Here's the press release from Caligor Rx, who is sponsoring my talk:
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Caligor
Rx Presents Penn and USciences Bioethicist at the
2010
Clinical Trial Supply East Coast Conference
NEW
YORK, Thursday Oct 14th, 2010 - - Caligor Rx, one of the leading clinical trial
procurement companies, is sponsoring a special presentation entitled, “Ethical Considerations in Global Clinical Trials Supplies: The New GCPs - Good Clinical
Procurement Practices,”
at the 2010
Clinical Trial Supply East Coast Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Hilton
Philadelphia City Avenue. The
presentation will be held at 3PM on Wednesday October 20th, and a
link to register for the conference is provided below.
The
presentation will focus on the ethical considerations for sourcing comparator
drugs through the clinical supply chain. Specifically:
- How good clinical procurement practices can be
seen as an ethical derivation of the International Conference on
Harmonisation’s Good Clinical Practices and its focus on research
integrity;
- The dangers of unethical or poorly controlled
clinical trial supply sourcing on research integrity (e.g., diversion of
trial medicines; use of placebos when clinical equipoise is absent); and
- To what extent companies have an ethical and
scientific duty to supply comparator drugs for trials.
Joseph
E. Safdie, Esq., Caligor’s Vice President and Corporate Counsel, continuously
stresses the importance of ethical
considerations for sourcing comparator drugs.
Joseph
said, "It
is important to partner with experts in the field such as Professor Perlman.
Such partnerships illustrate that Caligor Rx is taking a leadership role in
bringing important ethical discussions to the forefront in our industry."
About
David Perlman, Ph.D.
The
keynote speaker at this session is Professor David Perlman, Ph.D., a
highly regarded bioethicist from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
(USciences) and University of Pennsylvania (Penn). At USciences, Dr. Perlman is
the Mayes College of Pharmaceutical Business and Health Policy Fellow and
Visiting Professor. At Penn, Dr. Perlman is a Senior Lecturer at the School of
Nursing and an Associate at the Center for Bioethics. Dr. Perlman’s background
in industry and academia provides him with unique insight into the ethical
challenges associated with conducting global clinical trials. In addition to his academic accomplishments
and appointments, Dr. Perlman founded and directs a unique ethics education company,
E4 - Eclipse Ethics Education Enterprises (www.e-four.org). E4 creates engaging, realistic, and memorable
ethics education using a variety of interactive technologies for live or online
deployment. Dr. Perlman’s presentation
will be conducted through E4 and utilize live audience response to engage
participants and increase ethical awareness.
About
Caligor Rx
Caligor
Rx is a worldwide
distributor of clinical trial supplies, including comparative drugs, rescue
medications, adjunctive therapies, and ancillary supplies and offers full service clinical
trial procurement of comparator drugs to clients around the globe. Caligor Rx’s new state-of-the-art storage and
distribution facilities in London, UK features mapped, temperature-controlled
and continually monitored storage to ensure that temperature sensitive
materials are managed according to manufacturers’ specifications. In addition, the new distribution site in
London offers extensive logistical services and provides full accountability
and reporting of drugs shipped to sites. These premium services include
inventory management control systems and global just-in-time direct-to-clinical
trial site distribution, which dramatically reduce waste and/or overage of
supplies. Caligor Rx is fully licensed to
import and export all classes of drugs.
Caligor Rx is headquartered in New York City.
For more information about Caligor Rx, please visit the Caligor Rx website at http://www.caligorrx.com.
For more
information about Dr. Perlman, please visit his websites at http://www.e-four.org and http://www.bioethics2.net.
To
register for the 2010 Clinical Trial Supply East Coast Conference October 20 - 21, 2010, Hilton
Philadelphia City Avenue Philadelphia, PA – please go to the following link:
http://www.clinicaltrialsevents.com/eastcoast2010/register.asp
Contact: Daniel. M. Ladik, Ph.D. for
further information, +1-617-653-4123 or dladik@mac.com
