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| Main Day - Thursday
Thursday, April 12, 2007 MORNING GENERAL SESSION
7:15 – 8:00 | Morning Coffee |
| 8:00 |
Co-Chairperson's Welcome and Recap of Day One
Harris Koffer, PharmD, President and COO RPS, INC
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| 8:15 |
Building a World-Class Clinical Trial Operations Capability and Creating Scalability Using a Novel Approach to Outsourcing
Nancy A. Sacco, PhD, Senior Director, Head of Clinical Operations, TAKEDA GLOBAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
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| 9:00 |
The Patient Perspective with Olympic Gold Medalist & Cancer Survivor Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton, Olympic Gold Medalist & Cancer Survivor, Official spokesperson for Target House at St. Jude Children's Hospital & the Scott Hamilton C.A.R.E.S. Initiative at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Center, Author, Landing It: My Life On and Off the Ice
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| 9:45 | Morning Opening of Exhibit Hall; Meet and Greet with Scott Hamilton |
| 10:30 |
The Quest for Value is the Future for the Global Pharmaceutical Industry
Ian Morrison, PhD, Healthcare Futurist and Author of Health Care in the New Millennium, Vision, Values, and Leadership
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| 11:30 |
Premiere of Exclusive Survey Results: Sourcing Models that Create Value in CRO Partnerships
Todd Hintze, Healthcare Principal, and Rich Kabrt, Engagement Director, EVEREST GROUP
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| 12:15 |
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
Book Signing with Ian Morrison, Author of Health Care in the New Millennium, Vision, Values, and Leadership
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| 1:30 | Drill Down Time |
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TRACK A: Optimizing Outsourcing Contracts, Budgets and Processes
Track Chair: Robert J. Davis, PharmD, COO, RESEARCHPOINT
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Track B: Strategic Sourcing
Track Chair: Steve Whittaker Director of Operations and Project Management, CV/Acute Care Platform Team
ELI LILLY & COMPANY
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Track C: Relationship Management
Track Chair:
Lisa LaLuna VP of Corporate Development and Implementation
ePHARMASOLUTIONS
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Track D: Operationalizing the Agreement
Track Chair: Wendy Porter, President
ENDPOINT RESEARCH
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Track E: Globalization Choices and Challenges
Track Chairs: Larry Blankstein, Senior Director, Clinical Research
GENZYME
Janet L. Brennan, Chief Clinical Officer and Executive Vice President, Global Operations
RPS INC
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| Negotiating, Implementing and Leveraging Preferred Provider Agreements
David J. Gessner, Senior Vice President, Business Development, PRA INTERNATIONAL
Fredrick L. Naids, PhD, Senior Strategic Sourcing Director, Clinical R&D, SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS
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Implementing a Governance Structure to Manage Strategic Sourcing Relationships
Lorraine Waring, Senior Director, Sourcing Strategy, PFIZER GLOBAL R&D
Darren Hart, Clinical Outsourcing Director, GENENTECH
| Project Governance: Aligning Values, Job Responsibilities, Roles and Behavior
Moderator:
Lizabeth Khachadoorian, Senior Outsource Manager, Planning & Outsource Management, PURDUE PHARMA LP
Panelists:
Owen Charles, RN, Manager, Outsourcing Management, BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB
Anthony J. Santicerma, Director of Strategic Alliance and Global Marketing, QUEST DIAGNOSTICS CLINICAL TRIALS
Hal Mann, Director, Central Laboratory Outsourcing, GLAXOSMITHKLINE
| Implement Specific Strategies to Accelerate Study Start-up Activities, Increase Site Activity and Decrease Enrollment Timelines
Angela D. Hall, CCRA, Assistant Director, Clinical Operations, CTMS, INC
Alison Brown, Director of Clinical Operations, OTHERA PHARMACEUTICALS
Brenda Muldrow, Vice President Customer Relations, INC RESEARCH
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Strategies to Ensure Proactive and Seamless Execution of Global Clinical Trials
Moderator:
Larry Blankstein, Sr. Director, Clinical Research, GENZYME
Panelists:
Alison Holland, Black Belt, Six Sigma, COVANCE INC
Mike Osz, Vice President, Clinical Operations,
PARAGON BIOMEDICAL
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2:15
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| Managing Investigator Payment Budgets: What is Fair Market Value?
Moderator:
George Sawicki, Director of Contract and Investigator Grants, RPS, INC
Panelists:
Ramzi Benamar, Associate Director Contracts and Grants, JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Lizabeth Roper, MHS, Director, Clinical Research Center, HARTFORD HOSPITAL
Janis Witzleb, Associate Director, Investigator Contracting, WYETH
| The Collaboration of Procurement & Outsourcing with the Functional Lines to Develop & Maintain Good Supplier Relations
Moderator:
Kent Morsch, Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing, MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS
Panelists:
Vanessa Cooke, Global Head of External Supplier Management, BAYER PLC
Nancy Widener, Group Director, Contracts and Outsourcing Management, BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB
Fredrick L. Naids, PhD, Senior Strategic Sourcing Director, Clinical R&D, SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS
Chantal Sarmanoukian, Director, R&D Procurement, Global Procurement Services, SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS
| Making a "Do-er" into a Manager: Oversight of Transferred Obligations
Paul Colvin, Director, Corporate Operations, ELI LILLY & COMPANY
Deborah Profit, Associate Director, Clinical Operations, OTSUKA MARYLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
| Prevent Rather than Fix: A New and Multi Faceted Approach to Ensure Investigator Data Quality
Brett E. Bishop MSc, PhD, Executive Director, Clinical Operations (The Americas), Late Stage Development Services, COVANCE INC
Amelia Browder, Global Team Manager, Investigator Training, Investigator Site Services, Central Laboratory Services, COVANCE INC
William O'Riordan, MD, FACEP, EPrincipal Investigator, Founder, and Chief Medical Officer, eSTUDYSITE
| Emerging Markets of Eastern Europe, Latin America, and India
Moderator:
Mark A. Lanfear, Regional Manager, Roche-Kforce Alliance, ROCHE
Panelists:
Jean-Pierre Tassignon, President, PSI PHARMA SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL AG
John W. Hubbard, PhD, FCP, DABCP, Global President, US Division
ICON CLINICAL RESEARCH
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| Impact of Global Currency Fluctuation on Project Budgets: Who Holds the Risk?
Cory Gutterman, Associate Director, Outsourcing, Global Pharmaceutical R&D, ABBOTT LABORATORIES
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Incorporating Technology into a Strategic Sourcing Strategy: On-line Reverse Auctions- Lessons Learned Three Years and $100+ Million Later
Samuel Dowell, MBA, CPM, Senior Director of Development Procurement, PFIZER
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| How Do Adaptive Trials Affect the Challenge of Managing Outsourcing Budgets?
David Connelly, CEO, CMED
Jane Fayer, MBA, Associate Director, Outsourcing Management, NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS
| Globalization: The Evolving Functional Service Provider Paradigm
Nagaraja Srivatsan, Head of Life Sciences, North America, COGNIZANT
Mr. D.A. Prasanna, Vice Chairman & MD, MANIPAL ACUNOVA LTD
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| 3:45 | Wrap Up Session with the Track Chairs
In this closing session, our track chairs will summarize session highlights from the past two days
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| 4:15 | Event Concludes |
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