Strong safety, lean teams: Practical pharmacovigilance strategies for biotech and pharma (Stream A room onsite)

  • Understand how pharmacovigilance roles and responsibilities align across sponsors, CROs, vendors, and investigators, and why clear roles prevent inefficiencies and issues
  • Learn how biotech and specialty pharma can develop scalable pharmacovigilance strategies that adapt to dynamic pipelines
  • Discover how hybrid outsourcing balances in-house oversight with external expertise for global coverage
  • Explore methods to enhance partnerships so pharmacovigilance can support both compliance and operational delivery
  • Recognize how a well-designed pharmacovigilance model can accelerate progress from early development to marketing approval

CTS sourcing and procurement trends and challenges – external manufacturing as the “procurement´s operational arm”

Accelerate, cultivate, innovate!

  • Managing relationships with the modern supplier
  • How Bayer’s external relationship governance model adds value to the business ensuring a reliable partnership and complements the sourcing & procurement functions within CTS scope
  • Trends on procurement roles and the necessity to have an operational perspective
  • Different approaches from different business necessities
  • Trends on how to best manage CMOs, 3PLs and clinical trials partners

Gamification in clinical trials: A proven path to better engagement, retention, and data integrity (Stream A room onsite)

Consistent patient engagement is vital to clinical trial success, yet dropout and non-compliance remain persistent challenges. This session introduces gamification as a scientifically grounded strategy to boost retention, enhance adherence, and streamline trial execution.

  • Understand the Science: Explore the behavioral and psychological foundations that make gamification a powerful tool for sustaining patient motivation
  • See Real Results: Review real-world case studies where gamification significantly improved retention, compliance, and trial timelines
  • Apply Proven Methods: Learn practical strategies and best practices for integrating gamified elements into clinical trial protocols