Pearl IRB attended and exhibited at the Site Solutions Summit held October 22-24 at the lovely Sandpearl resort in Clearwater. The event had a record number of attendees (more than 350), the sites attending were engaged, the sponsors and CROs who were there (not enough were there!) were transparent and committed, and the talk on the last day entitled “State of the Industry” provided by Ken Getz, Senior Research Fellow of Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, while sobering, was excellent. I will be blogging about several of the pearls I obtained while there. One of the highlights of the event were the Eagle Awards in which the CRO and Sponsor of the Year awards were given to PPD and Eli Lilly. This is a recognition that the sites create via a voting process. I do have to say that I am proud of my former company! Having worked at Lilly for over 16 years, I know that my former colleagues are committed to high quality trials, and recognize the critical part that sites play in recruiting and retaining good patients for research. For more information, see the CenterWatch article about the event and Eagle Awards. Special thanks to Christine Pierre of Rx Trials for having the vision to start this event 5 years ago!
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