46th DIA Annual Meeting - Drug Information Association
46th DIA Annual Meeting - Drug Information Association
46th DIA Annual Meeting - Drug Information Association
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• Basic-level content; • Primarily intermediate-level content; Primarily advanced-level content Wednesday, June 16<br />
SESSION 399H OS - OUTSOURCING<br />
3:30 PM-5:00 PM LEVEL: •<br />
Room 147B<br />
Resource Management in a Virtual Model: Effective and<br />
Efficient Spending<br />
SESSION CHAIRPERSON(S)<br />
Gregory E. Dombal<br />
Managing Partner, Halloran Consulting Group Inc.<br />
Virtual development models offer the promise of bringing the right<br />
expertise to bear on a project at the right time with minimal company<br />
infrastructure. When effective, this model can offer an extremely costeffective<br />
approach to ensure efficient progress through the development<br />
cycle. However, if poorly executed, virtual development can be derailed by<br />
exorbitant outsource and consultant costs. A thorough and detailed understanding<br />
of how to plan for and integrate the use of a variety of external<br />
sources is essential for the program leader in a virtual development setting.<br />
This session will explore methods that have been successfully employed to<br />
ensure effective and efficient spending in virtual models.<br />
Vendor Management: Keeping Many Vendors on the<br />
Same Timeline<br />
April A. Dovholuk<br />
Clinical Research Manager, Clinical Operations, Millenium<br />
Pharmaceuticals<br />
The Right Resources at the Right Time: Building a<br />
Virtual Team<br />
Robert Gallato<br />
Chief Business Officer, Alnara Pharmaceuticals<br />
SESSION 399I<br />
3:30 PM-5:00 PM LEVEL: •<br />
Room 103B CME credits offered<br />
PD/TR - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/<br />
TRAINING<br />
Training and Education of Pharmaceutical Physicians:<br />
Experiences from Different Regions<br />
SESSION CHAIRPERSON(S)<br />
Jean-Paul M.F. Deslypere, MD, PhD<br />
CEO, Aesculape Pte Ltd., Singapore<br />
The session will provide information about the current efforts to train and<br />
certify pharmaceutical physicians in the US and elsewhere. It will highlight<br />
the different possibilities for training and the role of professional organizations<br />
in organizing this. In addition, it will more specifically focus on the<br />
various approaches which are taken in the different continents. This session<br />
will also review the details of an Innovative Medicines Initiative in the<br />
EU and compare it with the situation in the US, Latin America, and Asia.<br />
Training and Education of Pharmaceutical Physicians:<br />
Experiences from Latin America<br />
Joao Massud, MD<br />
Executive Officer, Newco Trials Pesquisa Clinica, Ltda., Brazil<br />
Emerging Needs in Pharmaceutical Medicine Education:<br />
Is Harmonization Possible?<br />
Honorio Silva, DrMed<br />
President, Inter American Foundation for Clinical Research<br />
SESSION 399J<br />
3:30 PM-5:00 PM LEVEL: •<br />
Room 140B PMI PDUs offered<br />
PM/FI 1 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT/<br />
FINANCE<br />
What Makes a Project Manager Effective?<br />
SESSION CHAIRPERSON(S)<br />
Leigh Shultz, PhD, PMP<br />
Associate Project Director, Merck & Co., Inc.<br />
What defines effective project management in the pharmaceutical<br />
industry, given that more than nine out of ten R&D projects fail? Effective<br />
project managers are defined both by what they do and how they do it.<br />
This session will examine what truly great project managers do and what<br />
combination of skills they have that sets them apart from their peers.<br />
Survey Results: What Do the Data Say?<br />
Jayna Rose, PhD, PMP<br />
Director, Global Program Manager, Amgen Inc.<br />
Large Pharma Perspective<br />
Leigh Shultz, PhD, PMP<br />
Project Leader, Bone and Pain, Merck & Co., Inc.<br />
Effective Project Management: A CRO Perspective<br />
Nita Ichhpurani, PMP<br />
Director, <strong>Drug</strong> Development, Development and Regulatory Services,<br />
MDS Pharma Services, Canada<br />
SESSION 399K<br />
3:30 PM-5:00 PM LEVEL: •<br />
Room 154AB PMI PDUs offered<br />
PM/FI 2 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT/<br />
FINANCE<br />
Six Sigma in <strong>Drug</strong> Development: The Good, the Bad, and<br />
the Ugly Experiences in Deployment<br />
SESSION CHAIRPERSON(S)<br />
Michael A. Walega, MSc<br />
Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Covance<br />
While the drug development industry is clearly not yet saturated in Six<br />
Sigma, the language and strategic importance of process excellence<br />
continue to grow and are already fairly common across a broad variety of<br />
organizations globally. Join us as we take a critical look at the accumulating<br />
reality and the lessons learned leveraging Six Sigma to optimize the<br />
complex process that is clinical trial conduct. The session addresses the<br />
experiences with Six Sigma deployment from complementary strategic<br />
and real-life practical perspectives. We will explore and expose lessons<br />
learned from various deployment models, share specific project case<br />
studies, and discuss the applicability of the methodology itself to our<br />
highly variable and complex industry.<br />
Panelists<br />
Daniel G. Rudmann, DVM, PhD<br />
Group Leader, Molecular Pathology and Imaging, Certified Lean/<br />
Six Sigma Black Belt, Lilly Research Laboratories<br />
Debbie Profit, MS<br />
Associate Director, Clinical Operations, Global Clinical Development,<br />
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.<br />
Continuing Professional Training and Career Development of<br />
Pharmaceutical Physicians: Case Studies in China<br />
Representative Invited<br />
Medical Director, Wyeth Ltd., Hong Kong<br />
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