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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
The Avoca Group Announces Consortium on Quality Management and Oversight Sponsored by Eli Lilly and Pfizer
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
The Avoca Group's Patricia Leuchten Named One of the PharmaVOICE 100 Most Inspiring Individuals in the Life Sciences Industry
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Monday, June 13, 2011
Filling in the Bigger Picture-Pharmaceutical Executive June 2011
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Monday, May 23, 2011
New Avoca Workshops on Quality
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
The Avoca Group is Presenting at DIA in Chicago IL, June 20-22, 2011
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Avoca Employee Satisfaction Survey Programs
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Monday, March 28, 2011
The Avoca Group Selected as Research Partner for IIR’s Partnerships in Clinical Trials
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Friday, March 25, 2011
2011 Avoca Report on Quality and CRO Oversight is Now Available for Purchase
Order your copy of the 2011 Avoca Report on Quality and CRO Oversight.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
The Avoca Group is Presenting at the Partnerships in Clinical Trials Conference, March 30-April 1, 2011
Wednesday, March 30th
2:15 PM– A Sponsor Outsourcing Dilemma: Reducing Micro-Management of CROs while maintaining Effective Quality Oversite
Friday, April 1st
8:00 AM - Market Insight Roundtable Discussion
11:00 AM – Commitment to Two Partners - A Look at the BMS Integrated Strategic Sourcing Initiative
3:30 PM - Post Conference Session:The State of Clinical Outsourcing
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
The Future of Clinical Service Provider-Sponsor Relationships- Pharmaceutical Technology February 2011
Read this new article published in the February 2011 edition of Pharmaceutical Technology Magazine. The Avoca Group's Denise Calaprice-Whitty analyzes the results of a survey that polled pharmaceutical executives and managers about both sides of the outsourcing relationship.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Inside Outsourcing Podcasts
Listen to this four part Podcast series with Patricia Leuchten, President and CEO of The Avoca Group. This series, called "Inside Outsourcing: Spotlight on Clinical Trial Partnerships", explores the many challenges sponsors and CROs face in outsourcing.
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Monday, June 2, 2008
Introduction
The Avoca Group provides comprehensive alliance and relationship management consulting to pharmaceutical and biotech companies, CROs, and other providers of clinical research globally.
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June 16, 2010
The Avoca Group Announces the Availability of its 2010 Avoca Report: Trends in Clinical Outsourcing
Princeton, New Jersey - June 16, 2010 - The Avoca Group has just published the results from its 2010 industry survey on trends in clinical outsourcing. Now in its sixth year of production, The Avoca Report has become a valued resource for studying trends and projecting future activities in clinical outsourcing. This year, the report focuses on what the future holds for clinical service provider-sponsor relationships, including:
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Overall approaches to outsourcing, including the possible consolidation of outsourcing relationships
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Priorities in the selection of providers and preferred providers
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Strategies and tactics for measuring and managing outsourcing relationships
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Planned uses of risk-sharing and alternative resourcing outsourcing models
The report also examines companies� experiences and satisfaction with the above outsourcing management approaches to date, and investigates whether �early adopters� are in fact experiencing better outsourcing outcomes. Further, the report explores the challenges faced by companies in introducing new approaches and the requirements for successful implementation. Material differences between �Top 20� and smaller sponsor companies, and between CROs and other types of provider companies, are presented and discussed. The report is approximately 70 printed pages and contains 48 tables and figures.
The report is available for purchase at a price of $495 by visiting www.theavocagroup.com.
May 1, 2010
Avoca�s Dr. Denise Calaprice-Whitty to present �What Does the Future Hold for Clinical Service Provider-Sponsor Relationships?� at 2010 Drug Information Association Meeting
Princeton, New Jersey - May 1, 2010 - Dr. Denise Calaprice-Whitty, Executive Director with The Avoca Group, has been invited to present a summary of data from the 2010 Avoca Report. Topics will include overall approaches to outsourcing that companies plan, including consolidation of outsourcing relationships; sponsors� priorities in the selection of providers and preferred providers; strategies and tactics used for measuring and managing outsourcing relationships; and plans for risk-sharing and alternative resourcing outsourcing models.
The presentation will feature a panel discussion with experts in the industry. They are Mitchell Katz, Ph.D., Vice President Global Clinical Operations and Data Management, Eisai Inc.; Adrian Otte, MD, FFPM, Vice President, Global Development Operations, Amgen Inc.; and Badhri N. Srinivasan, MS, Vice President BPM and Advanced Analytics, Innovations, Quintiles, Inc.
March 15, 2010
Patricia Leuchten named Co-Chair of Outsourcing Track for Drug Information Association
Princeton, New Jersey - March 15, 2010 - Patricia Leuchten, CEO of The Avoca Group, was named Co-Chair of the Outsourcing Track for the Drug Information Association (DIA). Solomon Babani of Celtic Pharmaceuticals is the other Co-Chair for this track. The Outsourcing Track chairs are responsible for determining the focus of sessions and themes for each of DIA�s annual meetings.
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"While Avoca is very process driven, they leave room for creativity and flexibility. They read our business needs and industry developments and keep us on top of opportunities."
Stacy Martin
Founder
Metropolitan Research Associates
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