ADVISORY/Phase Forward Hosts Second Annual International Users Conference.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY...for Monday (September 8) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Industry Experts Convene to Discuss the Latest Challenges and Advances in Clinical Data Management
Who: Phase Forward, the leading provider of data management
solutions for clinical trials, and drug safety
What: Second Annual Phase Forward International Users Conference
When: Monday, September 8 through Tuesday, September 9, 2003
Where: Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
Based on the success of its inaugural event, Phase Forward will host its second annual International Users Conference September 8-9 in Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation). Boston is the capital and most populous city of Massachusetts.[3] The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New . The conference will gather experts from pioneering organizations around the world - including Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly Eli Lilly can refer to:
Mayo Clinic voluntary association of more than 500 physicians in Rochester, Minnesota. [Am. Hist.: EB, 11: 723] See : Medicine - to address the clinical data management challenges facing pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies. Together, Phase Forward and its customers will highlight technologies and best practices that can streamline clinical processes and assist companies in bringing new therapies to market. This year's event will feature: -- A keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. , "Patient Advocacy Patient advocacy refers to speaking on behalf of a patient in order to protect their rights and help them obtain needed information and services. The role of patient advocate is frequently assumed by nurses, social workers, and other healthcare providers. and Rare Diseases: Accelerating Drug Approvals for Life-Saving Treatments," by Stephen Smith, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Life Sciences. Smith will detail professional and personal observations as a parent searching for a cure to his child's rare disease. -- A series of educational tracks led by Phase Forward customers that will address key industry issues such as clinical data management and safety, as well as best practices in product implementation, product usage, work design, and application integration. -- A panel discussion including representatives from Lilly, Guidant, Serono, and Servier on new corporate mandates driving technology integration. -- In-depth interactive sessions led by Phase Forward representatives, which will detail the companies' product and services roadmaps. Please visit Phase Forward's Web site for more information regarding the event at http://www.phaseforward.com or contact Phase Forward directly at 888-703-1122. For media inquiries, please contact Brian Gendron of SHIFT Communications at 617-681-1226. About Phase Forward Phase Forward is the leading provider of integrated data management solutions for clinical trials and drug safety. The company is dedicated to helping pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies bring needed drugs and therapies to market faster and more safely. Phase Forward offers proven solutions in electronic data capture (EDC EDC See: Export Development Corp. ), clinical data management (CDM 1. CDM - Content Data Model 2. CDM - Code Division Multiplexing ), and adverse event reporting (AER). Phase Forward products and services are used by 11 of the top 15 pharmaceutical companies and more than 300 organizations worldwide including: Aventis, Baxter International, Biogen, Cedars- Sinai, Eli Lilly and Company Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) is a global pharmaceutical company and one of the world's largest corporations. Eli Lilly's global headquarters is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States. , GlaxoSmithKline, Guidant, Medtronic, Procter & Gamble, Quintiles Quintiles Transnational Corp. is a contract research organization which serves the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare industries. History Quintiles was founded in 1982 by Dennis Gillings and as of 2007 it has 18,000 employees. , Schering-Plough, and Serono. Phase Forward is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts with offices in the United Kingdom, Australia, France, and Japan. Additional information about Phase Forward is available at www.phaseforward.com. |
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