Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Clinical Trial Agreements: Avoiding Problem Indemnification Clauses

Are you protected from million dollar payouts? Many clinical trial investigators are greatly mistaken when they assume that insurance coverage or the institute they work for will protect them when an error causes a trial participant to become injured or die.

Indemnification clauses have been at the center of many clinical trial lawsuits and continue to be a top priority when creating clinical trial agreements. Depending on the agreement, even the most carefully worded contract clause may simply be non-enforceable.

In 90 minutes, J. Michael Slocum, will explain how you can effectively craft contractual indemnification clauses to protect both you and the trial participant.

During this webinar, you will:

Learn to select appropriate language: statutory and common law parameters
Discover avoidable issues that arise within common boilerplate clauses
Learn to evaluate common demands during clinical trial agreement negotiation
Categorize the risk as high or low, from your indemnification language
Identify the responsibilities of the trial participant and sponsor: Distinguish who is responsible according to law

J. Michael Slocum will also answer your team's questions in the Q&A session.

Who should attend...

Principal investigators
Clinical trial managers
Clinical research associates
General and corporate counsel
Regulatory and clinical compliance managers

For one low price, you and your entire team from one location can take part in this fast-paced, insightful webinar. Best of all, you'll be able to connect personally with our panelists when we open up the phone lines for live Q&A.

SPEAKER

J. Michael Slocum
Attorney
Slocum & Boddie, P.C.

Mr. Slocum is the senior member of the law firm of Slocum & Boddie, P.C. He has more than thirty years of experience and has represented universities, non-profit organizations, and even agencies of the federal Government. In addition, he regularly advises and trains hospital organizations, universities, federal agencies and private businesses on negotiation and management of clinical trials and associated agreements.

Mr. Slocum deals with every aspect of clinical trial contracting on a daily basis as he represents clients, including a large hospital system. He has negotiated indemnity and all the other "problem" clauses in such contracts with almost every drug and device company in the US and Europe, including all of the "major" pharmaceutical organizations. He is part of the Model Agreement Initiative drafting group and regularly works with counsel for drug and device companies to develop language that works for all parties to clinical trials.

Webinar Details

DATE: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
TIME: 1:00 PM ET • 11:00 AM MT • 10:00 AM PT
DURATION: 90 Minutes

Benefits

What does registration get me?

One (1) phone line, for you alone, or around which to gather your team(s). Toll-free in the U.S. only.
One (1) password to a website on which you'll be taken through the presenters' slides as they speak to them.
An interactive Q&A round with speakers by phone and electronic submission.
The insight you've come to expect and respect from Elsevier Business Intelligence and our guest speakers.

What are the unique benefits of a webinar?

Convenience—and lower cost. Your entire team can listen in one room. No travel required!
A team approach. You've often wanted to have everyone on your team getting the same knowledge and insight you derive from physical conferences. Now you can.
Interactivity. You're remote, but not removed. Our webinars let you ask the important, burning, controversial questions of our speakers that you'd be able to pose at a physical conference.
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