Quartesian is a clinical research organization that prides itself on meeting deadlines and keeping clients satisfied. It has met over 1,800 deadlines on more than 300 studies across various therapeutic areas. Quartesian has retained 73 clients, including major pharmaceutical companies and various contract research organizations and academic medical centers. It achieves success through proactive project management, well-defined processes and quality standards, and an emphasis on innovation.
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Two Things Tell the Whole Story:
•Deadlines Met
•Clients Kept
2. Two ThingsHow often do we hear “The two things about …”For example:
Two Things About Trading"Buy Low and Sell High"
Two Things About Life"Beauty is Truth and Truth is Beauty"
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3. Two Things About Quartesian:
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DeadlinesMet
Clients Kept
4. Two Things Can Say It All
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Never Missed a Deadline; Never Lost a Client
The maxim “Two things about…” is apropos here. If we can make the claim above and stand by it; there is nothing more to say.
What follows is the whole story.
5. More than 1,800 Deadlines Met on Over 300 Studies:
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CNS (10%)
Cardiovascular (8%)
Dermatology (7%)
Gastro-Intestinal (13%)
Anti-Infective (8%)
Men's Health (2%)
Musculoskeletal (5%)
Oncology (14%)
Opthalmology (3%)
Renal (3%)
Respiratory (12%)
Rheumatoid Arthritis (6%)
Metabolism (6%)
Vaccine (3%)
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6. Clients Kept:
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73 Clients
• 7 Big Bio-Pharma
• 6Mid-size Bio-Pharma
• 16Start-up Bio-Pharma
• 25CRO Partners
• 5Clinical Pharmacology Units
• 14Other –Including eClinical Technology, AMCs,
Consultancies, Foundations and Non-profits
7. Project Management
• Proactive
-Plan for Contingencies
-Raise the Signals Early
• Transparent -All Milestones/Responsibilities
are Visible
• Responsive –Defined Service Level and
Escalation Plan
• Knowledge Based –Clinical Research
Professionals Manage Projects
• Empowered at All Levels -It’s Everyone’s Project
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8. Processes
• SOPs
-Company-wide Ownership
-Change Management
• Objective –Processes NOT for the
Sake of Processes
• Continuous Assessment -Corrective and
Preventive Actions (CAPA)
• Well Defined Commitments -Don’t Change
for Convenience
How It’s Done:
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9. Quality
• Well defined
-A Company Wide Quality Statement
-A Quality Management System
• Starts with Employees
-Hire Quality Conscious People
-Make Attention to Quality an
Important Metric for Employee
Performance
• Measurable
• Continuous Assessment
How It’s Done:
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10. How It’s Done:
Standards
• Facilitate Quality
• Aren’t Compromised
• Interoperability –What Works in one Environment
Can be Migrated to Work in Another Environment
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11. How It’s Done:
Innovation
• It Can Always be Done Better
• Collaborative –Our Ideas aren’t the Only Ideas• Open Source –We’ll Share with the Clinical Research
Community to Raise the Bar and the State of the Art
• Disruptive Technology –When the Way Things
are Done Change Drastically; We Want to Lead, not
Follow• Risk Based –Innovation is not for the Faint Hearted
• “To Stand Still is to Fall Behind”
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