The October FOCM | GLSA Networking Event

    October 18, 2023 As our passion is to connect people and companies we know, like and respect to other people and companies we know, like and respect, we open the meeting asking everyone to put the link to their LinkedIn profile in the chat. This facilitates future communication and connections.  Before we had… Read more »

DIA 2023 Observations

The first DIA Annual Conference that I attended was the one in 1997 in Montreal. If one could look back at each of them through time lapse photographs quite a story it would tell. In bullet format:  The growth of the CRO industry through mergers and acquisitions Scirex was the late night party sponsor Fax… Read more »

The May FOCM | GLSA Networking Event

May 17, 2023 As our passion is to connect people and companies we know and respect to other people and companies we know and respect, we open the meeting asking everyone to put the link to their LinkedIn profile in the chat. This facilitates future communication and connections.    Before we had our featured presenter… Read more »

The April FOCM | GLSA Networking Event

April 19, 2023 The April FOCM | GLSA Networking event started out with welcoming everyone and introducing our presenter Joseph Cheng – of PiVOT. Joseph caught everyone’s attention with a trivia questionnaire featuring a variety of famous and not so famous Philippine individuals. A sampling of them were: Manny Pacquiao, Lea Salonga, Erik Spoelstra, R’Bonney… Read more »

The March FOCM | GLSA Networking event

March 15, 2023   The March FOCM | GLSA Networking event started out with welcoming everyone and reminding attendees of the meetings guidelines:  Think of this as an open house event – drop in when you can and leave when you need to;  When we have a presenter we have them start when we have… Read more »

The January FOCM | GLSA Networking Event

January 18 2023 Networking event The January FOCM | GLSA Networking event started out with welcoming everyone and wishing everyone a Happy New Year!  A review of the events guidelines was stated – think of this as an open house event – drop in when you can and leave when you need to; when we… Read more »

Clinical Trials in the Philippines

GLSA offers global reach for clinical trials with our network of Clinical Research Organizations (CRO’s). This article discusses the advantages of running trials in the Philippines. Our partner in the Philippines brings you geographic diversity and full service capabilities. Clinical Trial Management, Site Management and Trial Support Services are just the beginning of why the… Read more »

The December FOCM | GLSA Networking Event

The December FOCM | GLSA Networking event started out with welcoming everyone and a review of these meetings’ agendas summarized below.  For the newcomers, think of this as an open house event – drop in when you can and leave when you need to; when we have a topic and presenter we have them start… Read more »

The September GLSA | FOCM Networking Event

The GLSA | FOCM Networking Event on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 5:00 PM EST was a fascinating presentation by Patrick McCarthy and Steve Galen of Validcare about a disruptive approach to the conduct of clinical trials. Recent advances in technology and learning to do things remotely due to COVID-19 helps make this possible. Not… Read more »

August GLSA | FOCM Networking Event

The GLSA | FOCM Networking Event on Wednesday, August 17th, 2022 at 5:00 PM EST was expectedly light in attendance with many of our friends and colleagues taking a well-earned break during these summer months.  Our guest speaker, Michael O’Gorman, CEO of Life Science Marketplace, treated us to a demonstration on how to use his… Read more »