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Dr. Shearer has 11 years of experience in performing more than 100clinical trials at some of America's largest pharmaceutical companies. Theseincluded trials for Type I and II diabetes mellitus, myocardial infarction(commonly called a heart attack), stroke, gastroenterology, schizophrenia,Alzheimer's, depression, sleep disorders, hypertension and hyperlipidemia(abnormally high lipids or fats in the bloodstream, which can speed hardeningof the arteries).
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Dr. Shearer has served as a clinical trial manager at GlaxoSmithKline(GSK) for its Phase II and III trials for Type I and II diabetes mellitus, asenior research scientist at both GSK and Wyeth, a worldwide clinicalcompliance specialist at Wyeth, and a senior clinical trial leader atSanofi-Aventis. He has also functioned as a research consultant to theCleveland Clinic Foundation's Neurosurgery Department, resulting in multiplepublications involving stroke, Alzheimer's and hydrocephalus (commonly calledwater on the brain), as well as performed in-hospital research at TempleUniversity in Philadelphia. Prior to joining ICTS, Dr. Shearer served asmedical director of diabetes at MannKind Corp.
While at GSK, when it was known as SmithKline Beecham, Dr. Shearerinitiated its first Patient Recruitment Group in 1998. He has since beeninvited to attend recruitment seminars and was keynote speaker for aconference on "Accelerating Patient Recruitment" in London in 2005.
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"The addition of Dr. Shearer to our team will further our development ofeducational services for physicians, coordinators and patients as well asexpedite the development of several new products to our already outstandingpatient recruitment, enrollment and retention portfolio," said Sturgis. "Hisbroad range of experience in all levels of clinical research and patientenrollment will help take ICTS to the next level in our corporatedevelopment."
About Integrated Clinical Trial Services:
Integrated Clinical Trial Services is a creative, innovative and flexiblepartner for clinical trial patient recruitment, enrollment, retention andadherence. The full-service firm utilizes more than 300 contract employeesinternationally to provide patient enrollment feasibility, recruitmentstrategy, consulting, market research and protocol review, project management,concept design and production, media placement, community resource support,compliance and retention, and more. The Integrated Clinical Trial Servicesmanagement team has completed more than 300 successful patient recruitmentprograms and combines for more than 60 years of active involvement in patientaccrual. A successful trial depends on the quality of the underlyingrecruitment plan and Integrated Clinical Trial Services is dedicated toconstructing the right solution based upon each client's protocol and needs.For more information please call (919) 388-3964 or visit the Web site atwww.integratedtrials.com .Media Contacts: Kate Catlin MMI Associates, Inc. (919) 233-6600 [email protected]
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