Synexus' Chief Medical Officer to discuss vaccine trial challenges at Washington event

Dr Glynis Neagle, Synexus' Chief Medical Officer will be discussing the challenges facing global vaccine trials at the World Vaccine Congress in Washington this week.

In her presentation to delegates Dr Neagle will be using the company's considerable experience to examine the benefits and risks of conducting vaccine trials in the developed and developing worlds and looking at how best to manage vaccine trials that involve working with multiple organisations.

Commenting on her involvement with this year's World Vaccine Congress Dr Neagle said: "This event represents a great opportunity for industry and scientific leaders to share their thoughts, ideas and experience of the development of new vaccines. Successful clinical trials are critical to the safe and speedy development of all vaccines and depending upon the therapeutic indication, trials may be run in many diverse locations. I will be discussing some of the challenges of conducting clinical trials under these circumstances, and the solutions Synexus has devised to deliver successful late stage vaccine trials. I will also be looking at the challenges of working with multiple organisations in different countries, diverse populations, access to healthcare facilities and the logistics of clinical trial samples."

Synexus has recently created a specialist vaccines team to help pharma and biotech companies find the thousands of patients they need for their late phase vaccine trials. The company has a well-established reputation for delivering results in the vaccine field following successes in late phase vaccine trials including most recently, studies for cancer prevention, influenza and rotavirus, where it has delivered in excess of three thousand randomised patients in all three areas. It has also been involved in a number of paediatric vaccine trials, with particular success in South Africa.

The World Vaccine Conference provides attendees with the opportunity to hear from North America's leading governmental stakeholders, business leaders and scientific stakeholders as they continue to enhance the scientific and strategic innovation behind a burgeoning vaccine industry.