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News & Events

February 2010 

February 8-9, 2010 – CFS will be Sponsoring & Exhibiting at CBI’s 3rd Annual Clinical Trial Forecasting and Budgeting at the Courtyard Downtown in Philadelphia, PA. Kevin Williams, Director of Client Services, and Jim DiCesare, VP of Contracts and Consulting, will be speaking during the second day of the conference.

January 2010
 


January 12-13
– CFS will be Sponsoring & Exhibiting at the ExL - Tracking & Reporting Aggregate Spend Conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C. Kevin Williams, Director of Client Services, will also be speaking during the Technology Showcase portion of the conference.

October 2009 

October 22-23 CFS will be Sponsoring & Exhibiting at the Institute for International Research’s Cost & Contract Management Conference held at the Omni parker House in Boston, MA.

September 2009

September 16 – CFS will be Sponsoring & Exhibiting at Exl Pharma’s 2nd Annual ClinXPO Virtual Conference & Exhibition for Clinical Development Outsourcing.

August 2009

August 12 - Announcing CFS’ new Investigator Site Payment Portal– CFS has initiated roll-out of its cutting-edge portal, providing sites with unprecedented access to the details of their grant payments.


August 1 – CFS announces its newest service offering, Financial Disclosure Management. With the industry’s ever-increasing attention to financial compliance, CFS now houses a team dedicated to the management of financial disclosure forms to help Sponsors ensure compliance.

June 2009

June 22-24 – CFS will be exhibiting at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Drug Information Association (DIA) being held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA.  Visit us at Booth #547. 

May 2009

May 31 – June 3 – Kevin T. Williams, MS/MBA, Director of Client Services to present on “A Systematic Approach to Investigator Contracting and Grant Payment Management” at iiBig’s MAGI East Conference being held at the Downtown Hilton in Miami, FL.

April 2009

April 28-30 – CFS will be exhibiting at the Institute for International Research’s 18th Annual Partnerships with CROs Conference being held at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, FL.

February 2009

February 3-4 –
CFS’s James M. DiCesare, Director of Pharmaceutical Services and Kevin T. Williams, MS/MBA, Director of Contracting and Client Services to present a Case Study with David Marciniszyn, Associate Director, Clinical Trial Contracting, Project Management, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals entitled “Investigator Contract Management – Meet Operational Expectations with Limited Fixed Resources” at the CBI’s (Center for Business Intelligence’s) 2nd Annual Clinical Trial Forecasting and Budgeting Conference in Philadelphia, PA.

February 9-11 – CFS’s James M. DiCesare, Director of Pharmaceutical Services and Kevin T. Williams, MS/MBA, Director of Contracting and Client Services to present on “A Systematic Approach to Investigator Contracting and Grant Payment Management” at the CTC (Clinical Trials Congress) in Philadelphia, PA.

February 23-24 - Kevin T. Williams, MS/MBA, CFS’s Director of Client Services to present on “Grant Payment Practices: Five Requirements for Stronger Investigator Relationships” at ExL Pharma’s 4th Investigator Relationship Management Conference in Baltimore, MD.

October 2008

October 22-23
– CFS’s James M. DiCesare, Director of Pharmaceutical Services and Kevin T. Williams, MS/MBA, Director of Contracting and Client Services to conduct a Pre-Conference Workshop with Ellis Wilson, RPh., MBA, Senior Director of Study Delivery at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP entitled “Leverage Sound Grant Payment Practices to Enhance the Sponsor-Site Relationship” at CBI 2nd Annual Conference on Sponsor Site Investigator Relationship Management in Orlando, FL.

October 12-15 – CFS to exhibit at MAGI's Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs), Budgets, and Regulatory Conference Las Vegas, NV.  James Barbret, Associate Vice President of Research, Wayne State University, will present a case study entitled, "Academic Medical Center Improves Financial Management of Clinical Trials" which details his institutions experience in working with CFS.

September 2008


September 22-24 – CFS’s James M. DiCesare, Director of Pharmaceutical Services and Kevin T. Williams, MS/MBA, Director of Contracting and Client Services to present on “Creating a Win-Win Relationship: A Systematic Approach to Investigator Contracting and Grant Payment Management at IIR’s 15th Annual Cost & Contract Management Conference in Philadelphia, PA. 

September 18 - CFS to host a FREE Webinar with Geoffrey Schick, Director of Clinical Trials Research for Aurora Health Care, Inc.  Mr. Schick will present a case study entitled, "HealthCare System Improves Financial Management of Clinical Trials".

August 2008

August 26
 – CFS to host a FREE Webinar with James Barbret, Associate Vice President of Research, Wayner State University.  Mr. Barbret will present a case study entitled, "Academic Medical Center Improves Financial Management of Clinical Trials."

June 2008

June 22-26
– CFS to exhibit at DIA’s Annual Meeting in Boston, MA - Booth #1345

May 2008

May 18-21 – CFS to exhibit at MAGI’s Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs), Budgets, and Compliance Conference in Arlington, VA.  Geoffrey Schick, Director of Clinical Trials Research, Aurora Health Care, Inc will present a case study entitled, “Healthcare System Improves Financial Management of Clinical Trials” which details his institutions experience in working with CFS.

April 2008

April 14-16 – CFS to exhibit at IIR’s Partnerships with CROs and other Service Providers in Las Vegas, NV


March 2008

March 25-26 –
CFS to exhibit and present at ExL Pharma’s – Investigator Relationship Management Conference in Philadelphia, PA

February 2008

February 25-28 – CFS to exhibit and present at IIR’s Clinical Trial Congress in Orlando, FL

February 25-26 – CFS to exhibit and present at SRI’s Global Biopharmaceutical Outsourcing Conference in Philadelphia, PA

February 7-8, – CFS to exhibit and co-conduct workshop at CBI’s Clinical Trial Budgeting & Forecasting Conference in Philadelphia, PA