“How and why to work with CROs”

4 June 2025 | 4 – 5 pm (CEST) | Webinar

In this online SPARK Europe Webinar Series organised by SPARK Finland our guests will share their insights on how early-stage academic projects and startups may benefit from working with Contract Research Organizations.

Our guests will be:

• Dale Mitchell – Senior Director Small Molecule Drug Discovery – Dale has 37 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. He has led a wide range of collaborative programs in areas such as inflammation, oncology, anti-infectives, neurodegeneration and PET imaging. He provides strategic oversight on integrated drug discovery programs, working closely with multi-disciplinary project teams and partners to generate hit compounds, deliver lead series and identify pre-clinical candidates.

• Sarah Gould – Director Senior Principle Scientific Advisor - Sarah is senior regulatory pharmaco-toxicologist and program manager with extensive experience (18 years) working for blue-chip, international pharmaceutical companies. She has a proven track record of effective delivery, bringing small and large molecule projects forward to clear decision milestones, submissions to, and interactions with health authorities up to licence (eg. IND's, IMPD's, CTD's etc), with full knowledge of GLP/GXP standards and regulatory guidelines (ICH, CHMP, FDA, WHO).

SPARK Poland invites you to join our webinar on June 4th at 16:00 CEST.

Online via Zoom. Please register here by June 3rd.

Please note that you will receive the meeting link and access code the evening before the lecture and that access to last minute registrations, cannot be guaranteed.