Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop

Event Information

On January 31, the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform hosted the fifth annual Sentinel Initiative public workshop, at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC. This public workshop brought together the members of various stakeholder communities for a productive discussion on the continuing development of active medical product surveillance, including:

• The State of Mini-Sentinel Activities
• Selected Mini-Sentinel Protocol-Driven Evaluations
• Collaborations Supporting Active Surveillance Research
• Planned Expansion of Prospective Surveillance Programs
• Opportunities to Expand the Public Health Impact of the Sentinel Initiative
• Stakeholder Feedback on Mini-Sentinel as a Tool for Evaluating Drug Safety Issues that Require Regulatory Action

Dr. Janet Woodcock, the Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, provided the morning keynote address. Both Dr. Woodcock and Dr. Karen Midthun, the Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration participated in a panel seeking input on the ongoing progress as well as the future of the Sentinel Initiative.

Video

• Moving Forward with the Sentinel Initiative

Event Materials

• Participant Biographies
• Mark McClellan Presentation
• Janet Woodcock Presentation
• Richard Platt Presentation
• Marsha Reichman Presentation
• Michael Nguyen Presentation
• Darren Toh Presentation
• Melissa Butler Presentation
• Katherine Yih Presentation Part 1
• Jennifer Nelson David Madigan Presentation
• Patrick Archdeacon Presentation
• Elizabeth Chrischilles Presentation
• Sebastian Schneeweiss Presentation
• Katherine Yih Presentation Part 2
• Jeffrey Brown Presentation
• Gregory Daniel Presentation
• John Santa Presentation