Hear from Industry Leaders from Baxter Healthcare, Merck & More at the Project Management for Drug and Device Event!

Are you looking for proven strategies to deliver advanced time saving and silo busting strategies to bring drugs and devices to market on time and on budget? Do you want to learn to effectively transition from PM to Portfolio Manager?

Then the Project and Portfolio Management for the Drug and Device industry event is a can’t miss for you and your company.

In two days you will hear from industry leaders from companies like Baxter Healthcare, Johnson & Johnson and Merck who will share tried and true methods for managing their projects and portfolios.
Practice case studies will show you how your peers have successfully implemented their projects.

Learn how they did it in these sessions:

• • Build a Service and Value-Driven PMO
• • Make Project and Portfolio Management Support Scientific Innovation

Download the brochure to find out more about this year’s program.

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PMDD Session Spotlight: Virtual and Global Team Management to Overcome the Distance Hurdle

The 8th Annual Project and Portfolio Management for the Drug and Device Industry, September 20-21st in Boston, Massachusetts, is the only event designed by manufacturers for manufacturers to deliver advanced time saving and silo busting strategies proven to bring drugs and devices to market on time and on budget. Leading up to the event, the Future of Biopharma blog will be spotlighting some of the sessions you can look forward to at the the event.  For more information on the event, download the brochure here.

Featured Session:  Virtual and Global Team Management to Overcome the Distance Hurdle
Featured Speakers:  Debbie Merrill, Senior Project Leader, Project Leadership and Management, MERCK RESEARCH LABS
Michael Stankiewicz, Project Management Director, BAUSCH + LOMB
About the session: Drug development is a global business and clinical trials are being held all over the world. The challenge of managing global clinical trials is exacerbated by time differences, cultural barriers, staffing challenges and regulatory considerations. In this session, attendees receive:
     • Proven tactics to better manage global teams
     • Strategies to overcome challenges with regional companies

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Download the 2011 Project and Portfolio Management for the Drug and Device Industry Agenda

The Project and Portfolio Management for the Drug and Device Industry conference is where project leads go to achieve more with less in a global marketplace. It is taking place September 19-21, 2011 in Boston, MA as a part of the Clinical Business Expo.

You will have the opportunity to learn to build strategies to communicate with and manage global or virtual teams, learn to effectively transition from PM to portfolio manager, influence and obtain buy-in from senior management and more.

Download the agenda today and see why is the can’t-miss event of the year.

What can you do after you join us this year?

1. 1. Build Strategies to Communicate with and Manage Global or Virtual Teams
2. 2. Learn to Effectively Transition from PM to Portfolio Manager
3. 3. Influence and Obtain Buy-In from Senior Management
4. 4. Learn Design and Implementation of Accelerated Drug Development Strategies
5. 5. Streamline the PM Process, Leveraging Efficiencies for Faster Communication and Time Saving Template Standardization
6. 6. Increase the Flexibility of Your Budgets, Timelines and Resources to Attract and Retain Qualified Managers and Team Members
7. 7. Create an Implementable Project Plan for Preparation and Distribution of Your Clinical Supplies

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