The Globalization of Clinical Trials - Challenges, Opportunities and a Path Forward

Cara Cuenot, Lead counsel for the BioCorrection Research Unit, Pfizer Inc, USA

In recent years, pharmaceutical companies have expanded clinical research in emerging markets around the world and increasingly involving populations that traditionally have had limited or no access to clinical trials (other than experimental treatments for communicable diseases). Trial sponsors can increasingly find well qualified investigators from Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia and other non-European and non-North American regions. By identifying and including them in their trials, industry can build a strong presence in formerly under-served areas, accelerate trial enrollment, and maintain or improve data quality and scientific standards.

Cara Cuenot is lead counsel for the BioCorrection Research Unit at Pfizer. She also helps to support R&D policy related matters. She holds a BS from the University of Vermont, a JD / MS from Syracuse University and her MBE from the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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