ClearTrial Managing Partner to Speak at Leading Alliance Management Conference

Will present “Sponsor/CRO Relationship Management – Building a Long-Term Alliance” at Cambridge Healthtech Institute event

Chicago, IL – May 28, 2008  –  ClearTrial (www.cleartrial.com), a leading provider of clinical trial software for clinical operations planning, budgeting, and outsourcing, announced today that ClearTrial Managing Partner Richard Musselman will share proven strategies for strengthening sponsor/CRO relationships at the upcoming conference: “Critical Hand-Offs: Effective Alliance Management and the Project Management Interface.”  The Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI) event, taking place June 4-5 at the Park Hyatt Philadelphia Hotel, will provide tools, techniques and best practices for building effective sponsor/CRO alliances.

Musselman will present a proven blueprint for how sponsors and CROs can build beneficial alliances based on effective processes and common goal-setting.  He will present practical guidelines for developing and implementing effective communications, governance structures, and performance measurement, as well how to conduct effective joint budgeting and planning.  Musselman will also provide real-world examples of strategic alliance agreements and the benefits that both sponsors and CROs are realizing from them.

In his 30-year career in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical industries, Musselman has become a noted expert in clinical drug development, cost management, and outsourcing, having managed numerous global phase II-III clinical trials across multiple therapeutic disciplines.  Prior to joining ClearTrial, he served as Senior Director, R&D Contract Management and Procurement for G.D. Searle (Pfizer). Musselman has more than 10 years’ experience specifically within the CRO industry, having been Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development at Springborn Laboratories (SCIREX), Director of Business Development at G.H.Besselaar (Covance). and before that a founding member of Clinical Research International, now part of Kendle Research.

About ClearTrial®
ClearTrial is a leading provider of clinical trial software for clinical operations planning, budgeting, and outsourcing. ClearTrial software helps pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device companies, and CROs expedite the clinical development process without sacrificing quality of results. The company’s software products support clinical operations, resource planning, and outsourcing departments with a single solution that promotes speed and consistency, while maintaining flexibility to handle different study requirements. For more information please visit http://www.cleartrial.com.

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For more information contact:
Mike Lange
ClearTrial
+1 630.986.9800 x112
mlange@cleartrial.com