Stephen Andrade

2270 BridgePointe Parkway

San Mateo

California

94404

Stephen Andrade is vice president and general manager for Siebel Life Sciences, Siebel Systems, Inc., 2270 BridgePointe Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94404, (650) 295-5000, fax (650) 295-5111, email: sandrade@siebel.com.

Articles

Using Customer Relationship Management Strategies

April 01, 2003

As the number and complexity of clinical trials grows-lengthening clinical trial durations and raising costs-sponsors and CROs need a way to streamline trial management, shorten study durations, and reduce expenditures. Customer relationship management (CRM) strategies update the paper-intensive methods of the past and offer an innovative approach to managing clinical trials-an approach that focuses on strengthening relationships between trial participants, especially investigators and subjects.