12th Annual Outsourcing in Clinical Trials Southern California 2024

Creating a collaborative environment where pharma & biotech leaders can find solutions to current challenges through innovations and partnerships

24 - 25

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WHAT TO EXPECT FOR 2024?

As this event returns you can expect high level discussion and presentations with industry thought leaders focusing on novel and innovative solutions to some of this years key challenges. Additionally with our technology and innovation stream, learn what is in store for the future of clinical trials.

With regulations ever changing and the innovative advancements of technology rapidly growing, this conference will address the everyday and perspective challenges faced when working within the clinical trial space. Legislations such as the DEPICT Act, Inspection Readiness presented by the FDA, to Generative AI and leveraging our global trial footprint to accelerate clinical development, as well as building on our new and existing relationships within our industry.

This conference will bring industry professionals together to share knowledge, with a focus on collaboration, advancing clinical development and concentrating on clinical operations, innovation, technology and of course, patient centricity.

This is a unique opportunity to network and share knowledge with the region’s leading pharmaceutical firms, biotech’s and medical device companies, to discuss operationally efficient, specifically targeted clinical trials. The 2024 program boasts 2 full streams complete with key content.

450+

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65+

EXHIBITORS

30+

SPEAKERS

50%

ATTENDEES AT DIRECTOR + LEVEL

450+

ATTENDEES

65+

EXHIBITORS

30+

SPEAKERS

50%

ATTENDEES AT DIRECTOR + LEVEL

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Agenda

  • 24 Sep 2024
  • 25 Sep 2024
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Streams

Stream one

Stream A: Outsourcing & Clinical Operations

Stream two

Stream B: Clinical Trial Technology & Innovation

11 AM

Generative AI & the future of clinical trials: putting theory into practice.

  • Identify and assess the possibilities for AI in your clinical trial
  • Understanding the technologies behind AI such as machine learning, deep learning, neural networks, and algorithms
  • Social and ethical implications of Artificial Intelligence
  •  A contextual understanding of AI, its history, and evolution, helping you to make relevant predictions for its future trajectory.
  • Looking at how to successfully implement AI into your clinical trial
  • Case Study Overview

Speakers

Gajanan Bhat
Head of Clinical Development, Celyxa, inc

11:30 AM

Reserved for event sponsor

12 PM

Real World Evidence and Clinical Development

  • How real-world data can inform clinical trial planning
  • Highlights of regulatory guidelines for the use of real-world data in clinical development
  • How can real-world data add value in the clinical development process
  • Case Study

Speakers

Gurinder S. Sidhu
MD, MHA, MBA, U.S. Senior Medical Director, Pfizer

12:30 PM

Reserved for event sponsor

1 PM

Lunch and Networking

2 PM

PANEL Exploring the transition of Innovation & technological advancements in clinical trials

  • Are we making the most of Technology & Innovation in the Clinical Trial space?
  • How are these tools being utilized efficiently?
  • The importance of exploring ethical considerations.
  • Examining the relationship between innovation, creativity, and regulations
  • What’s next?

Moderator: Amanda Murphy, Senior Director, Data Intelligence, GlobalData

Speakers

Joe Shan
Vice President Clinical Operations, Adcentrx Therapeutics
Amanda Murphy
Senior Director, Data Intelligence & Solutions, GlobalData
Elizabeth Sheehan
Sr. Clinical Project Manager, Recor Medical

2:45 PM

Reserved for event sponsor

3:15 PM

Afternoon Break and Apple Prize Draw

4 PM

Reserved for event sponsor

4:30 PM

MEDICAL DEVICE SPOTLIGHT – EU MDR Impact on Global Clinical Evidence Strategy

Under EU MDD, class III implants could often be approved for marketing with only post market clinical follow-up requirements. EU MDR has considerably raised the barrier to entry with more refined rules for equivalence and definitions for sufficient clinical evidence to support a medical device’s safety and performance assessment.

  • Prior Go to Market Strategy under EU MDD
  • Farewell CE Mark First Strategy
  • First in Man strategy considerations
  • Global Pivotal Trial Strategy

Speakers

Darren LaCour
Director, Global Clinical Programs, Stryker

7:45 AM

Registration and Refreshments

8:30 AM

Chair’s Opening Remarks

Speakers

Robert Loll
SVP, Business Development, Praxis Communications

8:45 AM

FDA KEYNOTE How do you prepare for that inevitable knock on the door? Do you worry about FDA’s arrival, or is it an exercise in demonstrating your inspectional readiness?

During this presentation, you will learn:

  • How to be prepared for an FDA BIMO (or other) inspection.
  • Learn about publicly available resources for use to prepare.
  • Evaluate inspectional metrics and new information provided by FDA.
  • Learn how to respond to an FDA-483 or discussion points.

Speakers

Eric Pittman
Director, Bioresearch Monitoring Division (West) and FDA Delegate to the OECD Working Party on GLPs, FDA

9:30 AM

Reserved for event sponsor

10 AM

Reserved for event sponsor

10:30 AM

Morning Refreshments and Networking

11 AM

The Patient’s Perspective: ‘Why are patient’s voices so important in clinical development?’

  • Discussing the personal experiences of the patient
  • Defining 'patient centricity'
  • Building clinical trials with the perspective of the patients in mind
  • Patient access to the drug post study

Speakers

Nisha Trivedi
Rare Disease Patient Advocate

11:30 AM

Reserved for event sponsor

12 PM

Navigating The Complex Vendor Landscape and How to Build Strong Outsourced Relationships

  • Unravelling the ever evolving and persistent challenge of technology adoption
  • Implementing effective vendor management tools to avoid the failure of clinical trials
  • Considering essential factors when procuring from a CRO
  • Underlining the factors which could be limiting what choice you make?
  • Establishing common ground with your CRO

Speakers

Tania Azad
Associate Director, Clinical Project Lead, Alexion

12:30 PM

Reserved for event sponsor

1 PM

Lunch and Networking

2 PM

PANEL Considerations for a Patient Centric Trial Design to Increase Trial Success

  • Exploring patient collaboration and the benefits it can bring to the sponsor and the patient.
  • Importance of good communication to the patients and how this can streamline trial timelines
  • Exploring how patients could, and should, be influencing decisions and the R&D process before study start-up.
  • How to optimize collaboration with patient advocacy organizations
  • Patient perspective ‘Pain Points’ throughout various trials

Moderator: Sabrina (Martucci) Johnson, President, and CEO, DARÉ Bioscience

Speakers

Sabrina (Martucci) Johnson
President, and CEO, DARÉ Bioscience
Constance Crowley
Executive Director/Senior Clinical Scientist, Arcturus Therapeutics
Laura E Contreras
Associate Director Clinical Operations, 89bio

2:45 PM

Reserved for event sponsor

3:15 PM

Afternoon Break and Apple Prize Draw

4 PM

Reserved for event sponsor

4:30 PM

Fundraising for development in biotech start-ups

  • Fundraising 101 - what is important for startups, what is important to investors for startups to know about fundraising, what are the key things you need to know when fundraising, what are the key challenges and hurdles that come up and what does it take to overcome that?
  • Success for development - what are the key milestones of success that are required and how can founders think of different ways to increase value for investors to improve fundraising in the next round? what impact does success have on valuation and vice versa?
  • Key investments made in the last 6 months - list of investments made in the last 6 months - focusing on either late pre-clinical or early clinical assets
  • Lessons learned - some lessons that I can share I've learned over the last few years

Speakers

Khatija Ali
Chief Executive Officer, BioSapien

5 PM

Chairperson’s closing remarks and Networking Drinks

END OF DAY 1 AND NETWORKING DRINKS

Streams

Stream one

Stream A: Outsourcing & Clinical Operations

Stream two

Stream B: Clinical Trial Technology & Innovation

8:50 AM

Chair’s Opening Remarks

Speakers

Amanda Murphy
Senior Director, Data Intelligence & Solutions, GlobalData

9 AM

Balancing Hard and Soft Data Endpoints in Clinical Trials

  • Patient-reported outcomes (PRO), are becoming more prevalent in trials, often collected by a phone App
  • While PRO can increase subject engagement, these data are subjective and cannot support regulatory approval alone
  • By understanding the relationships between objective and subjective data endpoints (cortisol level to stress, glucose to Oxygen levels to activity, etc.), trial designers can balance "hard" and "soft" data points.
  • These can be collected, analyzed, and presented to regulatory bodies so that data streams support one another, increasing likelihood of regulatory approval for the product.

Speakers

Bruce Lyday
CEO, Coronavax

9:30 AM

Reserved for event sponsor

10 AM

Anticipating Regulatory Compliance for Artificial Intelligence in Life Sciences. Learn how to:

  • Develop a roadmap and validation strategy
  • Review risks and controls (it's an ongoing process!)
  • Demonstrate the value of AI in your organization
  • Ethical Considerations
  • Data integrity and Rigor

10:30 AM

Morning Refreshments and Networking

11:15 AM

Clinical Trial Landscape for CROs in 2024

  • Global Clinical Trial (top therapy area and indication) and CRO Landscape in 2024
  • Top CROs for clinical trials in North America and more specifically in the West Coast Area.
  • Top Trial Sites by number of trials

Speakers

Scotty Chung-Siu
Managing Analyst, Clinical Trials Intelligence, GlobalData

11:45 AM

Reserved for event sponsor

12:15 PM

PANEL AI and digitalization in clinical trials

  • How AI can improve and streamline clinical operations: opportunities and real use cases
  • AI as a tool to support thinly stretched clinical operations teams: where can this be utilized to minimize workloads and increase overall output?
  • How are clinical trial sponsors implementing tools such as Generative AI and ChatGPT?
  • FDA perspectives on AI in clinical trials: are there limitations to its use?

Moderator: Amanda Murphy, Senior Director, Data Intelligence, GlobalData

Speakers

Amanda Murphy
Senior Director, Data Intelligence & Solutions, GlobalData

8 AM

Registration and Refreshments

8:50 AM

Chair’s Opening Remarks

Speakers

Robert Loll
SVP, Business Development, Praxis Communications

9 AM

WORKSHOP – Incorporating Diversity & Inclusion into your Clinical Trials and the necessary steps required to adhere to legislation & perform with best practice

  • New FDA requirement for the Clinical Diversity Action Plans and why Clinical Trial Diversity is important in evaluating safety and efficacy of drugs
  • CARER Group’s objective grading method for clinical trial diversity (CTD) and reporting of CTD scores of 92 drugs approved by FDA in 2022-2023.
  • Example of best practices for achieving clinical trial diversity in USA

Speakers

Kay Olmstead
CEO, CARER

9:30 AM

Reserved for event sponsor

10 AM

Setting up Global Clinical Trials, with a focus on Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific

  • Strategies for Country and Site Selection
  • Optimizing cost and time
  • Large and small company perspectives
  • Leveraging global trial footprint to accelerate clinical development
  • The evolution of Clinical Development in AsiaPacific
  • How different notified bodies and their regulations present challenges to our clinical execution strategies

Speakers

Mark Glassy
Chairman, Nascent Biotech

10:30 AM

Morning Refreshments and Networking

11:15 AM

Ensuring Adequate Sponsor Oversight of Clinical Trials When Outsourced to Clinical Contract Research Organisations

This presentation will highlight.

  • Ensuring that KPIs are informative and meaningful.
  • Assessing overall project risk and appropriate surveillance tactics
  • Consolidating your overall management strategy that can be coordinated with CRO SOPs
  • Providing documentation of Sponsor oversight activities throughout the study

Speakers

Preeti Baweja
Director, Clinical Operations, Ventyx Biosciences

11:45 AM

Reserved for event sponsor

12:15 PM

PANEL The Clinical Trial Landscape for Small to Mid-Sized Biopharma in Southern California

  • New regulations and guidance around clinical trials in the US: how will this impact you?
  • Staff turnover and layoffs: handling changes in the industry in order to ensure success
  • Navigating the constantly evolving vendor and CRO landscape as a small to mid sized sponsor company
  • An overview of technology and innovation in the clinical trial industry: what’s working and what isn’t?

Moderator: Robert Loll, SVP, Business Development, Praxis Communications

Panellists
TBC Peter Stiegler, Vice President Clinical Operations, HuyaBio
TBC Paul Grint, Executive Chairman, Codagenix Inc.

Speakers

Robert Loll
SVP, Business Development, Praxis Communications

1 PM

Lunch and networking

2 PM

Reserved for event sponsor

2:30 PM

Top Tips in Effective Budget Management, Forecasting and Contracting: Ensuring Your Resources Are Allocated Correctly

  • Ensuring your trial is both cost-conscious and efficient without compromising on quality.
  • Techniques, processes, and technology to improve forecasting and budgeting.
  • Avoiding common mistakes to keep your clinical trial budget on track.

Speakers

Brandi Roberts
Chief Financial Officer & Board Member, Longboard Pharmaceuticals

3 PM

Afternoon refreshments and networking

3:45 PM

Speaker Hosted Roundtables

Interactive roundtable sessions offer a unique opportunity to come together with your peers to share best practice and develop solutions to critical challenges facing the industry as a whole. Hosted by industry experts and each focused on a single issue, roundtables are an exciting, interactive way to build your personal network and learn from the experience and expertise of others.

Each roundtable session lasts for 30 minutes, and delegates may attend up to 2 roundtables.

ROUNDTABLE 1: Discussion around the current clinical trial landscape and need for inventive patient recruitment strategies for clinical studies

ROUNDTABLE 2: Collaboration On Trial Design to Ensure Study Success
Steven Chen, Chief Medical Officer, ImpediMed

ROUNDTABLE 3: An insider’s look into project management from Clinical Trial start-up to closure, and, how to leverage technological tools to your advantage.
Elizabeth Sheehan, Sr. Clinical Project Manager, Recor Medical

Speakers

Elizabeth Sheehan
Sr. Clinical Project Manager, Recor Medical
Steven Chen
Chief Medical Officer, ImpediMed

4:45 PM

Chairperson’s closing remarks

END OF CONFERENCE

Extra Sessions

Fireside Chat -  Maximising your Sites Productivity & how to lessen the burden.

Sites are increasingly challenged with workload and resource constraints. This session will discuss ways in which to get the best output from sites.

  • Addressing challenges, the sites are currently facing.
  • An overview of the repercussions of such challenges, and a focus on what we can do to overcome them.
  • Forward thinking to strengthen site output.
  • Limitations with electronic applications
  • Unravelling challenges of when sites are running multiple trials for the same indication or patient population
  • Minimising study complexity to secure your site
  • A look down the rabbit hole of increased site costs

Fireside Chat - Are Decentralised Clinical Trials still relevant?

  • Was DCT just a COVID buzzword or does it still have practical applications?
  • How can elements of decentralization be applied to clinical trials in order to maximize patient engagement?
  • Does DCT still have a future in a post-COVID world or has the clinical trial industry returned to ‘normal’?Are there therapeutic areas where elements of decentralization or hybridization are essential to success? Where are the main technological and practical hurdles to DCT taking off?

The Pursuit of Success: Driving your drug from the lab to the patient

  • Considering biotech’s limited funds
  • Defining what do we do well & what could be improved – EU vs US focus
  • Planning & preparation within clinical trials
  • Choosing the right trial designs for new studies
  • How to achieve successful launch by building an appropriate program
  • Top Tips in Effective Budget Management, Forecasting and Contracting: Ensuring Your Resources Are Allocated Correctly

RT: How do we apply GCP Compliance to Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Trials
Implementing effective vendor management tools and communication strategies to avoid the failure of clinical trials

Software as a Medical Device

Patient Engagement and Recruitment through Cooperation and Innovation

Political challenges beyond our control: How pharma and biotech companies in the US can mitigate against this

  • Analysing global conflict’s impact on clinical trials within the US Pharma & Biotechs
  • Assessing future trial design from a more resilient perspective
  • Discussion on the higher plan of how regulators govern clinical trials and manage the rapid changes within the area, including what expectations the clinical trial ecosystem has for their regulators. Furthermore, discussions on how to strengthen the collaboration in the clinical trial ecosystem and what the clinical trial ecosystem would like to see from the governing bodies such as the FDA, and vice versa

Featured New Technology Presentation – CASE STUDY

Medical Device Trial Regulations, Quality, and Data Management.

Collaboration On Trial Design to Ensure Study Success

  • Navigating collaboration & understanding between the AI experts and the Clinical Trial experts at design stage
  • Understanding the complexities of a trial.
  • Communication between study team and tech provider, to mitigate against possible failures before the start of the trial.

Overcoming Growing Scepticism of Industry Sponsored Research

  • Transparency in our failures to avoid similar complications moving forward.
  • Industry vs Government funding

Great expectations and how to meet them; How Technology is addressing Patient Reported Outcomes

  • Connected devices and ePRO in clinical trials
  • Digitalization and use of device data has endless opportunities to change the way we run trials
  • Understanding your data collection is key – but how do we achieve the level of knowledge needed?
  • Avoid expensive mistakes that undermine your trial outcome
  • Focusing on design considerations
  • Understanding the best framework for your study
  • Considering patient ePRO assessments needed for a specific study
  • Highlighting best practice for data collection
  • US vs EU endpoints

Diverse and Equitable Participation in Clinical Trials (DEPICT) Act

Legislation aiming to increase diversity in clinical trials which requires enhanced data reporting on clinical trial participant demographics.

  • An overview of the Diverse and Equitable Participation in Clinical Trials (DEPICT) Act
  • What does a Diversity Plan look like?
  • How are companies approaching the DAP process
  • Determining the dynamic and strategy of such a plan
  • Addressing the requirement to include information about the demographic diversity of the clinical trial population and address related issues
  • Practical experience – submitting your diversity plan

Strategies to Develop Medical Device Clinical Trial Design

  • Trial Design and Technology to Optimize Medical Device Trials
  • Improving trial timelines
  • Uncovering operational challenges of medical device trial design
  • Best practices within medical device clinical trials in order to stay compliant

FIRESIDE CHAT - Conducting Real world studies efficiently with the objective of having high quality evidence

This session will discuss how Real-World studies can be conducted efficiently and with the objective of having high quality evidence.

  • An overview of opportunities and challenges in working with RWD/RWE in Clinical Development
  • Expanding the use of RWE by stakeholders
  • Utilising tools to allow patients, investigators, and the wider clinical team to monitor progress and facilitate data from patients
  • Using Real World Data in your clinical development program
  • How we source & collect RWE

A New Age of Technology & Innovation: Ethical, Privacy, And Safety Considerations 

  • Collaborating With Digital Innovation: Data Security and Governance Under a New Age Of AI
  • Finding the right balance between protecting data and enabling innovation

Regulatory Considerations and the use of Artificial Intelligence to Support Regulatory Decision

Sharing Best Practice for Improving Patient Enrolment, Retention, and Engagement for Successful Clinical Trials

  • How to expedite enrolment through interface with sites
  • Collaborating with patients to ensure patient-centric clinical trials and improved engagement
  • Incorporating hybrid decentralized trials as a potential solution to decreased patient enrolment
  • Understanding how much patients value the human touch to tend to their needs better
  • Improving site engagement techniques

Protecting our planet: Sustainable drug development

  • Understanding the environmental and social impacts of clinical trials
  • Metrics for sustainability
  • Collaborating with supplier ecosystems to drive sustainability goals
  • Sustainability by design: innovation and changing behaviours
  • Improving ways of working in the study design phase to reduce waste

 

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Steven Chen
Chief Medical Officer, ImpediMed

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Speaker Hosted Roundtables

2024-09-25, 3:45 PM

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Mark Glassy
Chairman, Nascent Biotech

Dr. Glassy graduated from the University of San Francisco in 1974 with a B.S. in Biology and Chemistry.  He then attended University of California, Riverside and received his Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1978.  He did his post-doctoral studies in molecular immunology at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla.  Dr. Glassy joined the faculty of the Department of Medicine and Cancer Center at UCSD in 1980 and is currently in the Translational Neuro-Oncology Laboratory at the UCSD Moores Cancer Center.  In addition to UCSD, Dr. Glassy has held several upper management positions in commercial biotechnology.  Currently, he is the Founder and Chairman of Nascent Biotech, Inc.  He has prepared and directed several FDA approved clinical trials involving human monoclonal antibodies to cancer.  Dr. Glassy has over 175 publications in the scientific and medical literature, is the inventor of several issued patents in the human antibody field, is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, HUMAN ANTIBODIES, and the Program Chairman of the meeting series, "The International Conference on Human Antibodies and Hybridomas".  Glassy is the inventor of pritumumab, the first human antibody used to treat a cancer patient and is the recipient of the 2003 Arthur Furst Award (citation: “Outstanding research advancing science for the betterment of humanity”).  He is also the author of the books, "The Biology of Science Fiction Cinema", “Movie Monsters in Scale”, and "Biology Run Amok!".

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Setting up Global Clinical Trials, with a focus on Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific

2024-09-25, 10:00 AM

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Robert Loll
SVP, Business Development, Praxis Communications

Robert Loll is the SVP of Business Development & Strategic Planning at Praxis, a full service patient recruitment & retention agency that specializes in optimizing study enrollment for research studies with award-winning creative and superior execution.  Designing and deploying effective patient recruitment campaign strategies since 2004, Robert’s clinical background includes 16+ years providing patient care for top collegiate, Olympic and disabled athletes around the world and working for outpatient rehabilitation companies including Baxter, Caremark and NovaCare.  Robert is an Advisory Board member for The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP), an independent non-profit organization dedicated to educating and informing the public and patients about clinical research.

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Chair’s Opening Remarks

2024-09-24, 8:30 AM

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Chair’s Opening Remarks

2024-09-25, 8:50 AM

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PANEL The Clinical Trial Landscape for Small to Mid-Sized Biopharma in Southern California

2024-09-25, 12:15 PM

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Amanda Murphy
Senior Director, Data Intelligence & Solutions, GlobalData

Amanda Murphy is the Director of Product Management at GlobalData, a company that focuses on research, data analytics and consulting that provide actionable insight into the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors.  She has 10+ years of experience working in pharmaceutical data science and web platform development (including BioPharm Insight, Lead Sheet, and the Pharma Intelligence Center).  She has developed models and solutions to support Clinical Operations & Feasibility teams plan and optimize trials, including an e-feasibility questionnaire tool resulting in 4x faster response rates from sites.  Amanda also has many years of experience supporting business development at CROs through data-driven lead delivery and CRM integration solutions.

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PANEL Exploring the transition of Innovation & technological advancements in clinical trials

2024-09-24, 2:00 PM

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Chair’s Opening Remarks

2024-09-25, 8:50 AM

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PANEL AI and digitalization in clinical trials

2024-09-25, 12:15 PM

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Eric Pittman
Director, Bioresearch Monitoring Division (West) and FDA Delegate to the OECD Working Party on GLPs, FDA

Eric Pittman currently serves as the Program Division Director (PDD) for the Bioresearch Monitoring Division II (BIMO-W) staff.  As the PDD, he provides leadership in directing and managing programs and a professional staff in locations from Detroit, MI to Hawaii covering all clinical and non-clinical facilities.  In addition to being the PDD for BIMO-W, Eric is one of the U.S. Representatives to the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD).

Supplement to his work experience with the FDA, Eric has worked in the Medical Device, Food and Drug Industries serving in various capacities such as a Regulatory Affairs Associate and Director of Quality.

Eric attended Purdue University School of Pharmacy and while there also earned a degree in radiation physics. He has an MBA from Youngstown State University along with several certifications for various quality and regulatory activities.

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FDA KEYNOTE How do you prepare for that inevitable knock on the door? Do you worry about FDA’s arrival, or is it an exercise in demonstrating your inspectional readiness?

2024-09-24, 8:45 AM

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Nisha Trivedi
Rare Disease Patient Advocate

For the last few years, Nisha has been a patient advocate for the rare disease community, raising public awareness of the genetic skin disorder Epidermolysis Bullosa. Through the EveryLife Foundation’s Rare Disease Week on Capitol Hill and Rare Across America events, along with other organizations' advocacy events, she has shared her story with members of Congress to encourage them to support policies that benefit rare disease patients.

She currently represents EB Research Partnership on EveryLife Foundation's Community Congress. Previously, she spent six years on the board of directors of The Shanti Project, a San Francisco–based nonprofit that enhances the health, quality of life, and well-being of people with serious illnesses. Nisha lives in South San Francisco, CA and works at mbaMission, a leading MBA admissions consulting firm, guiding applicants to top business schools in the U.S. and abroad in building their personal brands by identifying and showcasing the strongest aspects of their candidacy in their applications.

She is also a certified business etiquette trainer, and coaches organizations on positive professional behaviors. Her BA in Communication from the University of Pennsylvania and deep interest in understanding the consumer inspired her to initially pursue a career in marketing research, which led her to positions at Time Inc., Rosetta, and KPMG LLP in New York City. After getting her MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, Nisha worked in brand management in San Francisco at Big Heart Pet Brands (now part of The J.M. Smucker Company).

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The Patient’s Perspective: ‘Why are patient’s voices so important in clinical development?’

2024-09-24, 11:00 AM

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Gajanan Bhat
Head of Clinical Development, Celyxa, inc

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Generative AI & the future of clinical trials: putting theory into practice.

2024-09-24, 11:00 AM

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Gurinder S. Sidhu
MD, MHA, MBA, U.S. Senior Medical Director, Pfizer

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Real World Evidence and Clinical Development

2024-09-24, 12:00 PM

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Joe Shan
Vice President Clinical Operations, Adcentrx Therapeutics

Collaborative and outcome-based biopharmaceutical servant-leader providing 20+ years of clinical operations experience. Passionately advancing the mission of improving patients’ lives through timely and efficient execution of clinical trials. Adept at building and managing cross-functional teams comprising internal and/or external partners and CROs to meet the dynamic business needs of virtual start-ups to leading life science companies.

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PANEL Exploring the transition of Innovation & technological advancements in clinical trials

2024-09-24, 2:00 PM

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Elizabeth Sheehan
Sr. Clinical Project Manager, Recor Medical

Accomplished project manager with demonstrated management experience in the medical device research industry. 15 years in the med device environment. Additional experience in consulting/knowledge management space.

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Speaker Hosted Roundtables

2024-09-25, 3:45 PM

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PANEL Exploring the transition of Innovation & technological advancements in clinical trials

2024-09-24, 2:00 PM

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Constance Crowley
Executive Director/Senior Clinical Scientist, Arcturus Therapeutics

Thirty-five years experience in clinical research and development (oncology, cardiovascular, dermatology, immunology, antiinfective/antiviral, central nervous system, inflammatory diseases). Ability to build and manage highly-functioning clinical operations teams.

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PANEL Considerations for a Patient Centric Trial Design to Increase Trial Success

2024-09-24, 2:00 PM

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Darren LaCour
Director, Global Clinical Programs, Stryker

A biomedical product development professional experienced with GMP, GLP, and GCP requirements for products seeking U.S. regulatory approval. My primary experience encompasses the design and execution of clinical trials with oversight of clinical data input through the phases of Endovascular products development life cycle. I transitioned to the clinical research industry after being a Pharmaceutical Chemist for several years.

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MEDICAL DEVICE SPOTLIGHT – EU MDR Impact on Global Clinical Evidence Strategy

2024-09-24, 4:30 PM

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Khatija Ali
Chief Executive Officer, BioSapien

As CEO & Founder of BioSapien, Khatija Ali MD is dedicated to transforming patient care with the MediChip, focusing on local cancer treatment. With over 4 years of experience in venture capital and private equity, Khatija specializes in diligence, capital raising, and portfolio management across biotech. She is recognized for her networking skills and philanthropic efforts. Recognitions include Meet The Drapers competition, the Startup Prize and Top 25 CEOs in Biotech. Outside of work, Khatija enjoys outdoor activities and racing cars.

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Fundraising for development in biotech start-ups

2024-09-24, 4:30 PM

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Kay Olmstead
CEO, CARER

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WORKSHOP – Incorporating Diversity & Inclusion into your Clinical Trials and the necessary steps required to adhere to legislation & perform with best practice

2024-09-25, 9:00 AM

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Bruce Lyday
CEO, Coronavax

Bruce Lyday is CEO and co-founder of Coronavax, Inc., a Biotechnology Company located in Orange, CA. Coronavax is developing CVAX-001, a new immunotherapeutic for Long COVID. Mr. Lyday has been a researcher in the fields of immunology, virology, oncology, and cell biology. Mr. Lyday has multiple patents and one Investigational New Drug (IND), approval for a novel cancer therapy. Mr. Lyday has successfully negotiated agreements with the U.S. Army at USAMMDA-Ft. Detrick, MD, and the Centers for Disease Control for use of their virus strains to treat cancer.

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Balancing Hard and Soft Data Endpoints in Clinical Trials

2024-09-25, 9:00 AM

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Brandi Roberts
Chief Financial Officer & Board Member, Longboard Pharmaceuticals

Public biotech CFO experienced in IPOs, SEC reporting, M&A transactions and clinical trials. Strategic and operational experience in both large and small companies. Broad experience in life sciences, including clinical stage, commercial stage and medical device companies. Chair of ABFO Southern California Chapter.

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Top Tips in Effective Budget Management, Forecasting and Contracting: Ensuring Your Resources Are Allocated Correctly

2024-09-25, 2:30 PM

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Sabrina (Martucci) Johnson
President, and CEO, DARÉ Bioscience

Sabrina is committed to meaningfully improving the lives of women. Sabrina founded Daré Bioscience in 2015 (NASDAQ:DARE) because women’s health is an important therapeutic area that deserves dramatically increased attention, investment and innovation. Daré is a biopharmaceutical company driven by our mission to identify, develop and bring to market a diverse portfolio of differentiated therapies that prioritize women's health and well-being, primarily in the areas of contraception, vaginal health, reproductive health, menopause, sexual health and fertility. By developing and bringing these products to market, we plan to make a difference in the lives of women worldwide.

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PANEL Considerations for a Patient Centric Trial Design to Increase Trial Success

2024-09-24, 2:00 PM

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Preeti Baweja
Director, Clinical Operations, Ventyx Biosciences

Experienced clinical research, project management professional with more than 17years of experience in the industry. In-depth knowledge of drug development process (with immunology, inflammatory & oncology focus) and industry practices.

Leading multiple project teams with broad background in overseeing the conduct of the clinical trial (Phase I-IV) globally following elements of the ICH/GCP or GPP in observational and non-interventional studies. Experienced indication lead overseeing study start up, maintenance and termination activities (database lock, CSR), including but not limited to, site identification, feasibilities, ICF negotiations, IRB/EC and global Regulatory Authority submissions, review and approval of essential documents, remote Site initiation visits (SIV), Monitoring Visit (MV), Source data verification (SDV)/ Source Data Review (SDR), drug accountability, site payments, and close out visits. Extensive study and site management experience. Experienced in RBQM, and systems like cluepoints for data analytics. Experienced in leading cross-sectional study team responsible for clinical study delivery as the primary point for contact for leadership. Experienced with vendor management of multiple complex vendors (EDC build and maintenance, IRT/IWRS, central lab, histopath lab, large global CROs as well as drug packaging and distribution vendors). Knowledge of project management processes and tools with multiple direct reports.

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Ensuring Adequate Sponsor Oversight of Clinical Trials When Outsourced to Clinical Contract Research Organisations

2024-09-25, 11:15 AM

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Laura E Contreras
Associate Director Clinical Operations, 89bio

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PANEL Considerations for a Patient Centric Trial Design to Increase Trial Success

2024-09-24, 2:00 PM

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Peter Stiegler
Vice President Clinical Operations, HuyaBio

PeterStiegler earned his PhD in Molecular Biology at the University of Vienna Biocenter and performed a post doc at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia PA. He since held positions in various operational functions in the Clinical Research arena with a focus in oncology early drug development at companies including EMD, Novartis Oncology Translational Medicine and Novartis Molecular Diagnostics.

After working at the Duke Clinical Research Institute focusing on biomarker development he worked as the Director of Clinical Operations at diagnostic development companies Prometheus Laboratories and Progenit

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Scotty Chung-Siu
Managing Analyst, Clinical Trials Intelligence, GlobalData

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Clinical Trial Landscape for CROs in 2024

2024-09-25, 11:15 AM

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