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Monday, June 27
 

8:30am EDT

#106: Fostering a Partnership to Advance Innovation: Niche Service Leads to Breakthrough in Patient Recruitment and Retention Challenges
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Forum
Level: Intermediate
CE: CME 1.00; IACET 1.00; RN 1.00

Patient recruitment and retention remains the Achilles heel of clinical trials. An innovative service model involving traveling nurses to conduct at-home or alternate site study visits has gained traction over the past years. While only a handful of global providers of ambulant care services are available, sponsors of all sizes and locations have been forming partnerships with these organizations to accelerate their development timelines by fostering patient-centric services to enhance patient recruitment and retention. We will explore how a large pharmaceutical company is driving innovation through its corporate silos. We will also explore how this innovative ambulant care service model was incorporated into specific studies and how the resulting benefits benefited all stakeholders including patient, investigator, sponsor, and consumer.

Learning Objectives

Identify three keys factors when selecting strategic partners; Articulate the cornerstones to a successful partnership; Describe the hurdles when changing culture and advancing innovation.

Chair

Gail Adinamis

Speaker

Breaking Through Corporate Silos to Promote Innovation
Denisa McKnight, MSc

Panelist
Matt Dobson


Chair
avatar for Gail Adinamis

Gail Adinamis

CEO, GlobalCare Clinical Trials, LLC
Ms Adinamis has >35 yrs of global clinical trials experience including tenures at Abbott and Astellas. She established & headed clinical trials divisions for 3 national home infusion companies then started an independent ambulant care service company for clinical trials in 2004 where... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Matt Dobson

Matt Dobson

Patient Recruitment Strategist, Roche Products Ltd.
Matt has 20 years Pharma experience, working in small, med and large size pharma companies working on Phase II & III trials across a variety of different disease areas. Starting his career as a CRA he went on to hold positions in Clinical Operations Management, Feasibility and Patient... Read More →
avatar for Denisa McKnight

Denisa McKnight

Patient Engagement and Media, Roche Products Limited
Denisa McKnight has >10 yrs of experience in the pharma industry covering a broad range of areas, including all lifecycles of clinical development, research and academia. She currently works at Roche where she is leading Patient Engagement & Media global category implementing innovative... Read More →

Monday June 27, 2016 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
112AB Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 03: Innov Part Model-Outsourcing, Forum

10:45am EDT

#127: Innovative Partnerships: gOVERN - A Research and Early Development’s Outsourcing Vision to Enable Resourcing INovation
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Forum
Level: Intermediate
CE: CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; RN 1.25

Genentech Research and Early Development (gRED), in partnership with two CROs, has created a novel outsourcing model. This forum will detail the gOVERN model in the areas of partnership, operations, contracting and governance.

Learning Objectives

Discuss the partnership build and structure for the gOVERN model in Genentech Research and Early Development (gRED); Share key structure, learnings and innovation for this novel partnership which promotes transparency, cross-company commitments, and therapeutic-area program-level allocation.

Chair

Hilary Nelson

Speaker

Panelist
Margaret Taylor

Panelist
Jami Norris, MS

Panelist
Kerryn Cress


Chair
avatar for Hilary Nelson

Hilary Nelson

Senior Clinical Program Leader, Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group
Hilary Nelson is Sr. Clinical Program Leader who joined Genentech in 2004. She has held positions on increasing responsibility in Clinical Operations having worked at both the trial and program levels in oncology early clinical development. In addition to her work with CRO alliance... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Kerryn Cress

Kerryn Cress

Senior Director, Technology, Innovation & Performance, PPD
Kerryn has over 12 years of clinical research experience. During her career she has held positions of increasing responsibility in driving transformational change, implementing strategic partnerships, leading cross-functional teams, and developing proposals. Kerryn is a certified... Read More →
avatar for Jami Norris

Jami Norris

Vice President, Clinical Development Strategic Partnerships, Quintiles
Jami has more than 22 years of clinical research experience, including 14 years with Quintiles. In her current role, Jami leads the development of Strategic Partnerships. Previously, Jami has worked extensively in overseeing the delivery of key customer portfolios resulting in 5 approved... Read More →
avatar for Margaret Taylor

Margaret Taylor

Associate Director, Oncology Program Group Leader, Clinical Operations, Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group
Peg Taylor is an Associate Director/Program Group Lead at Genentech early development (gRED ) Oncology Clinical Operations. Peg served as the gRED Lead on the gOVERN CRO Strategic Alliance.. Peg has over 25 years of pharma/biotech industry with a deep expertise in early clinical study... Read More →

Monday June 27, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
112AB Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 03: Innov Part Model-Outsourcing, Forum

10:45am EDT

#128: Alliance Management Forum
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Forum
Level: Intermediate
CE: CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; RN 1.25

This forum will provide an overview of the value that can be gained from alliances built between a large global CRO and small or emerging biopharmaceutical companies. Attendees will learn what both the CRO and the biopharmaceutical company must do to build a successful alliance and how to diagnose early on what is needed for a collaborative alliance culture.

Learning Objectives

Identify what large CROs and small biopharmaceutical companies must do to successfully build an alliance with each other; Explain how to build a collaborative alliance culture and what the key questions that must be asked to determine if two companies will have good “chemistry”; Discuss meaningful and effective risk-sharing strategies.

Chair

Solomon Babani, MBA

Speaker

Applying Alliance Management Principles to Help CROs Build Successful Relationships with Small and Emerging BioPharma Companies
Solomon Babani, MBA

New and Emerging Skillsets Needed to Manage Strategic Partnerships
Andrew Townshend

Panelist
Deirdre F BeVard


Chair
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Solomon Babani

Vice President, BioPharma Solutions, Covance Inc.
Sol Babani joined Covance in 2013 as Global Vice President, Alliance Management with enterprise-wide responsibilities for several strategic clients. In addition, Solomon is overseeing a corporate-wide initiative aimed at expanding Covance’s relationships with emerging Biopharma... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Deirdre BeVard

Deirdre BeVard

Vice President, Development Operations, Nektar Therapeutics
Deirdre BeVard is Vice President, Development Operations at Nektar Therapeutics. She is responsible for the operational execution of Nektar’s clinical development programs and works with a creative team for clinical trial leadership, data management and contracting & outsourcing... Read More →
avatar for Andrew Townshend

Andrew Townshend

Senior Vice President, Alliance Development, INC Research
Vice President of Business Development at INC Research. Mr. Townshend has responsibility for developing strategic accounts within the Pharma and biotech industries focused on novel and innovative engagement and alliance models. Prior to this, Mr. Townshend was Vice President Outsourcing... Read More →

Monday June 27, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
111AB Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 03: Innov Part Model-Outsourcing, Forum
 
Tuesday, June 28
 

10:30am EDT

#218: Lessons Learned from Eight Years of Drug Development Tool/Novel Methodology Qualification
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Forum
Level: Intermediate
CE: ACPE 1.00 Knowledge UAN: 0286-0000-16-548-L04-P; CME 1.00; IACET 1.00; RN 1.00

Innovative tools/methods acceptable to drug developers and regulators require focused development strategies for necessary evidence. This session presents case studies illustrating what has been learned to achieve success based on real examples.

Learning Objectives

Discuss the importance of consortia in advancing biomarkers, modeling, and simulation tools that inform drug development; Describe through a lessons learned approach on reaching consensus on the science (e.g. data sharing, governance procedures); Identify and help scientists understand the competencies and expectations involved in development of novel tools and methodologies.

Chair

Martha Ann Brumfield, PhD

Speaker

FDA Perspective
ShaAvhree Y. Buckman-Garner, MD, PhD


Chair
avatar for Martha Brumfield

Martha Brumfield

President and Chief Executive Officer, Critical Path Institute
Martha A. Brumfield, PhD, heads the Arizona-based non-profit in its mission to catalyze the development of new tools to advance medical product innovation and regulatory science. She has 20 years’ experience at Pfizer most recently as senior vice president of worldwide regulatory... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for ShaAvhree Buckman-Garner

ShaAvhree Buckman-Garner

Director, Office of Translational Sciences, CDER, FDA
ShaAvhrée Buckman-Garner, MD, PhD, FAAP is the Director of the Office of Translational Sciences, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), at the FDA. Prior to serving as Director of OTS, Dr. Buckman-Garner served as Deputy Director for OTS and as medical team leader in the... Read More →
avatar for Emer Cooke

Emer Cooke

Chair, ICMRA; Executive Director, European Medicines Agency (EMA), Netherlands
Es Cooke was nominated as Executive Director with a renewable five-year mandate by the Agency’s Management Board on 25 June 2020 and is the first woman at the helm of EMA. "I take up the role of Executive Director of EMA amid a public health crisis of unprecedented scale,” said... Read More →

Tuesday June 28, 2016 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
201B Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 08: Reg Affairs, Forum

10:30am EDT

#211: Collaboration with a Purpose
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Forum
Level: Intermediate
CE: CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; RN 1.25

While there is much to do in addressing many areas in need of attention within our industry, TransCelerate BioPharma, Inc., the Association of Contract Research Organizations, and the Society for Clinical Trials have been actively working towards a collaboration with a purpose. With ample opportunities to focus their attention, these three collaborators have chosen areas that will yield a significant impact on site sustainability and thereby bring efficiencies and increased quality to the overall industry. Topics to be discussed will include site best practices, Common Language Evaluation and Reconciliation (CLEAR), site score card, and Site Advocacy Groups (SAGs).

Learning Objectives

Discuss how collaboration with a purpose can impact site sustainability and increase quality; Identify initiatives to support a collaboration with a purpose.

Chair

Christine Pierre, RN

Speaker

Panelist
Rehbar H. Tayyabkhan

Panelist
Douglas J. Peddicord, PhD


Chair
avatar for Christine Pierre

Christine Pierre

President, Society for Clinical Research Sites
Christine is the President of the Society for Clinical Research Sites, a global trade organization representing over 9,000 sites in 47 countries committed to providing sites a community and voice for site sustainability. Christine is an internationally recognized expert on the global... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Doug Peddicord

Doug Peddicord

Executive Director, Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO)
Following a career as a clinical psychologist, Doug Peddicord came to Capitol Hill as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Congressional Fellow in 1994. With policy expertise in the conduct and regulatory oversight of clinical trials, Dr. Peddicord serves... Read More →
avatar for Rehbar Tayyabkhan

Rehbar Tayyabkhan

Executive Director, Global Clinical Operations, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Reb Tayyabkhan is the Head of Central Clinical Services at Bristol Myers Squibb. He is responsible for Vendor and Outsourcing Management, R&D Contracts and Transparency across as phases of development. He is a member of TransCelerate as the sponsor for the risk based monitoring... Read More →

Tuesday June 28, 2016 10:30am - 11:45am EDT
111AB Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 03: Innov Part Model-Outsourcing, Forum

2:00pm EDT

#237: Acquisitions and Mergers: When Companies’ Regulatory Operations Systems and Processes Converge
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Session
Level: Intermediate
CE: CME 1.00; IACET 1.00; PDU 1.00 PMI 2166-000192; RN 1.00

This session will explore key aspects necessary for success when integrating regulatory operations teams as a result of mergers and acquisitions.

Learning Objectives

Discuss the necessary elements for successfully integrating regulatory operations departments during a merger or acquisition; Identify risks related to migrating information between systems; Respond to questions from others in the organization on best practices for integrating regulatory solutions.

Chair

Sarah Powell, RAC

Speaker

Challenges and Business Impact Associated with Mergers and Acquisitions
Meredith K Sewell

Building a Regulatory Information Management Capability for the Next Decade: People, Process, and Technology - Case Study
Dominique E. Lagrave


Chair
avatar for Sarah Powell

Sarah Powell

President, Powell Regulatory Services
Sarah has over 29 years of experience in pharmaceutical and related regulated industries. Most recently, Sarah has worked on assisting clients with projects related to process improvements, standards development, defining filing strategies and writing and review of submission content... Read More →

Speakers
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Dominique Lagrave

Director, Global Regulatory Affairs and Safety Operations, Amgen
Dominique has over 20 years of international regulatory affairs experience with the last 15 years spent in global regulatory operations management. Since 2015, Dominique is a Director at Amgen where he is leading the global regulatory operations organization with responsibility for... Read More →
MS

Meredith Sewell

Director, Global Regulatory Publishing, Allergan
Meredith Sewell is Allergan’s Director of Global Regulatory Affairs Operations and leads the Publishing, RIM and Archiving functions. Meredith joined the company in Irvine, CA in 2006 and in 2015, after Allergan merged with Actavis, Forest, Watson & Warner-Chilcott, she now leads... Read More →

Tuesday June 28, 2016 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
112AB Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 03: Innov Part Model/Outsourcing, Session

4:00pm EDT

#259: Innovative Regulatory Solutions: Utilizing Flexible Outsourcing Strategies
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Session
Level: Intermediate
CE: CME 1.00; IACET 1.00; RN 1.00

The session provides an overview of outsourcing models for regulatory activities to achieve a scalable, flexible model, while decreasing the complexity of internal regulatory affairs activities and assuring full regulatory compliance. Both industry and consultant company perspectives will be shared.

Learning Objectives

Describe the benefits of outsourcing of regulatory activities to allow focus on core strategic aspects of the company; Recognize different models of outsourcing of regulatory activities and how to best apply them to your own business; Identify the key success factors to ensure cost efficient and compliant outsourcing.

Chair

Andrew S. Verderame

Speaker

Regulatory Outsourcing: Consultant Perspective
Andrew S. Verderame

Regulatory Outsourcing: Industry Perspective
Dietmar Boecker, PhD

Outsourcing Life Cycle Management: A Model of Efficiency
Alistair Davidson


Chair
avatar for Andrew Verderame

Andrew Verderame

President, Pharmalex US Regulatory
Andrew S. Verderame, MBA, RAC leads the PharmaLex US staff in providing FDA-specific regulatory guidance and consulting services. PharmaLex clients benefit from his wealth of experience, including leading well over one hundred meetings with FDA, managing multi-site regulatory teams... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Dietmar Boecker

Dietmar Boecker

Vice President, Head Regulatory Affairs, Established Products and Intl Dev, Bayer Pharma AG
since 01.01.2016: VP, Head RA Established Products and Int. Development, Bayer Pharma AG 01.12.2012 - 31.12.2015 Director, RA Marketed Products, Bayer Pharma AG 01.09.2007 - 30.11.2012 Deputy Director Global Submission Management & Archiving, Bayer AG 01.08.2001 - 31.08.2007 Associate... Read More →
avatar for Alistair Davidson

Alistair Davidson

Senior Director, Delivery Solutions, Regulatory Affairs, PPD
Alistair is Senior Director, Regulatory Delivery Solutions at PPD, where he is responsible for country regulatory management and strategic development of PPD’s regulatory services globally. He has held senior leadership roles in regulatory affairs in GSK and Quintiles, with a track... Read More →

Tuesday June 28, 2016 4:00pm - 5:15pm EDT
112AB Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 03: Innov Part Model/Outsourcing, Session

4:00pm EDT

#272: How Can We Build Reliability and Quality When Outsourcing Pharmacovigilance?
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Session
Level: Intermediate
CE: ACPE 1.25 Knowledge UAN: 0286-0000-16-577-L04-P; CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; RN 1.25

This session will discuss the concept that there is no agreed upon or standardized approach to outsourcing pharmacovigilance. Other industries use the safety case model so vendors present a common model for sponsors to examine and the latest thinking will be applied to pharmacovigilance outsourcing.

Learning Objectives

Discuss a more standardized approach to outsourcing pharmacovigilance; Identify a common model for pharmacovigilance outsourcing.

Chair

Brian David Edwards

Speaker

Pharmacovigilance Sourcing, Emerging Business Models
Kelly Traverso

Pragmatic Approach to Pharmacovigilance Outsourcing
Lillian M. Kirk, DrSc


Chair
avatar for Brian Edwards

Brian Edwards

Principal Consultant, Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety, Vice-President ACRES, NDA Group, United Kingdom
After his training in hospital medicine and clinical research for 14 years, Dr. Edwards joined the UK Medicines Control Agency (MHRA) in 1994 where he had various responsibilities as a pharmacovigilance assessor. In 1999 he joined Parexel to become Senior Medical Director before joining... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Lillian Kirk

Lillian Kirk

Director, Global Pharmacovigilance Case Management, Alexion
Lillian is a Doctor of Chiropractic with over 19 years’ healthcare experience, including clinical practice, teaching, drug safety/pharmacovigilance & medical affairs. The last 3 years, she provided safety expertise companywide & for external partners. She has worked to develop valuable... Read More →
avatar for Kelly Traverso

Kelly Traverso

Consulting Specialist Leader, Deloitte
Kelly has over 17 years of industry and consulting experience in Life Sciences. She has significant consulting experience in the areas of Quality, Pharmacovigilance, R&D and Regulatory Affairs. Projects she has led and provided extensive subject matter expertise on include, Process... Read More →

Tuesday June 28, 2016 4:00pm - 5:15pm EDT
113B Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 14: Clin Safety/PV, Session
 
Wednesday, June 29
 

10:30am EDT

#309: Global Stakeholder Management: Across the Ocean Between East and West
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Forum
Level: Intermediate
CE: CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; PDU 1.25 PMI 2166-000188; RN 1.25

In this forum, participants will learn and discuss practical techniques and tips for global stakeholder management, such as identification of key stakeholders. The focus will be on West-East hybrid R&D organizations.

Learning Objectives

Discuss practical advantages/limitations of stakeholder management implementation; Identify key success factors in global stakeholder management in pharmaceutical R&D; Describe ideas for effective implementation of global stakeholder management.

Chair

Atsushi Tsukamoto

Speaker

Panelist
Robert A. Hilke, MA

Panelist
Gareth Julian Monteath


Chair
avatar for Atsushi Tsukamoto

Atsushi Tsukamoto

Vice President, New Drug Regulatory Affairs, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Atsushi is VP of New Drug Regulatory Affairs (RA) at Daiichi Sankyo. He is also Head of Specialty Medicine RA in R&D division, to lead gobal specialty medicine regulatory strategies. As Head of Japan New Drug RA, he is responsible for leading new drug RA activities for all projects... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Robert Hilke

Robert Hilke

Chief Executive Officer, Hilke Communications Corporation
Robert Hilke is the CEO of Hilke Communications Corporation, a firm specializing in providing intercultural communications and TOEIC training for global businesspeople, many of whom work in the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Hilke's primary research interest is the management of diverse... Read More →
avatar for Gaz Monteath

Gaz Monteath

Executive Director, Link Global Solution Inc.
Dr. Gareth ("Gaz") Monteath is Executive Director at Link Global Solution Inc., an HR and OD consulting firm based in Tokyo. In his position, Gaz is responsible for the overall content and quality of programmes. LGS has long experience of working with pharmaceutical and medical instruments... Read More →

Wednesday June 29, 2016 10:30am - 11:45am EDT
105AB Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 02: Proj/Port Mgt/Strat Planning, Forum

10:30am EDT

#311: Outsourcing: Assessing CRO Performance and Challenges
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Session
Level: Intermediate
CE: CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; RN 1.25

Outsourcing has been a major topic in the pharmaceutical industry over the last decade. As drug development costs increase, trial complexity grows, and work in emerging markets becomes more important, the industry has looked toward outsourcing to help combat these challenges. But what impact has the rising proportion of outsourcing had on operational performance? How is the effect being measured or tracked? This panel will explore the dynamic between CROs and sponsors and their expectations, the operational benefits of outsourcing, as well as the challenges from outsourcing. It will examine performance and the crucial factors that influence internally-conducted trials versus outsourced trials, how these differences are being managed, and what changes have occurred over time.

Learning Objectives

Recognize the operational benefits and challenges of outsourcing clinical trials; Classify the different approaches to outsourcing and the strategic trade-offs.

Chair

Scott R Martin, JD

Speaker

Creating an External Alliances Structure
John F. Kurtz

How Real World Research Challenges Outsourcing Strategies
Michael George Minor

Controlling Study Level Budgets with CROs
Michael Williamson, MSc


Chair
avatar for Scott Martin

Scott Martin

Principal, KMR Group Inc.
Scott Martin is a Principal of KMR Group a firm specializing on biopharmaceutical R&D performance, information and analytics. Among Scott’s areas of expertise are: clinical development performance, resource management, assessing efficiency and productivity in R&D, and implementing... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for John Kurtz

John Kurtz

Senior Director, External Alliances, Janssen R & D, LLC
John is Senior Director, External Alliances for Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. His primary focus is to drive value creation and R&D effectiveness by optimizing collaborations with Key R&D Strategic Suppliers. John has over 25 years’ experience building and... Read More →
avatar for Michael Minor

Michael Minor

Senior Vice President, Global Head Operations and Strategic Planning, ICON Peri-Approval and Observational Research
Michael Minor is SVP, Global Head, Peri-Approval & Observational Research at ICON. Mike has >30 years’ experience leading Phase I-IV and non-interventional research, and as outsourcing professional in pharma companies and CROs giving him a balanced perspective of sponsor/provider... Read More →
avatar for Michael Williamson

Michael Williamson

Associate Director Outsourcing and Contracts Management, UCB Biosciences, Inc.
Mike has been with UCB for over seven years serving as a sourcing and procurement professional implementing innovative sourcing models, vendor strategic partnering arrangements, and spending improvement analysis focused on clinical research. Mike is currently Associate Director and... Read More →

Wednesday June 29, 2016 10:30am - 11:45am EDT
111AB Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 03: Innov Part Model-Outsourcing, Session

10:30am EDT

#315: Enhancing Pediatric Product Development in a Global Regulatory Environment: Extrapolation and Modeling and Simulation, Oh My!
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Forum
Level: Intermediate
CE: ACPE 1.25 Knowledge UAN: 0286-0000-16-549-L01-P; CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; RN 1.25

This forum will examine how the international regulatory community is responding to the challenge of pediatric product development (limited access to patients) with alternative strategies to generate meaningful data and enhance program efficiency.

Learning Objectives

Discuss the unique challenges and opportunities associated with development of therapies for pediatric populations; Describe how stakeholders can work together to improve the development of, evaluation of, and application of innovative strategies that will advance pediatric product development; Identify opportunities to translate policy into advances for the field of pediatric drug development.

Chair

Christina Bucci-Rechtweg, MD

Speaker

FDA Perspective
Lynne P. Yao, MD

FDA Perspective
Mary Dianne Murphy, MD

Health Canada Perspective
Ariel E. Arias

Panelist
Jordi Llinares Garcia


Chair
avatar for Christina Bucci-Rechtweg

Christina Bucci-Rechtweg

Global Head, Pediatric and Maternal Health Policy, Drug Regulatory Affairs, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Christina is Global Head of Pediatric & Maternal Health Policy at Novartis. She graduated from the U Rochester Sch of Medicine & Dentistry and trained in Peds/Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at SUNY Buffalo. She has 16 yrs of experience in Clinical Development and Regulatory Policy... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Ariel Arias

Ariel Arias

Senior Advisor, Centre for Biologics Evaluation, BGTD, Health Canada
Dr Arias has many years of experience in the assessment of drug products. He has provided expert advice for a number of drug safety regulatory initiatives and represented Health Canada in various international drug regulatory technical committees (e.g., ICH, PAHO). He is an adjunct... Read More →
avatar for Jordi Llinares Garcia

Jordi Llinares Garcia

Head of Product Development Scientific Support Department, European Medicines Agency, European Union
Jordi Llinares is a medical doctor specialised in clinical pharmacology. He worked as clinical pharmacologist at Hospital de Sant Pau and has experience as member of an ethics committee. Jordi has academic experience as lecturer in clinical pharmacology. He has a Masters degree in... Read More →
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Mary Murphy

Director, Office of Pediatric Therapeutics, Office of Special Medical Programs, FDA
Dianne Murphy, MD, FAAP, is Director of the Office of Pediatric Therapeutics (OPT) Office of the Commissioner at FDA. Dr. Murphy was a medical officer at Bethesda Naval; Dir. of the virology laboratory at the U. of Tenn., Knoxville & tenured Professor at the U. of Florida, Jacksonville... Read More →
avatar for Lynne Yao

Lynne Yao

Director, Division of Pediatric and Maternal Health, Office of New Drugs, CDER, FDA, United States
Lynne Yao, MD, is the Director, Office of New Drugs, Division of Pediatric and Maternal Health in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration. The Division of Pediatric and Maternal Health oversees quality initiatives within the Office of New Drugs... Read More →

Wednesday June 29, 2016 10:30am - 11:45am EDT
201B Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 08: Reg Affairs, Forum

2:00pm EDT

#337: Overcoming Deficiencies in the Oversight of Outsourced Clinical Programs: Collaboration and Utilization of Industry Leading Guidelines and Tools
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Forum
Level: Intermediate
CE: CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; RN 1.25

This forum will present data on industry challenges/opportunities for improvement in sponsor oversight of CROs and service providers. Collaborative efforts for developing and implementing industry leading practice guidelines and tools will be shared.

Learning Objectives

Discuss the oversight requirements and expectations from regulators, sponsors and providers; Explain the collaborative effort to develop and utilize industry leading practices for the oversight of outsourced clinical programs; Demonstrate examples of vital guidelines and tools for achieving top-tier success through appropriate oversight practices.

Chair

Mike Collins, PhD

Speaker

Panelist
Grace M Crawford, MS

Panelist
Joseph Anthony Fortunato

Panelist
Steven B. Whittaker


Chair
avatar for Mike Collins

Mike Collins

Head of R&D Global Vendor Management, Alexion
Mike graduated from the University of Sheffield in the UK with a degree in Genetics. After an MSc in Applied Genetics; he completed his doctorate at the University of Birmingham. Mike has worked in clinical development for over 25 years at Hoechst and Pfizer. He is currently Head... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Grace Crawford

Grace Crawford

Global Head, Clinical Quality and Compliance, AstraZeneca
Grace joined MedImmune in April 2015 to lead the Clinical Quality & Compliance function. Prior to joining MedImmune, Grace spent over 21 years at ICON where her main focus was leading the Clinical QA Department. She is active in industry participating in forums such as the Society... Read More →
avatar for Joseph Fortunato

Joseph Fortunato

Senior Vice President, Corporate Quality Assurance and Compliance, inVentiv Health Clinical
Joseph Fortunato has over 37 years of experience in the healthcare industry with leadership roles in large pharma and large CROs. _x000D_ _x000D_ Joe joined inVentiv Health Clinical in 2014 as the Sr. VP of Corporate QA and is responsible for leading a group of Quality Assurance professionals... Read More →
avatar for Steven Whittaker

Steven Whittaker

Executive Director, Quality Consortium, The Avoca Group
Steven Whittaker, Executive Director, Avoca Quality Consortium (retired from Eli Lilly and Co.) , consults for the pharmaceutical, biotech, and CRO industries, providing expertise in project management, pharmaceutical development, clinical development, outsourcing strategies and execution... Read More →

Wednesday June 29, 2016 2:00pm - 3:15pm EDT
112AB Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 03: Innov Part Model-Outsourcing, Forum

2:00pm EDT

#346: Anticipating and Responding to Challenges in Issue Management
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Session
Level: Intermediate
CE: CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; RN 1.25

This session will include an overview of the Transcelerate Issue Management Conceptual Framework and theTrancelerate Trending and Analytics. We will discuss innovative solutions for managing, monitoring, and mitigating protocol deviations and include a CRO perspective on managing issues and explains how a triage mechanism sorts the plethora of issues to allow focus on issues that matter in the clinical development space, and use of methodologies should bring about a decrease in issues.

Learning Objectives

Describe key aspects of effective, sustainable issue management from triage to effectiveness actions; Identify the benefits of a conceptual approach for proactive planning and implementation of trending issues and the use of predictive analytic activities in risk mitigation and proactive risk management; Discuss the negative impact from protocol deviations and how to proactively and continuously manage this risk; Identify innovative solutions to manage, monitor and mitigate protocol deviations.

Chair

Susan V. Callery-D'Amico, BSN

Speaker

Controlling the Killer KRI: New Solutions to Address Protocol Deviations
Kenneth Wu

FDA Perspective
Jean M. Mulinde, MD


Chair
avatar for Susan Callery-D'Amico

Susan Callery-D'Amico

Vice President, R&D Quality Assurance, AbbVie, Inc.
Susan Callery D’Amico is a pharma leader with extensive experience in quality assurance and clinical development. She is the VP, R&D Quality Assurance, AbbVie, with the mission to drive quality excellence and continuous improvement as a strategic advantage across the lifecycle of... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Jean Mulinde

Jean Mulinde

Medical Officer, Policy Advisor, Division of Clinical Compliance Evaluation, OSI, FDA, United States
Dr. Mulinde is currently the Senior Policy Advisor, Division of Clinical Compliance Evaluation in the Office of Scientific Investigations, CDER, FDA. Prior to joining the Office of Scientific Investigations, she was a Clinical Team Leader in the Division of Anti-Infective Products... Read More →
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Kenneth Wu

Consultant, Kenneth Wu and Associates
Kenneth Wu is the principal consultant at Kenneth Wu and Associates, LLC. He has been consulting for the past ten years. His clients have spanned from large global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology start ups, medical device companies to contract research organizations (CROs... Read More →

Wednesday June 29, 2016 2:00pm - 3:15pm EDT
204A Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 11: Quality in CT-GCP, Session

4:00pm EDT

#359: Addressing Dysfunction in Provider Prequalification: A New Model to Streamline Processes, Improve Quality, and Reduce Risk
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Forum
Level: Intermediate
CE: CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; RN 1.25

This forum will present data on industry challenges related to prequalification of technical service providers. Industry leading initiatives to standardize requirements and processes, and regulatory, sponsor and provider perspectives will be shared.

Learning Objectives

Identify risks, challenges, issues and industry dysfunction related to prequalifying technical service providers; Describe new industry standards/processes/approaches for prequalification of technical providers; Explain sponsor/provider/regulator perspectives regarding implications for standardizing and centralizing prequalification to ensure high quality, efficiency and confidence in processes and results.

Chair

Dawn M Niccum, BSN, MS, RN, PMP

Speaker

Panelist
Marta Haley Fields, MBA

Panelist
Mitchell A. Katz, PhD

Panelist
Dennis Salotti, MBA, MS

Panelist
Sean Y. Kassim, PhD


Chair
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Dawn Niccum

Associate Director, Quality, Endocyte
Dawn Niccum is the associate director of quality at Endocyte, where she is responsible for GCP compliance, SOP development, computer system validation oversight, and training. With over 20 years of pharmaceutical experience, Ms. Niccum holds a Master’s Degree in Regulatory Affairs... Read More →

Speakers
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Marta Fields

Senior Director, Research & Development Quality, Seattle Genetics, Inc.
Marta joined Seattle Genetics in 2008 as Sr Director of Compliance and Quality Systems after 21 years at Amgen where she served as Director of Clinical Compliance. Ms Fields has a BS in Speech from Northwestern University and an MBA in Healthcare Management from California Lutheran... Read More →
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Sean Kassim

Director, Office of Study Integrity and Surveillance, OTS, CDER, FDA
Sean serves as the Director of the Office of Study Integrity and Surveillance, CDER/FDA. He oversees the bioavailability/bioequivalence (BA/BE) and GLP inspection programs that inspect and review conduct of regulated pharmaceutical premarket bioanalytical and non-clinical researc... Read More →
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Mitchell Katz

Head of Clinical Research and Drug Safety Operations, Purdue Pharma L.P.
Dr. Mitchell Katz is Head of Clinical Research and Drug Safety Operations at Purdue Pharma L.P. In this position, he is responsible for leading all operational activities across Purdue’s multinational clinical programs. Dr. Katz has 28 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical and... Read More →
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Dennis Salotti

Chief Operating Officer, The Avoca Group
With 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry as a sponsor, provider, and consultant, Dennis Salotti's experience spans preclinical research, clinical operations, data management, quality assurance, eClinical, business operations, and strategic management. Prior to Avoca, he was Director... Read More →

Wednesday June 29, 2016 4:00pm - 5:15pm EDT
111AB Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 03: Innov Part Model-Outsourcing, Forum
 
Thursday, June 30
 

10:45am EDT

#408: Securing Internet-Driven Collaboration in Drug Development
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Session
Level: Basic
CE: CME 1.00; IACET 1.00; RN 1.00

This session covers the current role of global SAFE-BioPharma standard for identity and access management trust and EngageZone, Merck's initiative enhancing collaboration between it and hundreds of partner organizations. _x000D_


Learning Objectives

Evaluate risk associated with Internet-based collaboration; Discuss approaches to develop secure, trust-based information sharing; Define critical terminology such as multi-factor authentication, federation, and identity and access management.

Chair

Mollie Shields-Uehling

Speaker

Industry Perspective
Andrew Porter


Chair
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Mollie Shields-Uehling

President and Chief Executive Officer, Safe-BioPharma Association
The SAFE-BioPharma standard assures the identity trust inherent in implementation of the TransCelerate Shared Investigator Portal, in Merck’s EngageZone portal, and in other industry collaboration portals. Digital signature applications certified compliant with the SAFE-BioPharma... Read More →

Speakers
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Andrew Porter

Director of Enterprise Architecture, IT Planning & Innovation, Applied Tech, Merck & Co., Inc.
His expertise includes creating the architectures for Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Enterprise Knowledge Management (EKM) solutions that support Merck's External Partner Program (EPP) and clinical trials initiatives. Mr. Porter has also provided architectural alignment... Read More →

Thursday June 30, 2016 10:45am - 11:45am EDT
109AB Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 07: Tech-Data- Records-Subs, Session

10:45am EDT

#404: Bringing CRO Collaboration into the 21st Century
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Symposium
Level: Basic
CE: CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; RN 1.25

With ever increasing rates of outsourcing and new outsourcing models being created, pharmaceutical companies are seeking new ways to collaborate with CROs. Whether its data, documents, team collaboration, etc., sponsors and CROs need easier ways to communicate. We will discuss how to solve these challenges.

Learning Objectives

Discuss how to efficiently collaborate with CROs; Explain how to easily understand study metrics and status for a fully outsourced portfolio; Describe how to utilize a CTMS to collaborate between sponsors and CROs.

Chair

Matthew J. Kiernan, MBA

Speaker

Optimizing Collaboration Between Sponsors and CROs Using CTMS in Today's eClinical Landscape
Lynn Fraser, MS

Outsourcing and the Clinical Data Mess, and Why It Isn’t Acceptable
Matthew J. Kiernan, MBA

Building an Integration Platform for Collaborating with CROs
Jennifer Bush, MS


Chair
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Matthew Kiernan

Partner, Pharmica
Matt Kiernan is a Partner at PHARMICA Consulting, a firm which focuses on operational excellence in the life sciences industry. Mr. Kiernan has over fifteen years of industry expertise in operational excellence, project management, portfolio management, resource management, and m... Read More →

Speakers
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Jennifer Bush

Director, LIfe Sciences Product Strategy, Oracle Health Sciences
Jennifer Bush is a life sciences professional with over 19 years of industry experience in both business and IT environments. She has worked in large pharma & CRO, working in both business and IT departments managing data transformation, eClinical implementations including implementation... Read More →
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Lynn Fraser

Senior Product Manager, BioClinica, Inc.
Lynn Fraser is a Product Manager at Bioclinica where she manages multiple enterprise clinical trial management technology solutions used by thousands of users and within a global environment. She has 7+ years of experience in Clinical Research technology, and 15+ years in web applications... Read More →

Thursday June 30, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
112AB Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 03: Innov Part Model-Outsourcing, Symposium

10:45am EDT

#405: Hot Button Protocol and Operational Issues Between Sponsors and Sites in Clinical Pharmacology Studies
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Forum
Level: Intermediate
CE: CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; RN 1.25

A moderated panel of phase 1 clinical research experts, representing sponsor, CRO and site perspectives, will identify and discuss several hot button issues that can provoke conflict between sponsors and sites or diminish conduct efficiency. Attendees will be invited to join in.

Learning Objectives

Recognize issues that can provoke sponsor/site conflict or diminish conduct efficiency when they arise in the course of preparing to conduct or conducting phase 1 studies; Discuss how to handle such issues with counterparts when they arise; Describe ways to formulate/negotiate when issues resolution.

Chair

Gary L. Steinman, MS

Speaker

Tales from the Front Lines: An Introduction
Gary L. Steinman, MS

Panelist
William B Smith

Panelist
Mary L. Westrick, PhD


Chair
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Gary Steinman

President, Medexetech
Gary Steinman has degrees in Electrical & Systems Engineering from RPI where he also served on the faculty and as Director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering. He then joined the Stanford Cardiology Division, launched Pharmiya Medical Technologies in the People’s Republic of... Read More →

Speakers
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William Smith

CEO, Alliance for Multispecialty Research/NOCCR
William B. Smith, MD, FACC, is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Dr. Smith is board certified in Nephrology, Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Critical Care. Dr. Smith is the President of New Orleans Center for Clinical... Read More →
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Mary Westrick

Adjunct Professor, University of Wisconsin
Dr. Mary Westrick holds a BS in Chem, and MS & PhD degrees in pharmacology from Purdue University. She has held leadership positions in Global Clinical Pharmacology at Covance, Astellas and Quintiles and currently teaches Project Management and Leadership in the MS Program in Biotechnology... Read More →

Thursday June 30, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
107AB Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 04: Preclin Transl-Early Clin Dev, Forum

10:45am EDT

#406: Navigating Partnerships and Submissions: Best Practices for Successful Medical Writing Deliverables Involving Multiple Stakeholders
Limited Capacity seats available
Component Type: Session
Level: Advanced
CE: CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; RN 1.25

The current trend in the industry involves multiple stakeholders working toward a similar goal, whether that be creation of a clinical study report (CSR), an entire marketing application, or any other medical writing deliverable. Such work could include collaborations between pharma companies, CROs, independent contractors, or any combination thereof. The speakers will present successful case studies involving codevelopment of products between two pharmaceutical companies as well as a specialized strategic medical writing partnership between pharma and a CRO, focused on writing and primary publishing of the sponsor’s CSRs. You will leave this session with a strategy for creating high-quality deliverables on time and within budget across a product’s life cycle, regardless of the type of partnership utilized in your organization. Come with questions!

Learning Objectives

Assess challenges associated with different types of partnerships and proactively implement solutions; Evaluate and establish an outsourced strategic medical writing partnership; Identify and incorporate best practices for successful partnerships and submissions in your organization.

Chair

Tammy Franklin, MSc

Speaker

Sponsor Companies as Partners: Tips for Creating a Successful Partnership for Medical Writing
Tammy Franklin, MSc

A Specialized Strategic Medical Writing Partnership: A Case Study
Timothy D. Garver, PhD

Partnerships in Action: Learning from Real-Life Submissions Involving Multiple Stakeholders
Angela Campbell, PhD


Chair
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Tammy Franklin

Head of Global Medical Writing, UCB
Tammy Franklin is the Senior Director of Global Medical Writing at UCB and is responsible for the leadership and management of a medical writing organization. She has over 15 years of experience in regulatory writing, including extensive knowledge of submission planning and content... Read More →

Speakers
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Angela Campbell

Principal Medical Writer/AD, Shire Pharmaceuticals
I have been a medical writer for over 14 years, with experience at all phases of drug development, from pre-clinical to post-marketing. I have prepared a variety of regulatory documents in support across many therapeutic areas. I have also worked on suport documents such as manuscripts... Read More →
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Timothy Garver

Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, Impact Pharmaceutical Services
Tim Garver, PhD, is the Executive VP and COO of Impact Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., a consulting and contract research organization. Tim has over 20 years of medical writing experience for both drugs and biologics, during which time he has played a key role in over 25 marketing... Read More →

Thursday June 30, 2016 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
113A Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  Trk 06: Med Comm-Wrtg-MSL, Session