Speakers

Tracks
Who Will Engage me in “Candid Conversations” Panels?Who will Re-Inspire me and Motivate me to Push Harder?
  • P. Roy Vagelos, former Chief Executive Officer, Merck & Co
  • Leonard Sacks, Deputy Director, Critical Path Program, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Victoria Hale, Founder, The Institute for OneWorld Health
  • Steven Altschuler, President & Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Can the Current R&D Business Model Survive?
  • William D. Matthews, Vice President, BIO Research & Development Management Operations, Centocor R&D
  • Joel C. Scherer, Managing Director, Chorus R&D Initiative, Eli Lilly & Co
  • Anders Ekblom, Vice President and Head Clinical Development, Global Drug Development, AstraZeneca
Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative Executive Committee Update
  • Glenn Gormley, former Global Head of Clinical Development and Medical Affairs at Novartis, former Chief Medical Officer at AstraZeneca, Chief Executive Officer, Gemin X
  • Dr. Jay Siegel, Group President, Research & Development, Biotechnology, Immunology, and Oncology, Johnson & Johnson
  • Judith M. Kramer, Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Executive Director, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI)
Who will Share Case Studies of the Clinical Trials Experiences?

  • Amanda Varns, Associate Director, Clinical Data Management, Amylin Pharmaceuticals
  • Anthony Carita, Director, Clinical Outsourcing, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
  • Brad Allen, Clinical Trial Enrollment Optimization Consultant, Global Enrollment Optimization, Eli Lilly & Co
  • Craig Lipset, Director, Global Clinical Technology, Pfizer
  • Daniel M. Ulrey, President and Chief Executive Officer, MCSI
  • Grace Woo, Director, Monitoring Systems & Data Flow and Chairman, CRF/Plan Review Committee, International Clinical Development, Sanofi-Aventis
  • Gretchen Goller, Patient Recruitment and Compliance Specialist, sanofi-aventis
  • Jeffrey J. DiFrancesco, Assistant Professor, Mayes College of Healthcare Business and Policy, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
  • Jennifer Green, Regional Clinical Research Associate, sanofi-aventis, U.S., Inc.
  • Jim George, Deputy Director, Clinical Development, Sanofi-Pasteur
  • Keith Wilner, Senior Director, Oncology Clinical Development, Pfizer
  • Kristin Eilenberg, Global Customer Solutions, Explorer and Evangelist, Innovation and New Media, Eli Lilly & Co
  • Maria G. Rachelle, Director, Clinical Trial Management, Genentech, Inc.
  • Peter DiBiaso, Senior Clinical Operations Director, Clinical Research & Development, Shire Pharmaceuticals
  • Peter J. Conroy, Associate Director, Contracts & Finance, U.S. Clinical Operations, Alcon Research, Ltd.
  • Ramzi Benamar, Finance Director & Karen Gallagher, Clinical Program Director, Shire
  • Richard Robinson, Senior Clinical Project Leader, Cardio-Thrombosis, US-CRU, sanofi-aventis, U.S. Inc.
  • Rob Hockney, Director, Alliance Management, Strategy Planning & Business Development, AstraZeneca
  • Robert Musterer, Direct & Head, CoE Clinical Systems Support, R&D Info, Bayer Healthcare
  • Thomas P. Lawler III, Senior Director, Clinical Project Management, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
  • Victoria A. Dwyer, Director, Development Operations, Head of CORE Research Sites, Pfizer Global Research & Development

How Payer Perspectives Might Shape the Future of Drug Development Strategies
  • Elizabeth Bewley, Vice President, Strategic Planning, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc.
  • Gergana Zlateva, Director, Global Outcomes Research, Pfizer
  • Suzanne McDonald, Vice President, government and External Affairs, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America
  • Helen Sherman, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Pharmacy Services, The Regence Group
The Keys to Clinical Operations Success
  • Amirtha Naadimuthu, Vice President and Head of US Clinical Research, sanofi-aventis
  • Craig Landau, Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Head of Clinical Research, Purdue Pharma
  • James Kirwin, Associate Vice President, Global Clinical Operations, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
  • Mark Bach, Vice President, Clinical Research Operations Worldwide, Merck & Co
  • Moderator: Speaker TBD, CampbellAlliance
How Can you Fully Enroll a Trial in One Day? Overcoming Patient Recruitment Bottlenecks
  • Joseph Kim, Patient Recruitment Specialist, Merck & Co
  • Gretchen Goller, Patient Recruitment/Compliance Specialist, Operations, sanofi-aventis
  • Brad Allen, Clinical Trial Enrollment Optimization Consultant, Global Enrollment Optimization, Eli Lilly & Co
How Can you Leverage Offshore Capabilities, Align your Strategy, and Maintain a Successful Global Partnership
  • Julia Santos, Worldwide Associate Director, Strategic Outsourcing, Johnson & Johnson
  • Robert Ward, Vice President, Alliance Management, NPS Pharmaceuticals
  • Kendra Eager, Assistant Vice President, Global Business Development, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
What Can We Learn from the Small Pharma/Biotech Model of Clinical Development?
  • Maria G. Rachelle, Director, Clinical Trial Management, Genentech, Inc.
  • Rashieda Gluck, Head of Clinical Operations, Vifor Pharma
  • Deborah Profit, Associate Director, Clinical Operations, Global Clinical Development, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development
Who Will Help me Find Solutions for Increased Trial Success?

  • Roger Smith, Chief Information Officer & Vice President of Operations, Acurian, Inc.
  • Viq Pervaaz, Vice President, Global Project Management, MDS Pharma Services
  • Christopher Sleat, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Inclinix, Inc.
  • Tim Dietlin, Vice President, Clinical Development Practice, Campbell Alliance
  • David Friend, Director of Key Account Mangement, MedNet Solutions, Inc.
  • Joyce Frey-Vasconcells, Executive Director, PharmaNet Consulting
  • William M. Egan, Vice President, PharmaNet Consulting
  • Andrew C. Chang, Executive Director, PharmaNet Consulting
  • Joyce Frey-

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Are M&A’s the New R&D? How Pharma/Biotech R&D Collaboration Is Driving Pipeline Innovation
  • Christoph Schnorr, Senior Vice President, Global Clinical Operations, Merck Serono International
  • David Rosen, Vice President and Head of Development and Commercial Strategic Alliances, Pfizer Global R&D
  • Francis Cuss, Senior Vice President, Discovery and Drug Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Strategic Development Towards FDA Approval
  • Joyce Frey-Vasconcells, Fomer Deputy Director, FDA, Pharmanet
Where Will we Find the Next Therapeutic Area Breakthrough and How Will it Impact your Clinical Trials
  • Perry Nisen, Senior Vice President, Cancer Research, GlaxoSmithKline (Oncology)
  • Scott Patterson, Senior Director of Statistical Science, Vaccines and Infectious Disease, Wyeth (Infectious Disease)
  • Marc Cantillon, Senior Director, CNS Clinical Research, Schering-Plough Research Institute (Oncology)
Where Will we Find the Next Big Global Site? Gaining Confidence in Expanding your Operations beyond China and India
  • Chandrashekhar Potkar, Director, Clinical Research, Pfizer India
  • Grace Woo, Director, International Clinical Operations, sanofi-aventis
  • Murray Stewart, Vice President, Clinical Europe, GlaxoSmithKline