Almac to Showcase Integrated Clinical Trial Solutions at 45th Annual DIA Meeting

At this year’s 45th DIA Annual Meeting, Almac will showcase its focus on integrated solutions, including the Almac Group’s integrated clinical supply management service offering and recent data integration efforts with Almac partners PHT Corporation and Medidata Solutions.

Almac’s seamless, integrated, full supply chain solution includes IVR/IWR, drug formulation, blinding, packaging, labeling, depot management, site inventory management, global logistics, and related services. Almac does more than just combine related services under one roof; it incorporates supply chain planning and consulting, technology implementation, and project oversight into a unified study start-up and management approach that optimizes the supply chain at each level.

Jim Murphy, President of Almac Clinical Technologies, says

“Almac’s commitment to high quality, integrated services allows the company to deliver on clients’ needs across the clinical supply chain. Our experience in providing IVR/IWR technology alongside global packaging and distribution services to the biopharmaceutical industry makes us unique. No single company has the experience, technology, expertise, personnel, or global logistics to match our integrated drug supply management and technology solution. As drugs become more expensive to manufacture, particularly biologics, our clients are finding that they can rely on the Almac Group to optimize their clinical supply chain in innovative ways. ”

Additionally, Almac, PHT and Medidata Solutions will co-host

“Follow the Integrated Data Trail,”

a booth tour to showcase rapid data sharing across three best-in-class systems using industry standards. Participants will be able to track a patient from randomization in Almac’s IXRS™ integrated Interactive Voice and Web Response System to electronic patient diary entries in the PHT LogPad system, ending with CRF data entries in Medidata Rave, where participants can view all previously entered data now available in one system. To witness first hand the benefits of integrated IVR/IWR, ePRO and EDC data, please visit booths  1301, 1124-1125 and 701.

Almac welcomes you to visit 3 sessions that feature Theresa Hummel-Krallinger and James Huang:

• Wednesday June 24, 2009 10:30AM- 12:00 PM:
  

  “Creating Workplaces where People want to Work”;

  Theresa Hummel-Krallinger, Director, Organizational Development and Training

• Wednesday June 24, 2009 10:30AM- 12:00PM:
  

  “Prepare and Pass Audits by learning from Auditors: Trends, Practical Tips of Managing Audits and Compliance”;

  James Huang, Director, Quality Assurance

• Thursday June 25, 2009 10:30AM- 12:00 PM:
  

  “ D’Oh! Stupid things Speakers do to Sabotage Success”;

  Theresa Hummel-Krallinger, Director, Organizational Development and Training

About Almac Clinical Technologies

Almac Clinical Technologies is a division of the Almac Group that specializes in interactive technology and service solutions to increase the quality and efficiency of the clinical trial process. Our solutions include Interactive Voice and Web Response Systems (IXRS™) for patient randomization, tracking and clinical supply management; electronic patient reported outcomes data collection; and Web drug reconciliation. Almac’s technologies have been deployed in over 1400 clinical trials, incorporating over 1.5 million patients in over 80 countries and more than 60 languages.

About Almac Group:

The Almac Group comprises five closely integrated divisions offering a broad range of services from R&D, translational genomic services, API manufacture, formulation development, clinical trial supply and technology (IVRS & Web), to commercial-scale manufacture. Almac provides services to more than 600 companies, including all the world leaders in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors.

The company employs over 2,400 individuals and is headquartered in Craigavon, Northern Ireland. US operations are based in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and California. Construction of the company’s new $112m North American Headquarters started in July 08 and is expected to be completed 2010. Almac was awarded Northern Ireland’s “Business of the Year” award in 2009.

For more information about the Almac Group, please visit almacgroup.com or e-mail [email protected].