- The evolving landscape of clinical trials and the need for more engaged sites: trial complexity, competition, and site staff turnover
- How the CRO fits into addressing site support as a focal point
- The sponsor’s role in site support
- The road forward: methods of addressing site support
Archives: Agenda
Lunch and networking sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific

End-to-End financial management: Challenges and opportunities
- Gain insights into the complete process of end-to-end financial management.
- Identify the inefficiencies caused by manual steps and siloed technologies.
- Explore how combining services and software can optimize the financial management process.
- Learn how IQVIA Technologies’ expertise and global reach can support your financial management needs, whether insourced or outsourced.
Chair’s closing remarks
From guidance to action: Diversity insights and industry trends
- Understand key elements of the FDA’s recent directives and their implications for increasing representation in clinical trials
- Review data on the growing emphasis on diversity in sponsor submissions and filings, and learn how to align strategies with industry trends
- Discover practical methods to recruit, engage, and retain underrepresented populations in clinical research
- Examine how prioritizing diversity improves study validity, compliance, and applicability, supported by real-world data
Ethical requirements and rights for patient disclosure and consent when implementing AI tools
- How do we look at data transparency issues when scaling AI?
- Case study on AI rights and a look at recently released survey discussing where things need to change
- Without GDPR, what can be done to protect patients regarding data sovereignty?
- Delving into the unique and amplified challenges for AI risk assessment
- How we can effectively leverage AI in our heavily regulated environment?
Breaking Borders: Mastering the art of global business expansion to Japan
Japan, as do other countries, has unique characteristics that are often difficult to understand from an outsider’s perspective. These differences include not only pharmaceutical regulations and medical systems but also customs, culture, and language. Despite efforts toward global harmonization, the distinctiveness of each country, shaped over many years, still persists. This guide serves as your ultimate resource for navigating the complexities of conducting clinical trials on a global scale, including Japan.
- Understanding key factors for conducting drug development in Japan
- Analyzing the challenges of drug development in regions with less visible dynamics, using Japan as a case study.
- Exploring solutions to maximize the probability of success in drug development.
Breaking through: Success in streamlining SAD/MAD and NDA-Enabling studies
- Breaking through the complexity of phase 1 studies
- Prioritizing Phase 1 schedule
- Optimizing efficiencies for NDA-Enabling studies
TECHNOLOGY SPOTLIGHT: Innovative Digital Opinion Leader Identification with Adnexi to Improve Trial Awareness
- Understand the reliance of both patients and doctors alike on online resources for trial and disease awareness.
- Learn about a new technology solution to search for digital opinion leaders sharing content online about the therapeutic area
- Discover how to identify and track Digital Opinion Leaders across all social and online platforms
- Plan how to engage Digital Opinion Leaders in trial awareness
The 7 wondrous ways to immediately improve your R&D Financial Accruals process
- Discuss why financial accruals for clinical and R&D activities are still so challenging after all these years
- Using real-life case studies, discuss common pain-points experienced by biopharma companies when it comes to financial accruals
- Ponder easy implementations you can consider for your accruals processes that can significantly improve efficiency and decrease pain