to reduce regulatory backlogs and modernize processes; Discuss how innovation, digital tools, and AI are being integrated into regulatory decision-making; Identify how Brazil is advancing a more agile, risk-based, and globally connected regulatory system.

Chair

Diogo Penha Soares

Speaker

Panelist
Ana Carolina Moreira Marino Araujo

Panelist
Maira Ribeiro de Souza, DRSC, PHARMD

Panelist
Adriane Alves de Oliveira, MSC

Panelist
Daniel R. Coradi de Freitas, DRSC


Speakers
avatar for Ana Carolina Moreira Marino Araujo

Ana Carolina Moreira Marino Araujo

Head, International Affairs Office, ANVISA, Brazil
Ana Carolina Marino is Head of the International Affairs Office at ANVISA. Holds a permanent position at ANVISA as goverment employe, Health Regulatory Expert, since March 2007. Has experience in both technical and management roles: Advisor at the Fourth Directorate/ANVISA; Head for... Read More →
avatar for Daniel R. Coradi de Freitas

Daniel R. Coradi de Freitas

GENERAL MANAGER, ANVISA, Brazil
Biologist, MSc in Genetics and Molecular Biology, PhD in Epidemiology, with continuous work in health surveillance since 2000 in technical and senior management roles. Former FETP (2004–2006), joined Anvisa in 2005, working in blood, tissues, cells and organs, cell therapy, health... Read More →
avatar for Adriane Alves de Oliveira

Adriane Alves de Oliveira

Deputy Head, Clinical Trials Office, ANVISA, Brazil
Health Regulation Expert with over 12 years of experience in the regulatory evaluation and oversight of non-clinical and clinical development of drugs and biological products. She is currently the Deputy Head of the Clinical Trials Office at Anvisa and a Good Clinical Practice (GCP... Read More →
DP

Diogo Penha Soares

Deputy Director, ANVISA, Brazil
MR

Maira Ribeiro de Souza

Expert, Division of Safety and Efficacy Assessment, ANVISA, Brazil
Industrial pharmacist with a degree from the Federal University of Ouro Preto, Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Federal University of Ouro Preto (2012), and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2022). Currently, works as a Specialist... Read More →
Wednesday June 17, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
107AB The Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  08: RegPolicy-Strategy-GlobalCollaboration, Session
  • Audience Intermediate
  • Level Intermediate
  • format csv
  • Credit Type ACPE, CME, RN
  • Interest Area Regulatory
  • Tags Session

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