ACD Proposed National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Working Group

Mission and Charge

The proposed National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (pNCATS) Working Group of the ACD has the following charge:

• Identify specific areas and activities whereby NIH can substantially contribute to streamlining therapeutic and diagnostic development nationally and globally;
• Recommend possible ways in which pNCATS can maximally tap the strengths of extant programs, the authorities under CAN, and the vast capabilities of potential partners;
• Propose new models for how pNCATS could build partnerships with external entities, including biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, to achieve its mission of accelerating translational research;
• Recommend the subset of scientific and technical challenges along the drug discovery pipeline that pNCATS should address;
• Recommend potential areas of translational research that fall outside the drug development process that pNCATS should consider addressing; and
• Suggest a framework for metrics and timelines by which success of pNCATS can be measured.

Working Group Reports

• NCATS Working Group Summary of Findings (PDF – 430KB)

Roster