Clinical Outsourcing

This area is where my I spend most of my working life.
It is an interesting arena to focus on today.
Pharmaceutical companies are huge spenders in R&D, hence the importance of getting the outsourcing right.

2 Good conferences are coming up soon.

1) Clinical Outsourcing Congress january 2008 in London
The Clinical Outsourcing Congress addresses the major strategic and operational issues involved in outsourcing. Issues to be addressed include:

• Assessing the true value of clinical outsourcing
• How do you identify your core competencies?
• How do you develop an operational culture that embraces outsourcing?
• Partnering with niche providers
• Improving the speed and quality of clinical trials
• Managing long and short term contracts
• Measuring and reducing risk
• Clinical trials in low cost countries


2) Partnerships in Clinical Trials 2007 - November 2007 in Amsterdam


They have some excellent speakers this year

John Micklethwait, Editor-in-chief, ‘The Economist’
John Sergeant, Author, Broadcaster and former BBC Political Correspondent
Richard Spoor, Vice President, Global Procurement, Merck & Co., Inc.
Mary Rose Keller, Vice President, Head Global Clinical Development, Shire Pharmaceuticals
David Roblin, Vice President and Head of Clinical Research Development Europe, PFIZER GR&D
Dianne C. Kikta, PhD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Global Clinical Team Operations, Wyeth
Paul de Koning, MD, PhD, FFPM, Vice President, Exploratory Development Astellas Europe R&D
Mark Carter, Global Alliance Leader – CRO partnerships, PDO Resource, Management Group, Roche Products Ltd, UK
Rene Sluijter, Global Head Alliance Management, Solvay Pharmaceuticals
Brent Gledhill, Head of European and Asian Banking, William Blair International
Inspiration speaker:
Simon Weston OBE, Inspirational Falklands War Veteran