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Avoca prepares for survey, summit on CRO, sponsor partnerships
Read MoreManaging Clinical Development Risk: Pharma and CRO Report
The Avoca Group conducted a survey in 2013 to examine sponsor and provider practices and perceptions with respect to the management of risk in outsourced clinical trials (1). The survey specifically explored questions regarding the use of, challenges associated with, and benefits gained from various risk-sharing models, formal risk assessment and management approaches, and approaches to risk-based monitoring.
Read MorePatricia Leuchten Wins Bronze Stevie Award for Women in Business
Princeton, New Jersey – November 12, 2013 – Patricia Leuchten, founder and CEO of pharmaceutical consulting and survey research firm The Avoca Group, has been named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the ‘Maverick of the Year’ category. Leuchten accepted the award at the 10th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business held […]
Read MoreSummit 2013 Executive Summary
Executive Summary of The Avoca Quality Consortium Summit, held May 8-9, 2013, in Princeton, NJ. Special thanks to our Executive Summary Sponsor, inVentiv Health Clinical.
Read MoreWant To Create A Culture Of Quality?
By Ed Miseta, Chief Editor, Clinical Leader: At this year’s Quality Consortium Summit, hosted by pharma consulting firm The Avoca Group, Chris Hilton, VP of Development and Clinical Alliance Management for Pfizer Inc., shared his a-ha moment on the importance of quality. “It was the week I became head of operations and received an FDA warning letter just seven days later,” he said. “It caused me to look at things very differently. There is no question we need to build transparency between everyone involved in the clinical trial process. For most of us it will involve a different way of looking at the world.”
Read MoreThe Suit Magazine: ‘Setting New Standards, One Small Company Brings Industry Giants Together’
Avoca CEO Patty Leuchten interviewed in The Suit Magazine.
Read MoreAvoca CEO Patty Leuchten featured in Partnerships in Clinical Trials Executive Summary
Avoca President and Founder, Patty Leuchten, featured in Partnerships in Clinical Trials 2012 Conference Executive Summary.
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