Analgesic, Anesthetic, and Addiction Clinical Trial Translations, Innovations, Opportunities, and Networks

The 2nd annual ACTTION Scientific Workshop will be held October 24-26, 2012, at the FDA’s White Oak campus in Silver Spring, Maryland. The theme of the conference will be "Preclinical and Clinical Models and Methods for Accelerating Analgesic Drug Development." The following eight individuals will serve as members of the conference Steering Committee: Ralf Baron, Dr med (University of Kiel, Germany), Allan Basbaum, PhD (University of California San Francisco), Robert Dworkin, PhD (University of Rochester), Allison Lin, PharmD, PhD (FDA), Frank Porreca, PhD (University of Arizona), Bob Rappaport, MD (FDA), Dennis Turk, PhD (University of Washington), and Clifford Woolf, MD, PhD (Harvard University). The program for the three-day conference and registration information will be available on the ACTTION website by March 15, 2012.