Collaboration And Trial Performance Are Top Priorities For Clinical Operations

By Jim Reilly, VP, Vault Clinical, Veeva Systems, Inc.

Enhancing collaboration and improving trial performance were key themes for more than 375 clinical operations professionals that gathered at 2019 Veeva R&D Summit in Philadelphia.

Doug Schantz, executive director of development operations at AstraZeneca, kicked off the clinical operations track by discussing AstraZeneca’s journey to streamline study execution and improve collaboration with study partners. Their approach was two-fold – business process reengineering, supported by a technology transformation initiative – which enabled them to collaborate more closely with sites, decrease non-enrolling sites, and achieve recognition as sponsor of choice from SCRS.