CELT's first in-person meeting of the community of practice for long-acting therapeutics for maternal and paediatric health

Below is the agenda for the first in-person meeting of the community of practice.

CELT's Community of Practice for Long-acting therapeutics for maternal and paediatric health

1 July 2025, The Spine, Liverpool UK

Agenda

09:00	Registration
09:30	Welcome and Overview - Professor Andrew Owen
Session 1: Long-acting therapeutics in maternal health		Chair: Ethel Weld
09:35	Sharon Nachman IMPAACT Network	Maternal health priorities – Identifying where the need is greatest
09:55	Rachel Scott MedStar Health Research Institute/ IMPAACT Network	Pharmacokinetics and safety considerations for long-acting therapeutics: use during pregnancy and breastfeeding
10:15	Dr Adeniyi Olagunju CELT Perinatal Pharmacology Group University of Liverpool	Long-acting therapeutic technologies and innovations: potential applications for women’s health priorities
10:35	Discussion
11:00	Refreshment break
Session 2: Long-acting therapeutics in paediatric health		Chair: Rachel Daley
11:20	Professor Moherndran Archary University of Kwa-Zulu Natal	Paediatric health priorities – Identifying where the need is greatest
11:40	Edmund Capparelli University of California, San Diego	Pharmacokinetics and safety considerations for long-acting therapeutics: use in children
12:00	Prajith Venkatasubramanian CELT Perinatal Pharmacology Group University of Liverpool	Long-acting therapeutic technologies and innovations: potential applications for paediatric health priorities
12:20	Discussion
12:45	Lunch
Session 3: Long-acting therapeutics in global health		Chair: Grace Miheso
13:45	Martina Penazzato World Health Organisation	Partnering across the end to end to address the needs of underrepresented populations
13:55	Brighton Mphako – SAHPRA Patrick GAD – Rwanda FDA Nathaniel Nana Kwabena Nkrumah – Ghana FDA Kim Struble - FDA	Panel discussion: Enabling long-acting therapeutics development and use for maternal and paediatric health through regulation
14:40	Andre Tchouatieu - MMV Brenda Okware - Gilead	Lessons from a real-world long-acting development programme
15:20	Refreshments break
Breakout Sessions		Chair: Rachel Daley
15:40	Sessions: Maternal – Dr Odula Paediatric - Mili Karina Regulatory/ethics – Osei Boateng Access – Pierre Gashema	Each breakout session will synthesise learning from the workshop and recommend action plans for progress that will feed into a white paper.
16:25	Refreshment break
16:35	Breakout sessions feedback	Summary of discussion from each breakout session by rapporteur (5 mins each)
16:55	Closing remarks by Dr Adeniyi Olagunju
17:00	Close