Discussed Topics:

• Patient Recruitment Feasibility
• Patient Retention in Long-Term Clinical Trials: Be Convinced, Be Convincing
• Increasing Clinical Trial Awareness through Media, Internet and Social Networks
• Recruitment and Retention Strategies in Megatrials: Hints and Considerations from Osteoporosis Trials in Russia
• Case Study: A Focused Site Support Strategy for Enrollment Success
• Patient Recruitment in a Fully Outsourced Setting – a Sponsor Perspective
• Patient Retention in Clinical Trial Management
• Major Factors Leading to Unbalanced Recruitment: a Case Study
• How to translate technology/databases knowledge into identification of patients and attracting them to clinical trials - current challenges and opportunities
• Case study: Delivering Phase III on time in a challenging and changing environment
• Patient recruitment challenges when studies are outsourced
• Investigators Initiated Clinical Trials

Speakers List:

• MediciGlobal, President and CEO
• Abbott, Europe South Associate Medical Director
• AstraZeneca, Clinical Project Coordination Director CV/GI TA Clinical R&D
• BBK Worldwide, Founding Principal
• Celgene, Director, Clinical Research & Development EMEA
• Exco InTouch, Director of Patient Recruitment
• F. Hoffmann - La Roche, International Medical Leader
• Grunenthal GmbH, Senior Vice President Head, Global Clinical Develop­ment Operations Compound Development and Branding
• GSK Spain, Medical Director, CVM, Urology, CNS & Dermatology
• Ipsen, Vice President Clinical Development
• Lundbeck, Regional Director Europe 2 – GER, UK, TR, Central & Eastern Europe
• MediciGlobal, Executive Vice President
• Merck Serono, Regional Head Clinical Monitoring Africa, Middle East , Asia, Pacific
• Merck Serono, Vice President, Clinical Trial Management Full Development
• Merck Serono, Regional Head Clinical Monitoring Africa, Middle East , Asia, Pacific
• MSD, Clinical Research Director Russia, Ukraine, CIS
• Novartis, Global Monitoring Operations Head
• Novartis, Clinical Operations Group Head Quality & Training
• Novo Nordisk A/S, Global Recruitment and Reten­tion Manager
• Nycomed: A Takeda Company, Senior Group Leader, Clinical Trial Management
• Pfizer (Spain), Clinical Operations Lead Country Clinical Operations
• PharmaNet/i3, Executive Vice President, Strategic Services
• Polish GCP Association, Member of Board
• Shire, Clinical Operations Director
• The Medical Research, Vice President, Global Business Development