Driving Trial Efficiency, Speed, and Quality:
AstraZeneca’s Clinical Transformation Journey

Debbie Brook, who has a science background with a degree in BioMedical Science and a Masters degree in Clinical Data Management, is currently working as a Product Director for Unified Clinical System in Global Clinical Solutions for AstraZeneca R&D.

With over 15 years of experience in Clinical Operations, working across multiple delivery models and phases in project and line management roles, she has a deep knowledge of regulations, guidelines, processes and technologies associated with drug development throughout the end-to-end value chain.  She has a passion for delivering innovative, efficient and effective processes/systems that meet customer needs as well as streamlining and transforming ways of working to ultimately support the faster delivery of medicines to patients.

Henry Galio is responsible for the overall market strategy and direction of the Veeva Vault CTMS application. With over 30 years of experience in life sciences and 18 years in developing and implementing clinical trial systems and clinical data analytics, Henry is an expert in clinical operations software, business process optimization, and CTMS efficiency. Before joining Veeva, Henry spent 10 years working at top 10 pharma and biotech companies. He then spent 18 years working for leading software companies, including Siebel, IBM, and Oracle, where he held a wide variety of consulting, architecture, sales, and strategy roles. Over the course of his career, Henry has served as an advisor and implementer of CTMS solutions for hundreds of life sciences companies and has spoken internationally on CTMS, clinical integration, clinical data warehousing, the clinical internet of things and personalized medicine.