14th Annual Outsourcing in Clinical Trials Southern California

The Partnership Illusion: Exposing the silos that quietly undermine clinical execution

Tuesday, September 15 | 2:30 p.m. | Stream A

Sponsors and CROs strive for effective partnerships, yet even the most experienced organizations still find themselves reacting to issues that should have been identified much earlier. Why?

Join us for this thought-provoking session as we uncover the hidden operational silos that develop within sponsors, within CROs and across the partnership itself. Drawing on experience across clinical operations, project management, rare disease oversight, strategic solutions and biotech leadership, this session challenges the notion that outsourcing models alone determine success. Whether FSP, full service, milestone-based, outcome-based or hybrid, no delivery model can compensate for limited visibility, delayed risk identification, unclear accountability or fragmented decision making.

Attendees will leave with a new perspective on what truly drives high performing sponsor-CRO partnerships and practical strategies to identify risks earlier, strengthen accountability and improve clinical execution.

Key takeaways

• Identify the hidden silos that create blind spots across sponsor-CRO partnerships.
• Recognize the early warning signs of partnership breakdown before timelines and quality are impacted.
• Learn practical approaches to improve visibility, accountability and cross-functional decision making.
• Strengthen governance practices that enable more predictable clinical outcomes.