Effectively managing strategic and tactical outsourcing partners to maximise the efficiency of global trials and speed time to market for new drugs

Over the past few years outsourcing has become vastly popular among biotech and pharma companies with an estimated third of all R&D budgets now being spent on CROs. As rewarding as this practice can be however, there are still multiple challenges to be faced such as choosing an appropriate outsourcing strategy, selecting a CRO, project managing the trial and ensuring that the company achieves the desired outcome in the desired timeline.

Case studies from industry key players, as well as interactive sessions will offer attendees a unique opportunity to interact and exchange ideas with fellow experts facing similar challenges, assess the industry trends, maximise alliance opportunities and take advantage of the practical experience of the most knowledgeable experts in the business.

Featured Speakers Include:

Gain practical insight into the best partnership strategies from leading pharma and biotech companies including:

  • Antonio-Llamas Antonio Llamas, Regional Head of Operations Spain & Portugal, Wyeth Research
  • Anne-Maria-Ylisaari Anne Maria Ylisaari, Head of In-and-Outsourcing, Orion Pharma
  • Estrella-Garcia Estrella Garcia, Head of Global Clinical Operations and Strategic Resourcing, Almirall
  • Susanne-Kihlblom Susanne Kihlblom, Strategic Sourcing Leader, AstraZeneca R&D
  • pompe Richard Pompe, Global Procurement Director, Mylan
  • anish Anish Desai, Head R&D, Medical Director, Bayer Schering Pharma India
  • uwe Uwe Schneider,Head of Global Sourcing Management and Head of Development Office, Grünenthal GmbH, Aachen, Germany
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Benefit from interactive case-study driven content that will enable you to:

  • Understand how to succeed in a challenging clinical environment and ensure continuity through M&As with an in-depth presentation from Actelion
  • Take away ideas on how to successfully manage and measure your relationship with your CRO from Grunenthal, Astrazeneca and Wyeth
  • Learn to effectively project manage your trial and mitigate risk with best practice techniques from Sanofi-Aventis, Newron and Merck Serono
  • Understand and know all there is to know about outsourcing to India from Bayer Schering Pharma India
  • Find best practice methods for ensuring that small to mid-size pharma get the best out of CROs with fewer resources – exclusive interactive case studies from Affimed and Genmab

Key Issues to be explored include:

  • Effective approaches to choosing the right CRO
  • Making sure your company’s internal processes support a balance between cost and quality
  • Effective KPIs for relationship management
  • Overcoming the challenges of outsourcing clinical trials to India
  • Successfully outsourcing clinical trials to Eastern Europe
  • Dealing with changes in the marketplace: mergers and acquisition in the CRO industry and what it means for sponsors
  • Are long term-strategic partnerships working?