18 & 19 February 2014

Paul Bouten attended the Outsourcing in Clinical Trials - Medical Devices Europe 2014 where he was moderator and panel discussion leader on day 1, February 18^th 2014

Day 1, February 18^th, 2014

Panel Discussion: Performing pre-contract audits to ensure potential vendors will meet your trial requirements

• Investigating skill sets and experiences of the clinical team to qualify they have the appropriate knowledge to carry out your trial

• Encouraging meetings with external staff to evaluate their qualifications and their scientific backgrounds to clarify how much training will need to be provided

• Analysing the quality of potential partners by utilizing referrals from the industry to assess the strength of a vendor

• Developing targeted questionnaires to really understand the vendors’ capabilities to improve effective vendor auditing

• Considering a potential vendor’s network of contacts as an important factor in vendor selection to determine how this can be capitalized upon

• Evaluating the skill set and strengths of the vendor to develop a relationship with complementing capabilities

• Determining the staff turnover at the vendor to ascertain stability of the teams who may be working on the trial