FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Medidata Solutions Executives to Lead Sessions at
Key DIA Events in March
Top Executives to Highlight CRO Partnerships, Drug Safety,
Clinical Data Management and Adaptive Trial Designs
NEW YORK, NY – February 27, 2008 – Medidata Solutions, a global provider of electronic clinical data capture, management and reporting solutions, today announced that top executives will present at the following industry events:
DIA 20th Annual EuroMeeting
March 3-5, 2008, Barcelona, Spain
Speaker: Graham Bunn, Vice President of Global CRO Partnerships
Session Title: “Enabling Sponsor-CRO Productivity through Global Information
Management”
Date & Time: March 4, 2008 at 4 p.m. ET
DIA’s 20th Annual EuroMeeting brings together professionals from the biopharmaceutical industry, contract service organizations, academic research centers and regulatory agencies to cover a variety of topics – from regulatory issues to health economics. On the second day of the conference, Graham will deliver a presentation on CRO productivity focusing on global information management, changes in the methods and roles of clinical data management and centralized project management of global trials that draw from multiple sources of information.
23rd Annual DIA Conference and Exhibition: Data Management in Transition: Putting the “e” in Data Management
March 16-18, 2008, Washington DC
Speaker: Barton Cobert, Vice President Global Regulatory Initiatives and Pharmacovigilance
Session Title: “The FDA Revitalization Act, Drug Safety and Data Management: Great Expectations or Bleak House?”
Date & Time: March 17th, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. ET
Speaker: Keith Howells, Vice President of Development
Session Title: “Living Without a Clinical Data Management System”
Date & Time: March 18, 2008 at 3:30 p.m. ET
Speaker: Rick Piazza, Vice President of New Products
Session Title: “Sequential Adaptive Design Considerations in Observational Studies and Registries”
Date & Time: March 18, 2008 at 3:30 p.m. ET
This year’s conference will feature expanded tracks and sessions on data management and eClinical topics for the clinical data management professional. In the first Medidata presentation of the conference, Bart will review the FDA Revitalization Act to-date and discuss implications regarding data management as well as trends in safety data management including globalization, outsourcing and offshoring. Keith will deliver a presentation on companies choosing to go directly from EDC to data analysis, without the
traditional clinical data management system. During this session, attendees will hear about real-world experiences and implications for the future. At the same time, Rick will address the use of sequential adaptive methodology and provide a forum for consistent application of this strategy in Phase IV programs, observational studies and registries with a specific discussion on the impact to data management.
For background information about Medidata executives, please visit http://www.mdsol.com/about/team_management.htm.
About Medidata Solutions Worldwide
Medidata Solutions helps the world’s leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and research organizations maximize the value of their clinical research investments. Innovative
process design, technology and services streamline clinical trials by providing early visibility to
reliable clinical data – the lifeblood of every research organization. Working with companies and
institutions both large and small, Medidata Solutions helps clinical researchers safely accelerate
the process of bringing life-enhancing treatments to market – on six continents and in more than
80 countries. Medidata Solutions brings significant value to its broad client base with deep
clinical experience and expertise in more than 20 therapeutic areas, projects in Phase I, II, III, IV,
registries and surveillance, and studies with thousands of investigators and tens-of-thousands of
subjects. For more information, please visit www.mdsol.com.
Contact:
Susan Lombardo
Lois Paul & Partners
781.782.5767
Susan_Lombardo@lpp.com