Regulatory Affairs
Five Things you Need to Know about Scientific Affairs
Q&A with Catherine Dussault, Director of Scientific Affairs
| Successful early phase drug development studies are grounded in a strong scientific rationale, and a deep understanding of regulatory requirements. Altasciences’ Scientific Affairs (SA) team combines these critical knowledge bases to support sponsors in designing and conducting the most appropriate studies for their unique development program. |  Catherine Dussault, Director, Scientific Affairs, Altasciences |
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Catherine Dussault is the Director of Altasciences’ Scientific Affairs team. She has been with Altasciences since 2004; and is a senior scientific leader with a deep knowledge of regulatory framework for various drug development clinical research programs. Catherine has overseen over 2,000 clinical trials, including Phase I and II, FIH, bioequivalence, 505(b)(2), drug-drug interactions, QTc, and proof of concept, in both healthy normal and special patient populations. She has extensive experience in multiple therapeutic areas, such as central nervous system, GI tract and metabolism, cardiovascular, genito-urinary system and sex hormones, antineoplastic and immunomodulating, and anti-infective agents.
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Complimentary Webinar — Regulatory Submissions in Canada vs. the U.S
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This webinar provides an overview of requirements for gaining approval to conduct a first-in-human (FIH) clinical trial via Health Canada’s Clinical Trial Authorization (CTA) process and the U.S. FDA’s Investigational New Drug (IND) submission process. Watch Altasciences’ Paul Sidney, Senior Director, Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, and Dr. Joe Francisco, Chief Toxicologist, as they provide insight as to how and why the conduct of FIH clinical trials in Canada may, in some cases, provide a more expedient method to gain human clinical safety data. |
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WEBINAR — A Guide to Interpreting the Certificate of Analysis
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Reference standards are required for regulated bioanalysis, and the quality and degree of characterization of the reference standard will depend on the stage of drug development. To evaluate if all requirements are met, it is important to understand the information provided within a reference standard certificate of analysis (CoA). |
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Are you currently experiencing challenges with SEND, specifically when it comes to timelines? You can rely on Altasciences to ask the right questions from the get-go, to smoothly guide you through the SEND process and help you avoid potential delays in the preparation of reliable SEND datasets for your regulatory submissions. |
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