Joy A. Cavagnaro, PhD, is the President of Access BIO, a consultancy specializing in science-based regulatory strategies and product development services. She has over twenty-five years of experience in biotech spanning academia, the CRO and biotech industries, and government. During her tenure at the FDA, Dr. Cavagnaro served as rapporteur for ICH S6. She is founder and past chair of the BIO Preclinical Safety Expert Group (BioSafe) and was the U.S. BIO Representative to the 2006 ABPI/BIA Early Stage Clinical Trials Taskforce.Dr. Cavagnaro is currently North American Chair of the Drug Information Association–Biotech SIAC and Chair of the Clinical and Regulatory Affairs Committee of the American Society of Gene Therapy. She serves on a number of scientific advisory boards and lectures internationally in the area of preclinical development of novel therapies.