Announcing CHI's Outsourcing for Clinical Trials Conference, May 10-11, 2016, Boston

NEEDHAM, Mass. - March 23, 2016 - PRLog -- Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI) released today the agenda for its Outsourcing for Clinical Trials conference to be held on May 10-11, 2016 at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel in Boston, MA, as part of the fifth annual Clinical Trial Innovation Summit.

Confirmed Presentations:

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is - Innovative Contract Structures
Sondra Smyrnios, MSc, Vice President, Clinical Operations, Alkermes

Crafting Effective RFPs for Novel Therapy Studies
Kate Nabewaniec, Director, Clinical Outsourcing, Bluebird Bio

Small Fish in a Big Pond: Strategies for Small and Mid-Size Pharma to Successfully Partner with CROs
Marie Rosenfeld, Director, Development Operations, Contracts & Outsourcing Vendor Management Lead, Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.

Outsourcing at Small Biotech Companies: How Could CROs Align Themselves Better with the Needs of Their Clients from the Very First Interactions and Project Planning Discussions
Sophie Egholm Chapelle, COO, Senior Management, Cerespir

Presentation to be announced by Medidata

Key Considerations and Challenges for Implementing a Preferred Provider Model at a Mid-Sized Biotech
Lisa Sergas, Associate Director, Clinical Outsourcing, Medivation

PANEL DISCUSSION: CRO & Sponsor Perspective on Meeting Outsourcing Needs and Challenges of Small and Mid-Sized Biotech and Pharma

A Collaborative Audit Approach of Central Laboratory Partners
Roxana Duque, Compliance Specialist, GQRC-Clinical Trials & Safety, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Partnering Quality with Our Quality Partners: Managing Clinical Trial Quality through Oversight and Collaboration with Our CRO Partners
Derek Hall, Associate Director, Quality Assurance GCP, Incyte

Presentation to be announced by Unanet

Issue Escalation for Fully Outsourced Studies
Rosemary Dillon, Associate Director, Clinical Outsourcing & Operations, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Vendor/Sponsor Performance Metrics: How Are We Doing?
Randy Krauss, Director, Clinical Process Optimization, Shire

PANEL DISCUSSION: Project Tracking and Establishing Appropriate Metrics from Both the Sponsor & CRO Perspective

Randy Krauss, Director, Clinical Process Optimization, Shire
Timothy S. LaCroix, MBA, Head, Business Development, PharPoint Research, Inc.
Linda Hook-D'Innocenzo, MS, RQAP-GCP and GLP, Director, GCP Compliance, Forum Pharmaceutical

Writers and editors are invited to attend. To request a press pass, email Lisa Scimemi, lscimemi@healthtech.com.

For details on sponsorship, exhibit and lead generation packages, contact Ilana Quigley, Tel: 781-972-5457, iquigley@healthtech.com.

For more information, visit http://www.clinicaltrialsummit.com/clinical-outsourcing.

About Clinical Trial Oversight Summit

Cambridge Healthtech Institute's Fifth Annual Clinical Trial Innovation Summit will bring together leaders from across pharma, biotech and academia to share case studies and best practices on effective clinical trial management and vendor oversight. The 2016 program focuses on key issues and opportunities in the clinical trial industry, including patient recruitment, site selection, data integration, mobile technologies, project management, outsourcing, budgeting, quality in trial conduct, risk-based monitoring and auditing.

About Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI)

Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI), a division of Cambridge Innovation Institute, is the preeminent life science network for leading researchers and business experts from top pharmaceutical, biotech, CROs, academia, and niche service providers. CHI is renowned for its vast conference portfolio held worldwide including PepTalk, Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference, SCOPE Summit, Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, PEGS Summit, Drug Discovery Chemistry, Biomarker World Congress, World Pharmaceutical Congress, Next Generation Dx Summit and Discovery on Target. CHI's portfolio of products include Cambridge Healthtech Institute Conferences, Barnett International, Insight Pharma Reports, Cambridge Marketing Consultants, Cambridge Meeting Planners, Knowledge Foundation Bio-IT World Clinical Informatics News and Diagnostics World.