Patricia Leuchten is President of The Avoca Group, a relationship management consulting firm. She has 20+ years of experience working with both pharma and CRO companies and has developed relationship management strategies that enabled successful partnerships for major companies globally.
Chris is Director Clinical Development Sourcing at Lilly. Prior to his current role, Chris has held leadership positions including, Int Account Ldr managing clinical planning for the Diabetes and CV portfolio, and Advisor responsible for clinical development of Lilly’s Autoimmune portfolio.
Peter is currently responsible for the leadership of global clinical planning, study start-up and strategic outsourcing on behalf of Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Prior to his current role he had similar development operations positions with Shire Pharmaceuticals and Pfizer Global Research & Development.
Description
This forum will explore CROs' and sponsors' assessment of the realities of implementing new outsourcing strategies. Data from the 2012 State of Clinical Outsourcing research will be shared. A panel of industry experts will provide their perspective.
Learning Objectives: Describe clinical service providers' and sponsors' expectations for what makes strategic relationships succeed Identify areas in which sponsors' and providers' expectations and predictions may not align Discuss specific tactics and strategies used by project teams during partnerships.