Clinical Trial Agreements & Budgets Forum, September 30 - October 3, San Diego

NEW YORK, July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the highly successful Clinical Trial Agreements & Budgets Conference EAST held back in April 2007, MAGI in conjunction with iiBIG is producing the Clinical Trial Agreements & Budgets Conference WEST, scheduled for September 30 - October 3 in San Diego. The West-coast event features three tracks, covering clinical trial agreements, budgets, and special topics; over 50 speakers; 5 post-conference workshops; and more. Over 30 information-packed sessions will cover all of the "ins-and- outs" of negotiating and budgeting clinical trial agreements -- whether involvement is cross-border or purely domestic. Attendance is rapidly increasing, offering many networking opportunities with the likes of Abbott Laboratories; AIDS Research Alliance; Amgen; AstraZeneca; Duke Clinical Research Institute; Eli Lilly and Company; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Genentech; Mayo Clinic; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; St. Michael's Hospital, and much more.

This conference will target contract or budget specialist, novice or veteran, with a large or small study sponsor, research site, or contract research organization (CRO) in academia or the private sector.

Professional Certification: MAGI's Clinical Research Contract Professional (CRCP) certification exam will be offered. Demonstrate your professional competence to your employer, colleagues, negotiating partners, and yourself. Learn more at http://firstclinical.com/magi/certification.html.

Conference plenary sessions include: -- Clinical Trial Agreements & Budgets in the Real World -- Negotiation Magic: Skills & Techniques -- Subject Injury Litigation: You Don't Want to Go Here -- Building a One-Sided Table: Cooperation & Partnerships -- Stump the Experts

Sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities are still available. For more information, please contact: Kellie Swanstrom, VP, Business Development, iiBIG 973-571-0867 or kellies@iibig.com.

FOR CONFERENCE UPDATES AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Please visit: http://www.iibig.com/P0706 Call: 212-300-2523 E-mail: info@iibig.com

About MAGI. MAGI, the Model Agreement Group Initiative, includes members from over 2,000 clinical research sponsors, sites, and CROs. Our objective is to streamline the initiation of clinical trials with a pre-negotiated, multiple-choice, annotated model agreement, a database of state and international laws and regulations, and educational activities. Norman M. Goldfarb, CRCP, MAGI founder and chairman, is organizing and chairing this conference. Learn more about MAGI at http://www.firstclinical.com/magi. International Institute for Business Information & Growth LLC (iiBIG)

CONTACT: Don Buford, Chief Executive Officer of International Institute

for Business Information & Growth LLC (iiBIG), +1-212-300-2521, info@iibig.com

Web site: http://www.iibig.com/P0706 http://www.firstclinical.com/magi

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