Why is this the Annual Stop for the Pharma & Biotech Industry
with ECG, Central & Imaging Labs?
• Over 50 companies to meet your lab outsourcing needs under one roof
• 65 extended sessions, 100% around strategic & operational improvements
• 15 new ideas for improved data management
• 13 templates and checklists for core lab qualification, selection and "hands-free" management
• 11 case studies of successful partnerships with central labs to reduce burden on sponsors' clinical teams
• 8 sessions explaining methods to leverage known biomarkers to improve success of clinical trials
• 7 talks to provide logistical and regulatory lessons learned to reduce your risk in emerging markets
• 5 sessions detailing proven performance metrics for central & ECG lab partnership improvement including the annual update
• 2 networking receptions
• Private area for one-on-one business meetings

What Do 95% of You Have in Common?
95% of professionals interviewed revealed that a key reason for attending this event is to find out how other sponsors are improving the results from their lab relationships. With this in mind, we bring new smaller, more innovative sponsors and lab partners to the speaking faculty, more time for new strategic and tactical topics to generate in-in-depth discussions, and more networking time to meet new providers.

Strategic Insights on Hot Topics
• How to adapt for the future role of labs in drug development
• How to survive the war between cost & science
• Performance metrics: Proven central lab and ECG metrics to improve your ROI

Key Take Aways
• Receive templates, checklists and tips for the selection and management of core lab partners, including RFP templates for QT studies
• First hand information from current and former FDA officials on up-to-date regulatory perspectives of clinical imaging
• More content to help reduce your risk & develop contingency plans for global trials in emerging markets
• Sessions devoted to minimizing transportation costs through advanced planning & identification of the most expensive cost drivers
• Sponsor perspective on avoiding crisis management in the evolving role of lab data manager to a project coordinator

Keynote & Featured Speakers
Communication & Logistics that Deliver with One of the Founding Executives of FedEx
Frank MaGuire, Founding Senior Vice President of Industrial Relations, FEDERAL EXPRESS

Current Trends, Hot Topics, & Regulatory Perspective in Clinical Imaging
George Q. Mills, MD, Vice President, Medical Imaging Consulting, PERCEPTIVE INFORMATICS, Former Director, Division of Medical Imaging and Hematology Products, CDER, FDA

Dwaine Rieves, Division Director Medical Imaging and Hematology Products, CDER, FDA (invited)

Team Work & Inspiration that "Delivers" Results with a Hall of Fame Coach
Don Shula, Pro Football Hall of Fame Coach

Trends in Drug Development: How are Efforts to Boost R&D Efficiency Impacting the Economics of Drug Development
Kenneth I. Kaitin, PhD, Director, TUFTS CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DRUG DEVELOPMENT

Exceeding Your Expectations at the 6th Annual Event
We researched and organized this annual industry event to provide broad topic choices, an outstanding speaking faculty with access to key pharmaceutical small, medium and large sponsors as well as the
leading central labs, ECG core labs, imaging core labs, specialty labs and couriers.

You can rely on IIR's Labs event to exceed your expectations for solutions to handling day-to-day outsourcing, procurement, operations and data management challenges to prepare your company for more
streamlined and compliant drug development. We look forward to meeting you in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

Anne Reel
Event Director
Partnering with Central Labs, ECG and Imaging Labs
AReel@iirusa.com