Woburn, MA - April 21, 2005 - The Center for Business Intelligence announces its Commercial Contract and Chargeback Management for the Pharmaceutical Industry Summit

The Center for Business Intelligence (CBI) holds the Pharmaceutical Industry's Inaugural Commercial Contract and Chargeback Management Summit on June 23-24, 2005 at the Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue in Philadelphia, PA.

Industry speakers from sanofi-aventis, Purdue Pharma, KOS Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Stada Pharmaceuticals and other leading companies provide industry perspectives and case studies at the conference.

Pharmaceutical companies need to incorporate solutions to capture potential savings related to their contract sales and commercial contract administration. Learn how companies can increase operational efficiency, reduce risks and minimize revenue leakage and over payment by streamlining the contract management process.

Hear how to:

• Ensure trading partner's adherence to contract terms and conditions
• Use automated alerts to prevent unwanted contract lapses or automatic renewals
• Track data points and derive valuable insights from data sets
• Identify unusual patterns using audits and internal controls
• Apply the concept of business logic or "logic layers" to your contracting business processes
• Leverage business process management to reduce chargeback discrepancies, chargeback resubmissions and contract-related deductions
• Employ RFID technology to streamline contract management and validate chargebacks

Sponsors and Exhibitors include: iMany, Model N, PriceWaterHouseCoopers, Bizcord, Upside Software, Inc, IHS, AmerisourceBergen, RulesPower, Metastorm and PharmaMetrics with outstanding support provided by: Pharma IT, PharmaVOICE and Pharmaceutical Business Strategies.

For more information on this event or to register, contact CBI Registration at 800-817-8601 Fax 781-939-2490 Email cbireg@cbinet.com. Please visit us online at http://www.cbinet.com/show_conference.cfm?confCode=HB536