Medidata Solutions to Present at Key Global Conferences in April and May
Medidata Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of clinical trial
solutions, today announced that members of its top management have
been invited to provide thought leadership at the following industry
events:
17th Annual Partnerships with CROs
April 14-16, 2008, Las Vegas, NV
Speaker: Graham Bunn, Vice President of Global CRO Partnerships
Session Title: "Strategies and Technology for Streamlining and
Expediting Data
Collection and Reporting"
Date & Time: April 15, 2008 at 1:15 p.m. PDT
Each year, IIR´s Partnerships with CROs event examines critical
issues and decisions around different sourcing models in an effort to
identify faster ways to deliver important drugs to patients safely.
This year, the event will explore best practices on forming, managing
and sustaining clinical outsourcing partnerships. During the second
day of the conference, Graham will participate in a panel discussion
moderated by 3Ci that focuses on innovative approaches to trial
execution, specifically streamlining and expediting data collection
and reporting.
12th Annual EDC & Beyond Conference
April 14-16, 2008, Las Vegas, NV
Speaker: Glen de Vries, President
Session Title: "An Integrated Approach: Combining ePRO and EDC"
Date & Time: April 15, 2008 at 4:15 p.m. PDT
This year´s conference will focus on various areas of EDC,
including improving data speed and quality, enhancing clinical data,
building sustainable process and support networks, implementing
integrated approaches to clinical trial technology and standardizing
EDC training materials. Glen will co-present with invivodata on the
topic of integrating electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO) and
EDC systems. Attendees will learn how to integrate ePRO data recorded
using handheld electronic patient diaries with case report form (CRF)
data captured within EDC systems. The speakers will describe
approaches that leverage CDISC ODM standards to more easily and
accurately use information from multiple sources to manage patients
enrolled in a clinical study.
5th Annual CDISC European Interchange
April 23-24, 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark
Speaker: David Gemzik, Vice President, Implementation Services,
Trial Planning Solutions
Session Title: "CDISC End to End"
Date & Time: April 21, 1:30 p.m. CET
Speaker: Andrew Newbigging, Senior Director, Research and
Development
Session Title: "Enabling the End-to-End eClinical Process Using
ODM-Based Tools"
Date & Time: April 23, 1:00 p.m. CET
Speaker: Ed Seguine, General Manager, Trial Planning Solutions
Session Title: "Challenges of Modeling Interdependent Study
Schedule Instructions"
Date & Time: April 23, 1:00 p.m. CET
The 5th Annual CDISC European Interchange is a collaborative event
that shares progress, implementation experiences and strategic ideas
on worldwide data interchange standards for medical research. David
will lead the End to End workshop and provide attendees with an
understanding on how the main components of the CDISC standard can
work together to move data from the point of trial design through
capture, submission and subsequent long-term archive. Through the use
of a combination of theory and practical demonstrations, the workshop
will provide a comprehensive overview of how the eClinical trial can
be implemented today. Andrew´s presentation will describe how clinical
trial application tools built on CDISC ODM standards can automate data
transfer processes across disparate systems without resource-intensive
tasks such as custom development and validation, moving sponsors
closer to a user-controllable environment for data integration. During
his presentation, Ed will look at the different challenges involved in
modeling interdependent study schedules as well as the tools available
to face these issues.
invivodata ePRO Conference 2008
April 29 - May 1, 2008, Boca Raton, Florida
Speaker: Rick Piazza, Vice President of New Products
Session Title: "Realizing the Benefits of ePRO-EDC Integration"
Date & Time: April 30, 2008 at 1:40 p.m. EDT
The conference will address PRO regulatory guidelines and
implications, industry and scientific trends, best practices for
designing and implementing ePRO systems in clinical research, and
considerations for the successful collection and management of ePRO
data. Rick will discuss advantages to using industry standards to
integrate ePRO data along with eCRF data within EDC systems, and how
to leverage the consolidated data to optimize data review, reporting
and management. This presentation will also look at implications for
planning and executing adaptive clinical trials.
ViB eClinical Trials Congress 2008
May 20-21, 2008, London, England
Speaker: Glen de Vries, President
Session Title: "The Role of EDC in Adaptive Clinical Trials"
Date & Time: May 20, 2008 at 10:55 a.m. BST
ViB events´ eighth annual e-Clinical Trials conference will
explore the critical challenges from integrating different
technologies and transferring data from one to another to implementing
industry standards and evolving SOPs. This year´s event will also
focus on how the investigators themselves are adapting to the new
technologies to give a more holistic view of the process. Glen´s
presentation will cover how EDC systems are critical to enabling
adaptive clinical trials. He will also identify the necessary steps to
take and parties to involve when implementing successful adaptive
clinical trials.
For background information about Medidata´s management team,
please visit http://www.mdsol.com/about/team.htm.
About Medidata Solutions Worldwide
Medidata Solutions (www.mdsol.com) is a leading provider of
clinical trial solutions that enable the world´s most advanced life
science organizations to maximize the value of their clinical research
investments by putting powerful tools into researchers´ hands. A
pioneer since 1999 in innovative technologies for planning and
managing clinical studies - including protocol design; clinical data
capture, management and reporting; and trial contracting and
negotiation - Medidata Solutions and its global network of business
partners address the unique needs of sponsors and sites of all sizes.
With deep expertise in conducting studies across all phases and
therapeutic areas, on six continents and in more than 80 countries,
Medidata Solutions helps clinical researchers reduce trial cycle
times, achieve early visibility to reliable clinical data, and
maintain strict fiscal responsibility, while safely accelerating the
process of bringing life-enhancing treatments to market.