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Lindsay McNair, MD, MPH, Principal and Owner, Equipoise Consulting LLC Dr. McNair is Principal Consultant at Equipoise Consulting, LLC.  As a consultant to large and small pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, Dr. McNair provides medical guidance on clinical development strategies and study design for new Drugs, medical oversight of the conduct of all phases of clinical trials, and medical review of marketing and educational materials.  She was formerly the Senior Medical Director for Clinical Development and Medical Affairs in the Medicines Development Group at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is an adjunct Assistant Professor at Boston University and teaches in the School of Public Health and in the Master’s of Clinical Investigation graduate programs, on the scientific design and conduct of clinical research studies.  Her areas of interest include the ethical issues of pharmaceutical drug development and marketing, and interactions between ethics committees/ research review boards and the pharmaceutical industry.  Dr. McNair graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and trained in general surgery at Boston University Medical Center. She completed her Master’s in Public Health at Boston University School of Public Health, concentrating in Biostatistics/Epidemiology and Health Services Administration.  She was a member of the Institutional Review Board for the conduct of clinical research at Boston University Medical Center for several years, and founded and chaired the Human Subject Protection Committee at Vertex Pharmaceuticals.  She is a Site Visitor for the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP).

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