Hello Everyone, Something that we felt might be of interest to a number of you: "SEC Associates, Inc., a regulatory compliance consulting firm, is partnering with the SAS Institute to offer training on a simple, risk-based approach to computer system compliance for organizations involved with pharmaceutical and biotechnology clinical trials. This seminar presents a practical methodology for assessing computer systems to determine the appropriate level of validation effort and what controls, if any, are appropriate to assure the integrity of your data. This methodology applies to all computer systems, not just SAS programs. Because of the emphasis currently being placed on the predicate rules, the seminar includes the pharmaceutical clinical trial regulations and how the regulations apply to computer systems. The course is designed to provide information and tools that can be used immediately in your organization or modified to fit internal policies and procedures. The course is appropriate for clinical project managers, CRAs, data management, QA, computer system validation groups, IT, statistical programmers, and even clinical site staff involved with EDC systems. This seminar will be offered in Chicago on November 2-3, 2004. The seminar is also being offered in a number of other locations around the country. Additional information and dates of the seminars can be found at http://support.sas.com/training/us/crs/bracc.html."; Regards, Jeff Ahrnsen CinSUG