John Needham

Global Strategist Patient Recruitment Strategy, LLC

  • Doylestown PA

Global Strategic Enrollment and Retention Planning in Pharmaceutical R&D Clinical Operations

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Biography

John Needham has 32 years of experience in the fields of healthcare relationship marketing, patient accrual, compliance and retention. He currently leads the consulting company, Patient Recruitment Strategy, LLC for the development of global patient recruitment and retention programs for Phase II through IV clinical trials.
Prior to forming Patient Recruitment Strategy, John was responsible for patient recruitment and retention at Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development. He was the Co-Founder and President of Alliance Marketing Services Group, a firm specializing in direct marketing programs in healthcare. He has served in senior management positions at Telerx Marketing, TeleSpectrum Worldwide, PharmaKinetics Laboratories, Acurian, Pepsi USA and Proctor and Gamble.
John retired with the rank of Captain from the US Navy after 30 years of active and reserve service.

Industry Expertise

Market Research
Corporate Leadership
Pharmaceuticals

Areas of Expertise

Process Improvement in Patient Recruitment

Accomplishments

100 Fastest Growing Companies in America

Accolade bestowed on one of the 3 businesses I began, Alliance Marketing Services Group, a medical call center with Pharmacists and Nurses answering patients' questions.

Education

Dale Carnegie Training

Effective Public Speaking

Executive Image

Graduated first in the class

Villanova University

Marketing

Business Administration

US Naval War College

Leadership Studies

Command Leadership

Affiliations

  • ACRP; DIA; GPSEG

Event Appearances

Title

Clinical Trial Outsourcing Conference  Boston

2011-09-26

Sample Talks

Patient Attitudinal Research Regarding Study Participation

Aggregated results from recent patient surveys in 26 countries:
Why do patients consider trials
Where are they getting information about trials
Who would they prefer to speak with (MD or RN)
What are their perceived barriers to joining
How has their disease affected their life and the relationship with their family
What are they expecting from the site in the way of retention efforts
How far are they willing to travel
How are these answers different outside the US

Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Moderator
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader
  • Author Appearance

Fees

$800 to $2000*Will consider certain engagements for no fee