FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Medidata Solutions to Present at Key Global Conferences in
April and May
Company Senior Management to Drive Discussions on Trial Execution, ePRO, CDISC
and Adaptive Clinical Trials
NEW YORK, NY – April 7, 2008 – Medidata Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of clinical trial solutions, today announced that members of its top management have been invited to provide thought leadership at the following industry events:
17th Annual Partnerships with CROs
April 14-16, 2008, Las Vegas, NV
Speaker: Graham Bunn, Vice President of Global CRO Partnerships
Session Title: “Strategies and Technology for Streamlining and Expediting Data Collection and Reporting”
Date & Time: April 15, 2008 at 1:15 p.m. PDT
Each year, IIR’s Partnerships with CROs event examines critical issues and decisions around different sourcing models in an effort to identify faster ways to deliver important drugs to patients safely. This year, the event will explore best practices on forming, managing and sustaining clinical outsourcing partnerships. During the second day of the conference, Graham will participate in a panel discussion moderated by 3Ci that focuses on innovative approaches to trial execution, specifically streamlining and expediting data collection and reporting.
12th Annual EDC & Beyond Conference
April 14-16, 2008, Las Vegas, NV
Speaker: Glen de Vries, President
Session Title: “An Integrated Approach: Combining ePRO and EDC”
Date & Time: April 15, 2008 at 4:15 p.m. PDT
This year’s conference will focus on various areas of EDC, including improving data speed and quality, enhancing clinical data, building sustainable process and support networks, implementing integrated approaches to clinical trial technology and standardizing EDC training materials. Glen will co-present with invivodata on the topic of integrating electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO) and EDC systems. Attendees will learn how to integrate ePRO data recorded using handheld electronic patient diaries with case report form (CRF) data captured within EDC systems. The speakers will describe approaches that leverage CDISC ODM standards to more easily and accurately use information from multiple sources to manage patients enrolled in a clinical study.
5th Annual CDISC European Interchange
April 23-24, 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark
Speaker: David Gemzik, Vice President, Implementation Services, Trial Planning
Solutions
Session Title: “CDISC End to End”
Date & Time: April 21, 1:30 p.m. CET
Speaker: Andrew Newbigging, Senior Director, Research and Development
Session Title: “Enabling the End-to-End eClinical Process Using ODM-Based Tools”
Date & Time: April 23, 1:00 p.m. CET
Speaker: Ed Seguine, General Manager, Trial Planning Solutions
Session Title: “Challenges of Modeling Interdependent Study Schedule Instructions”
Date & Time: April 23, 1:00 p.m. CET
The 5th Annual CDISC European Interchange is a collaborative event that shares progress, implementation experiences and strategic ideas on worldwide data interchange standards for medical research. David will lead the End to End workshop and provide attendees with an understanding on how the main components of the CDISC standard can work together to move data from the point of trial design through capture, submission and subsequent long-term archive. Through the use of a combination of theory and practical demonstrations, the workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of how the eClinical trial can be implemented today. Andrew’s presentation will describe how clinical trial application tools built on CDISC ODM standards can automate data transfer processes across disparate systems without resource-intensive tasks such as custom development and validation, moving sponsors closer to a user-controllable environment for data integration. During his presentation, Ed will look at the different challenges involved in modeling interdependent study schedules as well as the tools available to face these issues.
invivodata ePRO Conference 2008
April 29 – May 1, 2008, Boca Raton, Florida
Speaker: Rick Piazza, Vice President of New Products
Session Title: “Realizing the Benefits of ePRO-EDC Integration”
Date & Time: April 30, 2008 at 1:40 p.m. EDT
The conference will address PRO regulatory guidelines and implications, industry and scientific trends, best practices for designing and implementing ePRO systems in clinical research, and considerations for the successful collection and management of ePRO data. Rick will discuss advantages to using industry standards to integrate ePRO data along with eCRF data within EDC systems, and how to leverage the consolidated data to optimize data review, reporting and management. This presentation will also look at implications for planning and executing adaptive clinical trials.
ViB eClinical Trials Congress 2008
May 20-21, 2008, London, England
Speaker: Glen de Vries, President
Session Title: “The Role of EDC in Adaptive Clinical Trials”
Date & Time: May 20, 2008 at 10:55 a.m. BST
ViB events’ eighth annual e-Clinical Trials conference will explore the critical challenges from integrating different technologies and transferring data from one to another to implementing industry standards and evolving SOPs. This year’s event will also focus on how the investigators themselves are adapting to the new technologies to give a more holistic view of the process. Glen’s presentation will cover how EDC systems are critical to enabling adaptive clinical trials. He will also identify the necessary steps to take and parties to involve when implementing successful adaptive clinical trials.
For background information about Medidata’s management team, please visit
http://www.mdsol.com/about/team_management.htm.
About Medidata Solutions Worldwide
Medidata Solutions (www.mdsol.com) is a leading provider of clinical trial solutions that enable the world’s most advanced life science organizations to maximize the value of their clinical research investments by putting powerful tools into researchers’ hands. A pioneer since 1999 in innovative technologies for planning and managing clinical studies – including protocol design; clinical data capture, management and reporting; and trial contracting and negotiation – Medidata Solutions and its global network of business partners address the unique needs of sponsors and sites of all sizes. With deep expertise in conducting studies across all phases and therapeutic areas, on six continents and in more than 80 countries, Medidata Solutions helps clinical researchers reduce trial cycle times, achieve early visibility to reliable clinical data, and maintain strict fiscal responsibility, while safely accelerating the process of bringing lifeenhancing treatments to market.
Contact:
Susan McCarron
Lois Paul & Partners
781.782.5767
Susan_McCarron@lpp.com