The Clinical Trials in Cancer conference is one of the leading events to attend to discover the latest thinking in adaptive trial designs, gain insight into cancer biomarkers, understand the challenges of translational medicine and hear case studies on the logistical and operational issues with conducting clinical trials in Europe.

Following the great success of SMi's 7th annual Clinical Trials in Cancer event, we are pleased that the event is back for 2009!

The conference themes will be:

• Targeted therapy
• Clinical trial design
• Multi-national clinical trials
• Conducting clinical trials in India and Eastern Europe
• Partnerships in oncology clinical trials
• Phase I to Phase III clinical trials
• Successful patient recruitment and retention
• Operational and logistical challenges in oncology clinical trials
• Conducting clinical trials in cancer
• Personalised healthcare
• Cancer biomarkers
• Imaging technology in oncology

Why should you attend this event?

• IMPROVE trial quality through increased design efficiency
• AVOID project delays by improving patient retention
• ENSURE regulatory compliance and project integrity in overseas trials

Hear keynote addresses from:

• Michael Krams, VP Adaptive Trials & Applied Programme Strategies, Clinical Development, Wyeth Research
• Grant Sellar, Translational Scientist, Discovery Translational Medicine and Translational Medicine Research Collaboration,  Wyeth Research
• Mark Rolfe, Vice President, Discovery Oncology, Millennium Pharmaceuticals
• Ridwaan Jhetam, Global Clinical Operations, Johnson & Johnson

Our expert speaker line-up also includes:

• Jyotirmoy Dey, Biostatistician, Early Clinical Oncology, Novartis
• Taoufik Ouatas, Exploratory Development Department, Astellas
• Iman El-Hariry, Group Director, Oncology MDC, GlaxoSmithKline
• Dana Ghiorgiou, Associate Research Physician - Imaging, AstraZeneca
• Panteli Theocharous, Senior Clinical Project Scientist (Associate Director), Johnson & Johnson
• Professor Robert Coleman, Academic Unit of Clinical Oncology, Cancer Research Centre, Weston Park Hospital
• Dr Raghib Ali, Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology and General Medicine, University of Oxford (INDOX Cancer Research Network)
• Christof von Kalle, Head of Translational Oncology Department, National Centre for Tumour Diseases (NCT) and German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ)
• Chris Mitchell, Paediatric Haematology-Oncology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
• Professor John Green, Senior Lecturer, School of Cancer Studies, University of Liverpool
• Paddy Stevenson, Clinical Trials Operations Manager, Northern Centre for Cancer Care

Who should attend?

Previous Clinical Trials in Cancer attracted the following delegates:

• Amgen
• Genzyme
• Ferring Pharmaceuticals
• Merck Serono
• Johnson & Johnson
• Boehringer Ingelheim
• Astra Zeneca
• Takeda Pharma Europe
• Charing Cross Hospital
• Trion Pharma
• Roche Products
• Cancer Research UK
• Glaxo Smith Kline
• Munipharma
• King's College  London
• Glycotype GmbH
• Scimega Research
• GeneQuest Diagnostics
• Spirogen
• Fulcrum Pharma Developments
• IMS Health

Venue details

COPTHORNE TARA HOTEL

. Scarsdale Place Kensington London W8 5SR Phone (44) 20 7937 7211,  Fax (44) 20 7937 7100, www.millenniumhotels.com

In a corner of fashionable Kensington you will find the Copthorne Tara. Within easy reach of the shops and restaurants of Kensington High Street, Knightsbridge, and Notting Hill. The hotel is also close to the beautiful tree lined lanes and avenues of Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, the Royal Albert Hall, the theatres of the west end and the world famous museums on the Cromwell Road

• From Heathrow Airport: 30 mins by car; Heathrow Airport to Paddington Station 20 mins by Heathrow Express
• Gatwick Airport to Victoria Station 30 mins by Gatwick Express Train;
• Stansted Airport to Liverpool Station 50 mins by Stansted Express Train;
• Luton Airport to Victoria Station 90 mins by coach.

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