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Management Forum
Optimising oversight for inspection compliance.
★★★★★ "Content was great. Speaker was wonderful!"
17-18 October 2024
+ 6-7 February 2025, 23-24 June 2025, 16-17 October 2025 »
from £1099
With regulatory inspectors increasingly finding issues with vendor oversight by sponsor organisations, it is becoming even more important for the pharmaceutical industry to employ efficient and accurate strategies for managing outsourced activities. A company’s ability to identify and select the right CRO/ vendor for the right project and manage them efficiently and effectively will help to ensure compliance with the regulator’s expectations.
On this course you will learn how to prepare a request for proposal (RFP), evaluate and select the right CRO and establish procedures for vendor oversight for R&D projects you need to outsource. You will also cover the techniques for successfully managing CROs/ vendors and the shared responsibilities required by the sponsor and the service provider. Managing CRO performance issues will also be discussed.
The course is equally useful to CROs/other vendors and consultants to understand how to work effectively with sponsor organisations.
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This event is designed for personnel involved in CRO/vendor management and oversight in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, animal health and medical device industries including those working in clinical research, regulatory affairs, pharmacovigilance, manufacturing, clinical outsourcing, contracts, quality, clinical operations, vendor management and global QA/compliance. It will also be relevant for outsourcing, purchasing, finance and contract management staff who participate in the RFP process who will find this course a valuable introduction or refresher course focusing on best practice.
This course will also help CRO/vendor personnel to work more successfully with pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies through gaining a much clearer understanding of their needs when outsourcing.
Dr Laura Brown is an independent pharmaceutical QA and training consultant and the Senior Lecturer for the MSc in Clinical Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Cardiff. Laura is an expert in outsourcing pharmaceutical research projects including CRO selection, management and oversight audit and management. She has more than 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry in a number of senior roles and has worked for several companies, including GSK, Hoechst Marion Roussel and Phoenix International in outsourcing pharmaceutical projects. She has worked in several vendor selection and management roles which have included reviewing quality and performance of CROs and has advised companies on how to implement quality systems for CRO selection and management.
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17-18 October 2024
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09:30-17:00 UK (London) (UTC+01)
10:30-18:00 Paris (UTC+02)
04:30-12:00 New York (UTC-04)
Course code 13941
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* Early booking discounts may not be combined with other discounts or offers. As such, the discounts for 2nd/3rd/4th delegates are based on the full price; and apply only when booking multiple delegates on the same date.
Content was great. Speaker was wonderful!
Apr 18 2024
Elsje Du Preez
Manager Vendor Management & Administration, Hillevax GmbH
Oct 19 2023
The speaker demonstrated a deep knowledge of all themes presented during the course. Sessions were well organized and enough time was dedicated to each of them.
Vincenzo Velleca
Global Safety Operations, Zambon SpA
Jul 11 2022
Dr Laura Brown is an excellent speaker with deep expertise in clinical trials research regulatory requirements and expectations!
Virginia Suarez
Executive Director, Clinical Quality, MEI Pharma
Apr 11 2022
Understanding RFP and RFI were achieved. KPI session was very helpful and I learnt about oversight plan which I never knew about. Laura was very good, provided great content of the subject matter and discussions included were good and relevant.
Stephanie Yearwood
Senior Vendor Management Coordinator , IQVIA
Apr 11 2022
Understanding RFP and RFI were achieved, KPI session was very helpful and I learnt about oversight plan which I never knew about... Laura was very good, provided great content of the subject matter and discussions included were good and relevant.
Stephanie Yearwood
Senior Vendor Management Coordinator , IQVIA
Oct 17 2022
Greater understanding of the oversight mechanisms of vendors.
Dominic O'Hare
Associate Director, Norgine
Oct 8 2020
Laura is a great mentor. All aspects were good.
Udaya Toti
Sr. Manager - Formulation Development, Renaissance Lakewood LLC
Oct 8 2020
It was a very good webinar especially due to Laura´s way of presentation. The balance between information given by Laura and the break-out sessions were really great.
Alexandra Ludvigsen
Senior Project Coordinator, Bavarian Nordic GmbH
Oct 3 2019
The course was well done and the speaker was well prepared and enthusiastic.
Valentina Cenacchi
Senior PK scientist, Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA
Apr 8 2019
It was very good course. There are too many good points to list! The course was very relevant to my job and will help me in most aspects of my work. Laura was very clear and knowledgeable. She empowers participants for discussion and welcomed feedback from all participants.
Kaushik Patel
Category Manager, BTG PLC
Oct 3 2019
The speaker was very friendly and engaging and I liked the interactive nature of the course.
Richard O'Callaghan
Quality Officer, Teva Pharmaceuticals Ireland
Oct 4 2018
Laura was very clear, encouraged active participation and welcomed feedback from all participants. I thought the two days were very well spent. I learned a lot, Laura obviously knows the content very well and it was a great opportunity to network with people from other companies, sometimes struggling with similar issues.
Wendy Fiander
Director Clinical Operations, Orchard Therapeutics
Oct 4 2018
A very good course with a lot of good information. Speaker was very knowledgeable!
Jenny Dahlberg
Clinical Research Coordinator, Hansa Medical AB
Mar 20 2018
It was nice but very dependent on the other participants and where they come from including experience.
Louise Hickman
Event Adjudication Adviser, Novo Nordisk A/S
Oct 2 2017
This is a great opportunity to identify whether your system for vendor management is in line with the current expectation and what improvement can be made.
Maria Calvo Subirats
GCP&GVP Responsible (QA Unit), Ferrer Internacional
Sep 19 2016
Very good course, a nice balance of lecture and open group discussions. Being a small group of attendees, everyone had the chance to share their thoughts/learnings.
Shaun Pope
Manager of Product Development and Operations, Mundipharma Research Ltd
Sep 19 2016
Everything was really nice
Arnaud Delforge
UCB Pharma S.A.
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