Life Sciences Industry Expert Deirdre BeVard Joins ClearTrial

Chicago, IL – April 23, 2008 – ClearTrial, a leading provider of clinical trial software for clinical operations planning, budgeting, and outsourcing, announced today that Deirdre BeVard has joined the ClearTrial team as Senior Director of Clinical Services, Eastern Region. In this role, she will actively support the company’s rapidly expanding roster of biopharma and CRO customers. Drawing on industry expertise gained from running clinical development and outsourcing operations at leading life sciences organizations, Deirdre will help ClearTrial customers optimize their clinical planning and development, streamline outsourcing, and improve sponsor/CRO relationships.

Prior to joining ClearTrial, Deirdre was Executive Director, Clinical Research for the Physician Alliance for Clinical Research (PACR), formerly part of HealthSouth. While at PACR, she led the development of the Vision Investigator Scientific Network, which provided services and infrastructure to help private practice ophthalmologists conduct industry-sponsored drug or device clinical trials.

Previously Deirdre served as Senior Director of Clinical Operations at Otsuka Maryland Research Institute where she worked for nine years. In this capacity she was responsible for the direction, strategy and execution of global clinical trial operations. Here she also created Otsuka’s centralized clinical outsourcing group and managed all facets of the outsourcing operation, including the development of outsourcing processes, preparation and negotiation of contracts, staffing oversight and overall governance and management of outsourcing relationships. She has also had responsibility for leading Document Management Services, clinical supplies, and numerous other clinical operations activities.

Previously in her career, Deirdre worked for a leading CRO, where she developed the company’s first regional monitoring network, was responsible for project resource allocation, and the management, training and development of project staff in the US and Europe.

Deirdre has served on the Advisory Board for the IIR Partnerships with CROs Conference since 2006, serves on the Advisory Board and as Chair of the 2008 IIR Partnerships with Sites Conference, and teaches/presents in multiple public courses and conferences in clinical research.

About ClearTrial® ClearTrial® is a leading provider of clinical trial software for clinical operations planning, budgeting, and outsourcing. ClearTrial software helps pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device companies, and CROs expedite the clinical development process without sacrificing quality of results. The company’s software products support clinical operations, resource planning, and outsourcing departments with a single solution that promotes speed and consistency, while maintaining flexibility to handle different study requirements. For more information please visit http://www.cleartrial.com.

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