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CALBIO2012

Date: 8-9 March 2012
Location: San Francisco Marriott Marquis; 55 Fourth Street; San Francisco, California 94103

Squire Sanders is pleased to participate in CALBIO2012, a statewide conference produced by BayBio and BIOCOM, taking place March 8 to 9 in San Francisco. Join company executives, medical research and disease foundations, government officials, philanthropists, investors and others in the life sciences sector for an examination of best practices and collaborations in research, development and product commercialization.

On Thursday, March 8 from 2:45 to 4 p.m. partner Maureen Bennett will moderate the panel “Emerging Issues in the Conduct of Global Clinical Trials.” Maureen will address the issues associated with conducting clinical trials outside of the US. The companies involved in this panel session include representatives from Abbott, BioMarin, SARcode Bioscience and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America.

Topics to be discussed include:

  • Challenges in managing a global trial
  • Whether and how to use CROs
  • Risks and rewards of conducting trials in China, India, Russia and other emerging jurisdictions
  • Recruitment, cost and time to site initiation
  • Special challenges for virtual or smaller biotechs
  • Addressing pressures of financing sources

For more information and to register, please visit the event website.

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