Reminder:  Please join your NAVREF colleagues for the third call in our continuing series of national teleconferences with representatives of pharmaceutical companies that have negotiated master CRADA templates with VA.

Our January 13 call will be led by Mary Lynne Kupchella, Esq., Associate Director, Outsourcing Lead, Contracts & Outsourcing, in the New York office of Pfizer Inc.  Learn how to optimize VA PI and NPC involvement in Pfizer clinical trials using the master template CRADA signed between VA and Pfizer.  

Ms. Kupchella and other Pfizer representatives, including Brett Barber, Head of Clinical Operations, and Greg Adams, Clinical Operations Lead, will discuss the organizational structure used by Pfizer to manage clinical trials, how to foster working relationships with regional managers, and upcoming clinical trials. 

To view Pfizer’s PowerPoint slides, please contact the NAVREF office. 

Contact Information for Mary Lynne Kupchella:

Mary Lynne Kupchella, Esq.

Associate Director, Outsourcing Lead

Contracts & Outsourcing

Pfizer Inc.

235 E. 42nd Street, MS 685/13

New York, NY 10017

8marylynne.kupchella@pfizer.com

Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Time: 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

Dial:  877-643-6951

Passcode: 1051-0072

Program:

2:00 - Welcome

2:05 – Pfizer Presentation

2:35 - Questions

2:45 - Call ends

Please note:  This call is intended only for NAVREF members and individuals directly associated with NPCs.