GCPj - Good Clinical Practice Journal - Held A Glittering Awards Ceremony To Highlight The Very Best In Clinical Trials Worldwide

Main Category: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials
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Article Date: 23 Oct 2008 - 10:00 PDT

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GCPj - the world leading magazine dedicated to improving healthcare through the pursuit of excellence in clinical research and development - held its annual awards ceremony in London last night to highlight the achievements of the very best people in fields of clinical research.

The GCPj Awards' aim is to identify and celebrate achievements in 11 categories, including Most Successful Global Trial, Project Manager of the Year, Clinical Research Team of the Year, and GCPj's prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.

"Together with our sponsors, GCPj salutes the finalists and winners in each of the 11 categories," says Helena Jenson, Publisher of GCPj. "We are delighted to honour all of these dedicated professionals who are working so hard to bring innovative, safer and more effective medicines to market as quickly as possible."

This year's GCPj Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Dr Alberto Grignolo for his tireless dedication to improving standards and promoting effective relationships with regulators in clinical research.

"Dr Grignolo has more than 26 years of experience in regulatory and development strategy and he has helped numerous companies manage business risk by promoting sensible regulatory strategies and effective relationships with regulators in the increasingly complex regulatory environment," explains Helena. "His overarching approach has been to guide companies through development plans crafted with 'the end in mind'.

"I am truly honoured to receive this award and I thank the distinguished panel of judges and the GCPj readership for this unexpected recognition," says Dr Grignolo. "I consider this award a challenge to inspire others to pursue our shared mission to prevent and cure disease while continuing to improve worldwide standards and practices in clinical research."

Dr Grignolo continues: "Addressing unmet medical needs is critical and requires an unprecedented degree of innovation. It is vital to devise new ways of providing evidence both rapidly and well - because patients with incurable diseases cannot wait."

The winners of the 2008 GCPj Awards are as follows:

1. Most Successful Global Trial: BEYOND = Betaferon/Betaseron Efficacy Yielding Outcomes of a New Dose,Bayer Schering Pharma AG

2. Most Successful Company or Programme of the Year in Raising GCP Standards:Subject Confidentiality Training Strategy, Omnicare Clinical Research

3. Best Technological Development in Clinical Trials - Software Solutions: Timaeus, Cmed CRS Ltd

4. Best Technological Development in Clinical Trials - Communications Systems: ClearTrial ® PLAN and ClearTrial® SOURCE, ClearTrial LLC

5. Project Manager of the Year: Dr Elvira Kraus, Project Manager,MDS Pharma Services

6. Most Innovative Patient Recruitment Strategy:Diabetes program for Type II diabetes, PAREXEL International

7. Clinical Research Professional of the Year:Dr Janice Albrecht, Vice President, Clinical Research Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Schering-Plough

8. Clinical Research Team of the Year:Premier Research Global Phase 2 CML Study Team, Premier Research Group Ltd

9. Data Management Team of the Year: Breathe Data Management Team, MDS Pharma Services

10. Academic Researcher of the Year:Martine J Piccart-Gebhart, Head of the Medicine Department, Jules Bordet Institute

11. GCPj Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr Alberto Grignolo, Corporate Vice President, PAREXEL Consulting, and Executive Committee Member of the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI) representing the Association of Clinical Research Organizations(ACRO)

About Good Clinical Practice Journal (GCPj)

GCPj is the monthly GCP information source chosen by dedicated clinical research professionals and Pharma management. The magazine's editors and writers are committed to the pursuit of excellence in clinical development and the title reflects the aims of its readers to bring innovative, safer and more effective medicines to market faster. GCPj is published by Informa Business Information, the world's leading medical and scientific publishing company. http://www.pjbpubs.com/gcpj/index.htm

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