DIA: Driving Insights to Action

What Precision Medicine Means Today and Will Mean Tomorrow for Patient Care

Hosted by Global Forum Deputy Editor Dr. Alberto Grignolo, this podcast recaps and expands upon the Special Section: Precision Medicine in our June 2015 Global Forum with four of the authors who contributed articles to this section in a joint discussion of what Precision Medicine means today and the implications of this exciting new field for patient care. Joining Dr. Grignolo are Special Section Editor Dr. Gary Kelloff, Special Advisor at the (US) National Cancer Institute, NIH, and Global Forum Content Editor for Science, Discovery, and Translational Medicine; Dr. Ellen Sigal, Chairperson and Founder, Friends of Cancer Research; Dr. Eric Rubin, Vice President & Therapeutic Area Head, Oncology Early Development, Merck Research Laboratories; and Dr. Gideon Blumenthal, Clinical Team Leader for Thoracic and Head/Neck Cancer, CDER, FDA.

FDA Director of Division of Online Communications, CDER, Discusses FDA's First Mobile App

Paul Buckman, Director of the Division of Online Communications at FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, discusses FDA’s first mobile app, the Drug Shortages app, and also the brand-new Orange Book Express mobile app. This podcast, hosted by Adam Istas, Global Forum Content Editor for Media, Communications and Social Media, also covers the ever-expanding role of mobile technology in our daily lives and the role of mobile applications in FDA’s efforts to improve proactive stakeholder communication. Read highlights from this DIA interview, or learn more about this app from the FDA website.