Oct
5
Dr. Saurendra Das of Excel Life Sciences Named Finalist for 2008 Gcpj Awards “clinical Research Professional of the Year”
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Chicago, IL. – Excel Life Sciences, a U.S.-based, India-focused provider of comprehensive trial management services, announces that Executive Boss of Operations Dr. Saurendra Das has been chosen as one of five finalists of the 2008 GCPj Awards “Clinical Research Professional of the Year”.
The GCPj Awards has been developed to admit excellence in the Clinical Trials industry. Now in its second year the GCPj Awards honors and reward corporate and individual excellence and celebrates innovation throughout this industry, with 12 carefully plotted award categories. The GCPj Awards are open to anyone working within the Clinical Trials arena and will culminate in a black tie event with industry leaders where the Awards will be presented.
“I have had the privilege of knowing and working with Dr. Das for many years. Dr. Das is an extremely valuable part of the executive team and our success at Excel Life Sciences. His experience in the field of clinical research has helped train hundreds of clinical research professionals in India. We are proud of his nomination and thrilled that he has been chosen a finalist by the GCPj awards for Clinical Research Professional of the Year,” said Dr. Vijai Kumar, President and Chief Medical Officer of Excel Life Sciences.
Dr. Das has over 10 years of experience in coordination of all phases of global and domestic clinical trials. He is a key leader in a large movement underway to make India a premier destination for clinical research in the months and years ahead. His passion for clinical research and for making Excel Life Sciences and India successful is arguably one of the most impressive in the business. He drives himself relentlessly to help build and expand ELS and the greater India clinical research Endeavor by applying an impressive work ethic, dedication to learning and training, priority on ethical conduct of clinical trials and the advancement of healthcare across class and income lines throughout India.
Prior to unification Excel Life Sciences, Dr. Das was personally responsible for establishing two foremost SMOs and one CRO in India. He has led large clinical operations teams and brought many innovations to the field including strategies, systems and processes for nearer enrollment and augmented retention. Dr. Das’ vast experience includes crafty and reviewing clinical trial related SOPs and WPDs, crafty SOPs for Ethics Committees, budgeting for Clinical Trials and setting up Inner Pharmacies. He coordinated the clinical trials at the two sites that successfully passed the first US FDA audit in India. As an active trainer, he worked closely with faculty from Harvard Medical International developing a global training program and has personally trained hundreds of pharma, CRO, SMO, Inner Lab and Site employees in ICH-GCP. Dr Das has worked on the faculty of the CDSCO, WHO and ICRI. Dr. Das holds an M.D. in clinical pharmacology from M. K. C. G. Medical College in Orissa, India.
Other finalists in the “Clinical Research Professional of the Year” class are Dr. Janice Albrecht, Vice President, Clinical Research at Schering-Plough; Dr. Naida Gurshumov, Boss of Clinical Research at superDimension Ltd.; Dr. Gordon Kapke, Senior Boss , Biomarker Services, Covance, Inc.; and Prof. Dr. James Stegmann, Chief Medical Officer, CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc.
Headquartered in Chicago, IL with offices in Boston, Raleigh-Durham, Washington DC, Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi and 21 other locations across India, ELS is one of the most experienced and fastest growing trial management and site support organizations in India, offering customized clinical trial solutions including: regulatory consulting, preparations, submissions and query pledge ; site identification and selection; patient recruitment and retention; training of all clinical research stakeholders; technology transfer; product licensing and more.
ELS has one of the most experienced and respected clinical operations teams in India with over 125 years of collective experience in conducting more than 350 global and domestic trials at hundreds of sites and with thousands of patients. ELS has also trained over 1,500 clinical research personnel in India. For more information visit: www.excellifesciences.com
MERRILL
Aug
5
What Are The Advantages Of Autism Research?
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During this time, problems with communication will be noticed, as well as the inability to form relationships with family members and peers. There have always been theories about autism and why it happens, as well as lengthy studies done by autism experts to try and unravel this disorder.
Studies on autism have been done to try and prove if there is a genetic link to an autistic disorder. Within these studies, the genes that are related to speech and speech development were scrutinized to find out if the delays that autistic children exhibit could be genetic.
One such study showed that rare genetic abnormalities existed with a certain chromosome and were one hundred times more prevalent in autistic broadcast . It was therefore concluded that this itself could be one of the many causes of autism. It was also found that most broadcast with autism did not have the mutation, meaning that other genes also must be involved in the process.
There has also been a lot of autism research done to attempt to find out how foods affect an autistic child. It is now believed that gluten, which is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye and some oat products, has a dire influence on the brain, the bowels and the immune system of an afflicted child.
It is believed that autistic children are in fact being poisoned by the existence of gluten in their diets. Many physicians are now putting their autistic patients on a gluten free diet to rid their bodies of this substance. It is now believed that fantastic improvements, such as augmented language skills, will be seen in the child if gluten products are removed from their diet for at least 3 months.
As time passes, autism research will hopefully give us more results on what can help children with an autistic disorder and allow them to become more active in society, as well as how to deal with everyday issues. The research has already given us solid information about how autistic children can be affected by things such as the foods they eat, which has enabled many children to have better lives just by removing persons foods from their diets. The more we can know about this disorder, the more we will be able to help the children who suffer.
DIRK
Jun
29
Researching allergies
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There are many broadcast all over the planet who suffer from allergies, but each person can suffer from different allergies or even a range of different allergies. They all have one thing in run of the mill and that is that they experience adverse reactions when they come into contact with their allergens. The strength of the reaction can vary from person to person depending on the severity of their allergy and the type of allergy that they suffer from since certain allergens can inherently produce a more severe reaction in the broadcast who suffer from an allergy towards them. There are a range of different Allergy Research Group products unfilled that can help to fall the severity of your body’s reaction to the allergens so that you are not the victim of adverse reactions which are as severe. These products are calculated to affect the immune system since allergies always affect the immune system while food intolerances do not affect the immune system even if you may still feel adverse effects.
These Allergy Research Group products are calculated to help provide support for the body and particularly the immune system so that when the body comes into contact with allergens the immune system is not affected as terribly as it could be. This support is full by providing the body with an influx of nutrients and vitamins that are needed for use within the body and mainly persons that can be made use of within the immune system so that the body’s defenses can be fortified. There are many of the products that contain a release nutrient or vitamin that can be derived from multiple sources, whether natural or synthetic, to provide the body with a boost that is associated with an influx of that particular nutrient. There is also Allergy Research Group products that can provide the body with anti-oxidants to help repair hurt that has been done to the body which could otherwise cause the body to be more susceptible to outside factors.
All of the Allergy Research Group products are made so that they can be classified as hypo-allergenic since they contain none of the run of the mill allergens such as wheat or dairy which can be used in coloring, flavoring or bulking agents. Many of the products are calculated to provide benefits throughout the body and increase the general ability of the body to fight off attacks by viruses, bacteria or allergens. There are many groups of products that perform the same functions, but there are elements that differ from product to product to ensure that a wider range of broadcast can make use of the benefits that can be bought through making use of the Allergy Research Group product. It can be something as simple as flavoring a product so that the broadcast who do not like the original taste can make use of it without any problems. There can be a change in ingredients so that broadcast who could be allergic to one of the ingredients can make use of the products with no adverse effects being felt.
CHUCK