Global Clinical Trials Playbook

Section 1: Clinical Trials 1. Introduction 2. Global Clinical Trials: Study Design and Planning 3. Building a Healthy Mechanism for Good Clinical Practice-Compliant Global Trials: African Perspectives 4. Clinical Trial Sites Capabilities: Standard Operating Procedure Implementation in Effective African Models 5. How to Select and Oversee Contract Research Organizations 6. The How-To of Global Clinical Trial Forecasting, Budgeting and Project Management

Section 2: Strengthening and Building Clinical Trial Site Capabilities and Capacity in Developing and Emerging Markets

7. Lessons Learned in India 8. Lessons Learned in China 9. Lessons Learned in Eastern Europe 10. Lessons Learned in Singapore 11. Lessons Learned in Turkey

Section 3: Regulatory Capacity 12. Development of Regulatory Capacity in Monitoring, Oversight, Enforcement, and Approval of Clinical Trials: Taiwan's Experience as an Example

Section 4: How to Build and Enhance Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management Capacity and Capability 13. Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management

Section 5: Electronic Data Capture 14. Setting up Electronic Data Capture Capabilities

Section 6: Ethics, Human Resources, and Intellectual Property 15. Ethics and International Review Board Capacity Building

Section 7: Quality Assurance and Data Management 16. Clinical Quality Assurance and Data Management

Appendix A - Sample Protocol Template Appendix B - Sample Informed Consent Form Appendix C - Sample Case Report Form Appendix D - Sample Statistical Analysis Plan Appendix E - Case Report Form Versioning Policy Appendix F - Checklist for Study Close-out Appendix G - Financial Disclosure Form

Menghis Bairu, M.D.-physician, editor, author, philanthropist and healthcare business executive-has more than two decades of international experience in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, global health and non-profit arenas. Dr. Bairu serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Global Development at Elan. His responsibilities include, but are not limited to clinical development, biometrics, regulatory, CMC, QA, safety-and-risk management, clinical operations and medical affairs. Previously he served as head of Onclave Therapeutics, a wholly Elan-owned oncology biotech company.

He lectures extensively on global health and biopharmaceutical issues with particular focus on Emerging Markets (e.g. India, China, Latin America, Singapore, Middle East, South East Asia and Africa). He served as editor and co-author of Global Clinical Trials: Effective Implementation and Management (Elsevier, 2011), a textbook designed to help researchers develop and implement effective and ethical international clinical trials. Dr. Bairu is also editor/co-author of Global Clinical Trials Playbook: Management and Implementation (Elsevier, 2012), and Global Clinical Trials for Alzheimer's Disease: Design, Implementation, and Standardization (Elsevier, 2013).

Prior to joining Elan, Dr. Bairu worked at Genentech for more than five years in a number of managed care, medical and commercial (Oncology, Immunology, and Cardiovascular) roles. He served as managed care Medical Director for Fremont Health Corporation/II before joining Genentech. He served on the board of directors for One World Health, a nonprofit drug development company funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and A-Cube, a privately held pharma startup.

In 2013, Dr. Bairu was named to the boards of directors of Dubai-based NewBridge Pharmaceuticals (he also serves as chairman of NewBridge's science and technology committee), and ADVentura Capital SL, a Barcelona,

"Contributors mostly from outside of Europe and the US explore various elements required for successfully implementing clinical trials in poor countries that will be used as evidence to license drugs in rich countries." --Reference and Research Book News, August 2013

"The book brings together a panoply of academics, registration professionals, safety officers and other experts from the pharmaceutical industry and CROs. [and] uses real-life examples to present the tools available to build and enhance human capacity in order to execute clinical trials throughout the world, and is recommended for anybody interested in expanding their knowledge of international clinical trials." --Samedan LTD Pharmaceutical Publishers, Autumn 2012

"Global Clinical Trials: Effective Implementation and Management is probably the most comprehensive book written to date on the topic. In 2008, 97 (80%) of 121 FDA marketing applications for drug and biological products included non-U.S. data, including 10 (8%) with no U.S. data. The book includes contributions from 59 authors, with coverage of many countries engaged in clinical research" --Clinical Research Best Practices

"This is indeed a valuable resource with a broad range of regional experiences in clinical trials and touching a wide array of topics increasing the potential of target readers. I have truly found it quite informative." --Dr. Michael Makanga, Director South-South Cooperation and Head of Africa Office, European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), South Africa

"Global Clinical Trials Playbook is a treatise in self-learning, and a must read for researchers in academia, CROs, and NGOs involved in funding and conducting clinical trials. It is a vital reference for those interested in capacity building in clinical research, especially in developing countries."