DIA Welcome and Award Ceremony
March 6th 2005Welcoming attendees to the EuroMeeting were Brigitte Franke-Bray, DIA Director, European branch office, Switzerland; Theresa Kane Musser, DIA President, Rigel Pharmaceuticals, USA; Jean Marimbert, Director General, Afssaps, France; and David Maola, DIA Executive Director. Opening remarks were followed by brief speeches from the two candidates running for DIA President: Ron Fitzmartin, Vice President of Global Technical Services, Daiichi Medical Research, USA, and Dr. Jeffery Sherman, Executive Vice President, NeoPharm, USA.
FDA inspections Outside the USA: An Eastern European Perspective
September 1st 2004The first U.S. investigational new drug (IND) clinical trials outside of the United States were conducted in Europe in the late 1970s. In the early 1990s, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Latin America, Asia, and selected countries on the African continent (mostly South Africa) became involved in clinical trials.