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Partnerships with CROs
3 October - 4 October 2012
Partnerships with CROs

This year's conference will look to address the critical subject of improving relationships between Pharma & CROs and how they can work best together to improve drug development and clinical trials. With the increasing reliance on positive and profitable relationships between these organisations, this conference will aim to bring you opinions, recommendations and case studies from both sides.
 

This year's programme will look to focus on 5 main areas: Optimising interaction between sponsors and CROs, Developing and executing strategic partnership models, Partner selection, Risk management and Improving communication.
Each session will be addressed by speakers with considerable experience in the field and will address the current issues and proposed solutions faced in each situation.
 

For information on sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, Contact our Sponsorship Department
 

Partnerships with CROs Conference 2011 testimonials:
 

“Interesting comments on panel discussion”
“Excellent, just what this industry needs”
“Good examples, thought provoking."
“Excellent questions and moderating“

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Andrew Huxley

Andrew Huxley

Regional Director Asia Pacific , Eli Lilly
Cedric Burg

Cedric Burg

Consultant, Consultant (Formerly of Teva)
Tim Highman

Tim Highman

Director, Pfizer

Andrew Huxley

Regional Director Asia Pacific , Eli Lilly
Andrew Huxley

Cedric Burg

Consultant, Consultant (Formerly of Teva)
Cedric Burg

Clare Morgan

Director of Industry, NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre
Clare Morgan

Gareth Lewis

Director Clinical Research, Pfizer
Gareth Lewis

Gary Reeves

Clinical Contracts Manager II, Biogen Idec Ltd
Gary Reeves

Janet Wisely

Interim Chief Executive, HRA / Director, National Research Ethics Service, Health Research Authority
Janet Wisely

 

Janet Wisely, Interim Chief Executive, Health Research Authority; Director, National Research Ethics Service
Janet Wisely is the Chief Executive of the Health Research Authority. Janet is acknowledged as an innovative leader who as the Director of the National Research Ethics Service transformed the UK ethics service into an internationally recognised system for ethics review.  Janet obtained a degree in Physics and PhD from University of London. She believes strongly in the principles of the NHS and has spent her entire working career associated with research and the NHS.  She joined the NHS in 1992 and was appointed as a National R&D Programme Manager in 1994, before joining the Central Office for Research Ethics Committees in 2002 with the primary responsibility of ensuring that RECs met the requirements of the EU Directive 2001/20/EC. The successful change management driven by Janet has resulted in a National Research Ethics Service which is effective, efficient and responsive to the needs of researchers and the facilitation of ethical research as well as robust and transparent in protecting research participants.  She has also been influential in delivering wider change, not least through the provision of the Integrated Research Application System which streamlined the application processes for researchers in the UK. Under her leadership the HRA has set out plans that will further improve the environment for research in the UK to promote health research and protect the interests of patients and the public in the UK. Outside of work Janet plays a full role in family life and has two teenage sons, much of it in the sporting arena as a participant, spectator or supporting her family and of course providing the inevitable Mum’s taxi at weekends!

Malcolm Horsley

Managing Consultant, PA Consulting Group
Malcolm Horsley

Mark Eisenecker

Managing Consultant, PA Consulting Group
Mark Eisenecker

Martin Gouldstone

Senior Director Corporate Development, Quintiles Ltd
Martin Gouldstone

Martin Grosvenor

Sourcing Product Specialist , AstraZeneca
Martin Grosvenor

Prasad Velisetty

Director, Medical, Quintiles Ltd
Prasad Velisetty

Roger Joby

Managing Director, 1to1to1, R & NR Consulting
Roger  Joby

Thomas Solbach

Associate, Booz and Company
Thomas Solbach

Tim Highman

Director, Pfizer
Tim Highman

Val Jonas

Risk Management Consultant ,
Val Jonas

Volker Roenicke

Vice President, Booz & Company
Volker Roenicke

Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Tim Highman

Tim Highman, Director, Pfizer

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9:10

Outsourcing within a regulated environment

Tim Highman

Tim Highman, Director, Pfizer

  • Considerations within a more complex regulated environment
  • Confidence in outsourcing
  • Overcoming obsticals
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    9:50

    Outsourcing and regulatory inspections

    • Oversight and management of partnerships
    • Inspection readiness and quality management
    • Inspection findings and corrective actions
    • Building for the future

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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    The HRA and research

    Janet Wisely, Interim Chief Executive, HRA / Director, National Research Ethics Service, Health Research Authority

  • Opportunities for increasing a relationship
  • Long term outlokk of the HRA and research proposals
  • Combining your talents; both sides can learn from one another
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    11:40

    Working with CROs in emerging markets

    Andrew Huxley

    Andrew Huxley, Regional Director Asia Pacific , Eli Lilly

    • Emerging markets
    • Sharing responsibilities
    • Case study China; OR Latin America
    • Matching the right trial to the right country

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    12:20

    Networking Lunch

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    13:40

    Implementing a new CRO Partnership model in support of improved cycle time

    Gareth Lewis

    Gareth Lewis, Director Clinical Research, Pfizer

    • Selection of country footprint
    • Vendor selection process to optimise success
    •  Establishing a new operating model – practical considerations
    • Service delivery structure
    • Ensuring quality and compliance – governance and oversight considerations
    • Progress and challenges to date

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    14:20

    Choosing the right CRO for partnership

    Martin Grosvenor

    Martin Grosvenor, Sourcing Product Specialist , AstraZeneca

    • Evaluating your own processes and requirements before choosing a partner
    • Approaches to asses a potential partner
    • Developing an in-depth and thorough CMO/CRO questionnaire
    • Strategies for short listing the number of potential companies

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    15:00

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:30

    Past, current and future of partnering.

    Cedric Burg

    Cedric Burg , Consultant, Consultant (Formerly of Teva)

    • Demand ever increasing or impact with recession
    • Planning your partnership in advance
    • Illustrative examples
    • Tips for outsource building

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    16:10

    Success factors for a strong CRO partnership

    • Combining cultures
    • What should you look for in a major CRO
    - Governance
    - Communication
    - Therapeutic & Operational expertise
    - Quality Assurance and Planning
    - Leadership
    - Flexibility
    • Role of strategic partnerships

    Prasad Velisetty

    Prasad Velisetty, Director, Medical, Quintiles Ltd

    Martin Gouldstone

    Martin Gouldstone, Senior Director Corporate Development, Quintiles Ltd

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    16:50

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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    8:30

    Registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Roger  Joby

    Roger Joby , Managing Director, 1to1to1, R & NR Consulting

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    9:10

    Do pharmaceutical companies think that partnership is more important than delivery?

    Roger  Joby

    Roger Joby , Managing Director, 1to1to1, R & NR Consulting

  • The evidence would suggest that they do.
  • The construction of the 2012 Olympics venues was much more focused on delivery which was driven by the uses of the innovative NEC3 contracts.
  • This presentation looks at the lessons that we can learn.
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    9:50

    The NIHR clinical research network; delivering research in the NHS

    • Effective set up and delivery of clinical research
    • Supporting CROs to deliver to time and target
    • The NIHR – opportunities from translational medicine through to pharmcovigilence studies

    Clare Morgan

    Clare Morgan, Director of Industry, NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre

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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    Tactics for small biotech and pharma in outsourcing

  • Trends and emerging new models for pharma - CRO partnerships
  • Challenges and key success factors
  • Outlook to the next level of scale and scope
  • Volker Roenicke

    Volker Roenicke, Vice President, Booz & Company

    Thomas Solbach

    Thomas Solbach, Associate, Booz and Company

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    11:40

    How can you improve risk management – Different sectors, same problems

    Val Jonas

    Val Jonas, Risk Management Consultant ,

     

  • Risk sharing - techniques used in the industry
  • Defence contractors and the MOD
  • Collaborative working in energy
  • IMproving flexibility in an agreement to avoid future problems
  • Supporting joint delivery
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    12:20

    Networking Lunch

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    13:50

    Driving and releasing change - managing sustainable transformation of your strategic relationship

  • Preparing your organisation for transformation
  • Transforming your organisation
  • Making the transformation stick after it is established
  • Malcolm Horsley

    Malcolm Horsley, Managing Consultant, PA Consulting Group

    Mark Eisenecker

    Mark Eisenecker, Managing Consultant, PA Consulting Group

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    14:40

    Clinical site contracting in an outsourcing environment

    Gary Reeves

    Gary Reeves, Clinical Contracts Manager II, Biogen Idec Ltd

  •  Micro/Macro management ethos and their relationship to the outsourced site contracting devliverables
  • Negotiation guidelines and legal autonomy
  • Deliverables, reporting, metrics and performance indicators

     

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    15:20

    Interactive Panel Discussion : Outsourcing perspectives from both sides of the table

    • New challenges faced by CROs – Sponsors
    • Opportunities for enhancement
    • Different business models and costing strategies
     

    Cedric Burg

    Cedric Burg , Consultant, Consultant (Formerly of Teva)

    Roger  Joby

    Roger Joby , Managing Director, 1to1to1, R & NR Consulting

    Malcolm Horsley

    Malcolm Horsley, Managing Consultant, PA Consulting Group

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    16:00

    Afternoon Tea

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    16:30

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two


    Associate
    Booz and Company
    Vice President
    Booz & Company
    Clinical Contracts Manager II
    Biogen Idec Ltd
    Managing Consultant
    PA Consulting Group
    Sourcing Product Specialist
    AstraZeneca
    Managing Consultant
    PA Consulting Group
    Director of Industry
    NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre
    Interim Chief Executive, HRA / Director, National Research Ethics Service
    Health Research Authority
    Director, Medical
    Quintiles Ltd
    Senior Director Corporate Development
    Quintiles Ltd
    Risk Management Consultant
    Director Clinical Research
    Pfizer
    Regional Director Asia Pacific
    Eli Lilly
    Consultant
    Consultant (Formerly of Teva)
    Managing Director, 1to1to1
    R & NR Consulting
    Director
    Pfizer

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