Partnerships in Clinical Trials US – October 2016

DAY 3 – Friday, October 7, 2016

PCT Loft at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC), Boston, MA

12:45 pm (30 mins)

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
Avoca Spotlight Presentation: The State of Sponsor-CRO Strategic Partnerships and How the Industry Has Evolved in the Past Five Years

Steven Whittaker, Executive Director, Avoca Quality Consortium
Lakshmi Sundar, Vice President, Strategy & Marketing, The Avoca Group

1:15 pm (45 mins)

PCT LUNCHEON DEBRIEF PANEL:
Aligning Around a Common Goal: Working Together to Transform the Industry for the Better

Brenda Yanak, Precision Medicine Lead, Clinical Innovation & BPO, Global Specimen Management, Pfizer
Mitchell Katz, PhD, Head, Clinical Research & Drug Safety Operations, Purdue Pharma L.P.
Steven Whittaker, Executive Director, Avoca Quality Consortium
Merry Chu, Director, External Sourcing – Medicines Development Unit, Eli Lilly Canada Inc.
Shree Kalluri, Founder & CEO, Nimblify
Lakshmi Sundar, Vice President, Strategy & Marketing, The Avoca Group