ASCPT Podcast Channel

On this episode of PSPod, Drs. Piet van der Graaf and Suruchi Bakshi from Certara QSP and Leiden University, and Dr. Chao Chen from Clinical Pharmacology Modelling & Simulation at  GlaxoSmithKline, discuss quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) modeling in relation to the study of Parkinson’s disease. This discussion is based on a Review article that published in the February 2019 issue of PS...

On today’s episode, Dr. Paul Watkins, the Howard Q. Ferguson Distinguished Professor at Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Director of the University of North Carolina Institute for Drug Safety Sciences, discusses quantitative systems toxicology (QST) and quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) modeling, recent examples of their application, and how th...

On this special joint episode of ClinPharmPod, the official podcast for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics , and PSPod, the official podcast of CPT: Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology  Karthik Venkatakrishnan from Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Associate Editor for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics , Lang Li, from the Ohio State University and Associate Editor for CPT: Pharmacometrics a...

In this episode Dennis Velasco speaks with Stuart MacLeod from the University of British Columbia about efforts to equip pediatric clinical pharmacologists and clinical pharmacists with the necessary skills in relevant research and educational methods to address a shortfall in the human resource pool, particularly in low- and lower-middle-income countries where a majority of children under 14 year...

On today’s episode, Mike Smith from Pfizer, Justin Wilkins from Occams, and Amy Cheung from AstraZeneca discuss “Thoughtflow”, a set of standards compiled by the DDMoRe consortium to help facilitate the capture, storage, and reporting of knowledge in the context of MID3, as well as to support reproducibility.

This episode features Dr. Iñaki F. Trocóniz discussing how pharmacometric techniques can be used to counteract immuno-response suppression by tumor cells. Read his commentary from the January 2017 issue  here . Also, please find additional CPT:PSP articles related to this topic in the Immuno-oncology Virtual Issue, which is available  here . Listen and subscribe for free on  iTunes

In this episode Dennis Velasco speaks with Marilyn Huestis from the University of Maryland School of Medicine about novel psychoactive substances (e.g., modafinil, psilocybin, lysergic acid diethylamide, and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) and how they simultaneously offer new pharmacotherapies and pose serious health problems. You can read more in the February issue of CPT focused on Designer...

This episode features Marlene Haffner, MD, MPH of Haffner Associates, LLC discussing orphan drug regulation in the United States and beyond. Read her article which published in the October 2016 issue here. Listen and subscribe for free on iTunes and Google Play

This episode features Dr. Satyaprakash Nayak discussing application of advanced pharmacometrics and quantitative systems pharmacology in hematology. Read his article from the July 2016 issue here . Also, please find additional CPT:PSP articles related to hematology in the Hematology Virtual Issue, which is available here . Listen and subscribe for free on iTunes and Google Play

This episode features Bernard Vrijens of WestRock Healthcare discussing quantifying the influence of adherence and dose individualization. Read his Commentary which published in the April 2016 issue  here . Listen and subscribe for free on iTunes and Google Play

In this episode, Drs. Scott Marshall from Pfizer, Sandra Visser from Merck, and Amy Cheung from AstraZeneca discuss “Good Practices in Model-Informed Drug Discovery and Development: Practice, Application, and Documentation”: their White Paper published in the March 2016 issue of PSP. You can get free access the White Paper by clicking here . Listen and subscribe for free on iTunes and...

This episode features Daniel Hertz of the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy discussing pharmacogenetics and its potential role in screening and treating patients. Read his commentary from the February 2016 issue on Precision Medicine here . Listen and subscribe for free on iTunes and Google Play

In this episode, Peter Bonate from Astellas, discusses effective communication in systems pharmacology and pharmacometric models. You can read a review of Dr. Bonate’s book Be a Model Communicator and Sell Your Models to Anyone, reviewed by Ellen Leinfuss in the May 2015 issue, by clicking here . Listen and subscribe for free on iTunes and Google Play

This episode features Sandra Visser and Anne Chain from Merck & Co/MSD, discussing existing practice and modeling approaches and some thoughts with regard to future directions for modeling to assess and predict cardiovascular liabilities of new drugs. You can read Dr. Visser’s Review “Implementation of Quantitative and Systems Pharmacology in Large Pharma” by clicking here ....

This episode features Aaron S. Kesselheim of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital discussing the 21st Century Cures Act. Read his commentary in CPT  here . Listen and subscribe for free on iTunes and Google Play

This episode features Lutz Harnisch from Clinical Pharmacology Pharmacometrics at Pfizer, discussing the Drug Disease Model Resources (DDMoRe) consortium. His Perspective article that introduces the activities of the DDMoRe consortium can also be found here . Listen and subscribe for free on iTunes and Google Play

This episode features Michelle Roth-Cline, ‎Pediatric Ethicist in the Office of Pediatric Therapeutics at the FDA, discussing her Commentary “Microdosing Studies in Children: A US Regulatory Perspective” which published in the September 2016 issue of CPT. Read the commentary here. Listen and subscribe for free on iTunes and Google Play

This episode features Mark A. Ware of McGill University discussing perspectives, challenges, and opportunities related to medical education on cannabis and cannabinoids. Read the article here . Listen and subscribe for free on iTunes and Google Play

In this episode, we interview Dr. Shiew-Mei Huang, Deputy Director, Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the Food and Drug Administration about a drug interaction database–a tool for evaluating the impact of renal or hepatic impairment in a pharmacologic inhibition on the systemic exposure of drugs. Read the article here . An Editorial describing the ne...

In this episode, we interview Dr. Steven E. Kern, Deputy Director of Quantitative Sciences at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, about infectious diseases in context of the possibilities for pharmacometrics and systems pharmacology to contribute to improve treatments in the area. You can view PSP’s Infectious Diseases virtual issue online to view the most recently published articles rela...