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2011 MAY–JUNE No. 380
May 05, 2011 [posted]
May 11, 2011 [Editor's note added]

NLM Co-Sponsors Clinical Trial Conference, June 6-7, 2011

[Editor's Note: This is a reprint of an announcement published on the NLM Web site on April 27, 2011. To be notified of announcements like this subscribe to NLM-Announces e-mail list.]

"Clinical Trials: New Challenges and Opportunities"

The National Library of Medicine® , the Friends of the National Library of Medicine, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science are co-sponsoring a conference exploring the future of clinical trials.

[Editor's note added on May 11, 2011: Please note in the paragraph below the new location of the June 7 session.]

"Clinical Trials: New Challenges and Opportunities" will be held June 6-7, 2011. A keynote address and evening activities will be held in downtown Washington June 6, followed by a full day of presentations and panel discussions June 7 in the Lister Hill Center Auditorium (Building 38A), National Library of Medicine, on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

NLM®, part of the National Institutes of Health, is co-sponsoring the event as part of its 175th anniversary celebration. NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins is among more than a dozen speakers representing government, industry, academia, and patient advocacy groups.  Conference topics include:

For more details on the conference program and registration fees, please go to the Friends of the National Library of Medicine Web site, http://www.fnlm.org/.

NLM Co-Sponsors Clinical Trial Conference, June 6-7, 2011. NLM Tech Bull. 2011 May-Jun;(380):e2.