{"65941":{"#nid":"65941","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Clinical Trials in Today\u0027s Challenging Environment:  Sponsor, Institutional \u0026 CRO Perspectives","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EClinical trials are an essential part of the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Recent regulatory and business climate changes have made the conduct of large, complex trials more challenging.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis symposium will provide perspectives by exploring a long, randomized clinical trial conducted by CardioMEMS at the Piedmont Heart Institute. The successful CHAMPION clinical study of CardioMEMS\u2019s wireless, implantable pressure monitor for heart failure enrolled 550 patients nationwide and reduced by 30% heart failure hospitalization rates in patients whose treatment was guided by CardioMEMs\u2019s device.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPanel Speakers:\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDemetrius Carter, MBA, PMP, Director, Project Services, Global Central Laboratories-Americas, Quintiles Patrick Hennessy, MD, Corporate Director of Research, PHC Office of Research Services, Piedmont Healthcare Nirav Raval, MD, Principal Investigator for the CardioMEMS study at Piedmont Heart Institute Charles Wilmer, MD, Chairman of the Innovation Center at Piedmont Heart Institute Jay Yadav, MD, CEO of CardioMEMS\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERegistration:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Bio Members:\u0026nbsp; $10\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPiedmont Employees \u0026amp; Other GaBio Champion Members:\u0026nbsp; FREE\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENon-Members:\u0026nbsp; $25\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnsite registration is available - though lunch is only guaranteed for advance registrations.\u003Cbr \/\u003ECancellations must be received at least 48 hours in advance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERegister Online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gabio.org\u0022\u003Ewww.gabio.org\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EClinical Trials in Today\u0027s Challenging Environment:\u0026nbsp; Sponsor, Institutional \u0026amp; CRO Perspectives\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELuncheon on May 18, 2011\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Sponsored by Kilpatrick Townsend"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2011-05-04 10:34:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:54:58","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-05-18T12:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-05-18T14:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-05-18T14:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-05-18 16:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-05-18 18:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-05-18 18:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13037","name":"Clinical Trials in Today\u0027s Challenging Environment:  Sponsor"},{"id":"248","name":"IBB"},{"id":"13038","name":"Institutional \u0026 CRO Perspectives"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gabio.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.gabio.org\u0022\u003Ewww.gabio.org\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}