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The Life Science Information Technology Global Institute (LSIT), which develops reference guidelines for IT systems in the life and health sciences, announces the establishment of an Industry Advisory Board

March 28, 2008 - The LSIT Global Institute's Board of Directors today announced the formation of an Industry Advisory Board to help guide the development of Good Informatics Practices (GIP) guidance for the life and health science communities. The primary goal of the IAB will be to provide advisory input to the Board and working committees in areas of strategic importance to the LSIT mission. In addition, the IAB will periodically provide overviews on topics where its members have expertise, and will address specific strategy questions as they arise in the course of business. The LSIT Board of Directors has invited an initial group of six distinguished industry leaders to be founding members of the IAB.

Several IAB members joined the LSIT Board of Directors meeting on Friday, and identified some strategic topics and trends for future presentations and dialogue that include: database intelligence and pedigree, the changing environments of clinical trials and collaboration of commercial industry with non-profit research organizations, data visibility and its roadmap from discovery to commercialization, translational medicine and the collaboration tools for research, diagnostics and pharmaceuticals working together, and the validation challenges faced by combination products.

The founding IAB members represent the diversity of the life and health science and IT industries, and are each highly regarded for their professional accomplishments. Founding members include: Gregory Horowitt, Executive Director of Global CONNECT; Charles Jaffe, MD, Ph.D., FACMI, the CEO of Health Level 7 (HL7); Dr. Michael R. Stapleton, Chief Business Officer of BioWisdom; Kyle Brown, Founder & CEO of Innolyst; Donald Jones, Vice President of Business Development Health and Life Sciences for Qualcomm; and Paul Allen, Managing Partner, Life Sciences for Clarkston Consulting. LSIT Board of Directors member Andrew Jacobson, Ph.D., has been

For more information about LSIT's new Industry Advisory Board, visit www.lsit.org/about/iab.php.

About the LSIT Global Institute:

The Life Sciences Information Technology (LSIT) Global Institute is a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to developing open, publicly available Good Informatics Practices (GIP) Guidelines for the life and health sciences communities. The effective and appropriate use of IT offers the possibility to reduce both the time and cost of bringing new medical therapeutics and products from discovery to the patient. The organization's members are an alliance of leading global life sciences and information technology companies, renowned academic and medical research institutions, healthcare providers, payors and representatives from government regulatory agencies worldwide.

About Good Informatics Practices:

The Good Informatics Practices Guidance Document (GIP) is a newly drafted comprehensive body of information of regulatory requirements in the form of existing (GLP, GMP, GCP and Part 11) and currently used standards compiled in one reference guide for an IT system of a life science or healthcare environment.

For more information about the LSIT Global Institute and Good Informatics Practices, please visit www.lsit.org.