ClearTrial Clinical Trial Planning and Outsourcing Expert to Speak at ExL Performance Metrics SummitClearTrial to present practical applications of metrics for improving service provider management Chicago, IL – July 9, 2008
– ClearTrial (www.cleartrial.com),a leading provider of clinical trial software for clinical operations planning, budgeting, and outsourcing, announced today that Deirdre BeVard, Senior Director of Clinical Services, will present “Using Metrics for Service Provider Selection, Planning, and Performance Management” at the ExL 4th Annual Clinical Performance Metrics & Benchmarking Summit. Being held September 22-23 at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the event brings together experts from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to share applications of clinical performance metrics and process improvements.
BeVard brings 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry to the Summit, with extensive experience in clinical trial planning. Prior to joining ClearTrial, she was Executive Director, Clinical Research for the Physician Alliance for Clinical Research (PACR), formerly part of HealthSouth. BeVard also served as Senior Director of Clinical Operations at Otsuka Maryland Research Institute, where she was responsible for the direction, strategy and execution of global clinical trial operations. She created Otsuka’s centralized clinical outsourcing group and managed all facets of the outsourcing operation, including the development of outsourcing processes, preparation and negotiation of contracts, staffing oversight and overall governance and management of outsourcing relationships. BeVard previously worked for a leading CRO, where she developed the company’s first regional monitoring network, was responsible for project resource allocation, and the management, training and development of project staff in the US and Europe. For more information contact: Mike Lange |
