David Hong, MD, Steve Potts, PhD, MBA, and Vivek Subbiah, MD talk Pan-Tumor Approvals in a Post-IRA World episode artwork

EPISODE · Dec 2, 2025 · 42 MIN

David Hong, MD, Steve Potts, PhD, MBA, and Vivek Subbiah, MD talk Pan-Tumor Approvals in a Post-IRA World

from Perspectives by the Leerink Center for Pharmacoeconomics · host The Leerink Center for Pharmacoeconomics

Melanie Whittington, Head of the Leerink Center for Pharmacoeconomics, talks with Vivek Subbiah, MD, David Hong, MD, and Steve Potts, PhD, MBA to discuss if pan-tumor approval strategies offer a path forward for broader, faster adoption across larger patient populations. Given the slow adoption curves typical of new therapeutics and the potential for government price negotiation as early as nine years after market entry, the experts hash out if pan-tumor approval is a potential development and commercialization pathway to ramp up clinical adoption and sales early on. They discuss the challenges, data requirements, and opportunities of this relatively new development path. Dr. Hong is the Deputy Chair of the Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Steve Potts is the CEO and Co-Founder of a Stealth Cancer Biotech. Dr. Subbiah is the Chief of Early Phase Drug Development at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute. All bring firsthand experience – wins and battle scars - with pan-tumor approvals.

Melanie Whittington, Head of the Leerink Center for Pharmacoeconomics, talks with Vivek Subbiah, MD, David Hong, MD, and Steve Potts, PhD, MBA to discuss if pan-tumor approval strategies offer a path forward for broader, faster adoption across larger patient populations. Given the slow adoption curves typical of new therapeutics and the potential for government price negotiation as early as nine years after market entry, the experts hash out if pan-tumor approval is a potential development and commercialization pathway to ramp up clinical adoption and sales early on. They discuss the challenges, data requirements, and opportunities of this relatively new development path. Dr. Hong is the Deputy Chair of the Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Steve Potts is the CEO and Co-Founder of a Stealth Cancer Biotech. Dr. Subbiah is the Chief of Early Phase Drug Development at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute. All bring firsthand experience – wins and battle scars - with pan-tumor approvals.

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