 Outsourcing's Hottest Trends 
 The August issue of 

 ended  summer with articles about the hottest trends in Outsourcing. The  articles related to CROs and Outsourcing include: How We Fail to Use CROs Effectively (And What You Can Do About It); Steps to Functional Service Provider Success; and Outsourcing's Evolution from Commodity to Partner. 
 


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Sue Price and Pedro Pala 
 have both become new members of the team at Penn Pharmaceutical Services. Sue Price will act as head of clinical trial supplies and Pedro Pala will serve as CTS project manager.  
 

Ronald Kershner 
 has been appointed by AAIPharma to lead the North American Biostatistics and Data Management Services groups. Kershner brings with him more than 25 years of experience in the industry, including with regulatory submissions and FDA interactions. 
  

Patrice Hugo 
 will be the new vice president of scientific affairs at MDS Pharma Services' global central lab network, where he will  lead the development of biomarkers from Phases I through IV. 
 

Christopher H. Cabell
 is the new chief medical and scientific officer for Quintiles Transnational Corp. In this position Cabell will be responsible for company initiatives focusing on bioethics and the protection of human subjects. 
 

Kenneth G. Faulkner 
 will take the position of vice president of medical imaging at Perceptive Informatics, a division of Parexel International. Dr. Faulkner brings with him 22 years of experience in medical imaging. 
  

2nd Annual Conference on Sponsor *Site* Investigator Relationship Management

 
 October 22-23, 2008
 Doubletree Guest Suites| Lake Buena Vista, FL  

MAGI's Clinical Trial Agreements, Budgets, & Regulatory Conference West 


 October 12-15, 2008
 Venetian Congress Center and Palazzo Hotel| Las Vegas, NV  

2008 Clinical Outsourcing Leaders Summit 

  announced it has made the list of Top 10 Women-Owned Businesses in Silicon Valley.  

While Covance acquired some of Lilly's drug development business (see left), the pharmaceutical company also transferred its U.S. and Puerto Rico-based clinical trial monitoring work   to 

. Its U.S. data management work will go to 

For CROs still using static databases for site selection, Health Market Science is offering its Clinical Investigators online tool to increase insight into the potential patient pool. Read the release 

, and read our September print issue for an indepth news article. 

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