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| TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26th: |
| | 1. Maintaining Successful Partnerships |
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| 2:00 | Opening Remarks from the Track Chair
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| | Tim Dietlin, Vice President, Clinical Development Practice, CAMPBELL ALLIANCE |
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| 2:10 | A Successful Functional Service Provider (FSP) Relationship: Outsourcing Site Contracts and Budgets
Many companies are looking towards FSP agreements as a possible way to capture
synergies and efficiencies. This case study shows of how large Pharma and two CROs have
formed a successful partnership in the outsourcing of Investigator Site Contracts, insight into why and how the partnership was formed, benefits, and valuable lessons learned in creating
and rolling out the relationship which goes beyond traditional Pharma / CRO relationships. |
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| | Stephanie Charbonneau, Senior Director, Contracts and Outsourcing, PFIZER INC |
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| 2:50 | Managing Successful Partnerships
This session will be announced soon! Make sure to visit the web for the most updated
session descriptions at www.clinicalevent.com |
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| 3:30 | | Featured Exhibit Hall Activity: CTC's February Frenzy- "Nothing but Net(working)" Event
This is the final chance of the day to walk around the exhibit hall and talk
to as many exhibitors as possible to earn "Nothing but Net(wo meeting is
just like shooting a basket- get 3 points (very relevant), 2 points, or 1 point.
The more ‘shots' you take, the more points you get |
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| 4:10 | Becoming a Sponsor of Choice for Clinical Investigators
A pharma/biotech must do everything it can to consistently be the site's sponsor of choice.
Clinical professionals provided with the tools required to get ahead in the increasingly
competitive race for trial participants including: | | • | An in-depth understanding of the key factors driving investigator decisions | | • | Strategies for identifying a company's strengths and weaknesses in these key areas | | • | How to develop a robust strategy for improving a company's relationships with it's
most-valued sites and investigators |
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| Tim Dietlin, Vice President, Clinical Development Practice, CAMPBELL ALLIANCE |
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| 4:50 | | Genentech Service Provider Management: A Work in Progress | | • | Key business drivers impacting service provider management | | • | Developing and implementing processes and tools |
| Advocating consistency while maintaining flexibility | | • | Creating a win-win governance structure |
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| | Jeff Marquis, Clinical Outsourcing Manager, Development Outsourcing and Contracts, GENENTECH
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| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27th: MAIN CONFERENCE DAY TWO KEYNOTES |
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| 1. Successful Partnerships |
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| | Outsourcing Strategies for Virtual Organizations | | • | What is a virtual organization?- Advantages & disadvantages | | • | Why virtual organizations are the ideal client and partner | | • | Where to draw the line between what stays in-house versus what gets outsourced? | | • | SOPs to manage outsourcing | | • | Differences in outsourcing strategy between virtual organizations and large Pharma
or even biotech? |
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| 1:10 | Allan M. Cohen, Director of LegalServices, CELTIC PHARMA |
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| 1:40 | It Takes Two to Tango: Ho to Select the Right Partner
Successful partnerships
cannot be established if one of the partners just can't dance.
| | • | Perils of selecting the wrong clinical partner: Examples and outcomes of missteps | | • | Desirable partner characteristics beyond the product/service
| | • | Strategies in vendor selection to ensure a successful partnership |
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| Timothy Pratt, PhD, Chief Marketing Officer & Principal Scientific Advisor,
MEDNET SOLUTIONS, INC |
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| 2:10 | Afternoon Networking & Refreshments Break |
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| 2:30 | EDC-CRO Alliances: Changing Technology, Changing Partnerships
| | • | Factors driving global CROs to look for EDC solutions to offer best-of-class solutions
for global trials
| | • | Growing demands of Biopharm companies for CROs to provide
solutions using the Sponsor's preferred EDC solution
| | • | New and more flexible partnerships developing between EDC vendors and CROs in an
effort to rapidly scale to meet this increasing demand |
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| Graham Bunn, VP of Global CRO Partnerships, MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS |
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| 3:00 | Building an Effective Alliance Management Capability
| | • | What is the goal of Alliance Management?
| | • | Alliance Management basic principles
| | • | Setting Alliance Goals | | • | How Alliance Management differs from Project Management |
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| | Marquis, Clinical Outsourcing Manager, Development Outsourcing and Contracts, GENENTECH |
| 3:00 | Close of Clinical Trials Congress 2008 |
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