Outcome to Present at the 11th Registries and Post Approval Studies Congress

Business Wire, Sept 18, 2008

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Outcome Sciences, Inc. (OUTCOME), the leading provider of patient registries, studies, and technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes, today announced that Richard Gliklich, M.D., President and CEO of OUTCOME, will be speaking on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 from 11:15 AM - 11:55 AM EST at the 11th Registries and Post Approval Studies Congress. The congress is being hosted by the Center for Business Intelligence and is being held at the Marriot Georgetown University Conference Center, Washington D.C. from September 23-25, 2008.

Dr. Gliklich's presentation, entitled "Strategies to Meet Emerging Stakeholder Needs -- Changing Standards for Post-Approval Research," will discuss new stakeholder led initiatives for real-world studies and the ongoing efforts to create best practice standards for post-approval studies. Specifically, Dr. Gliklich will explain the driving forces behind new stakeholder needs for real-world studies, recent regulatory and government led initiatives' effect on the post-approval industry, the development of standards for real-world studies, including patient registries and comparative effectiveness research, and strategies to meet these emerging needs.

The 11th Registries and Post Approval Studies Congress will host the world's top executives and senior level directors from the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. For more information please visit, www.cbinet.com/show_conference.cfm?confCode=PC08055&field=summary.

About OUTCOME

OUTCOME is the leading provider of patient registries, studies, quality improvement programs, and integrated technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes. OUTCOME provides services and technologies focused on evaluating the safety, effectiveness, and quality of healthcare products and services. The company has designed, developed, and managed more than 100 patient registries, including many of the largest and most well-recognized programs for disease outcomes and patient safety. Outcome's TotalQuality[TM] is the leading clinical quality measurement solution.

OUTCOME is also an AHRQ DEcIDE Research Center, a component of the "Effective Health Care" initiative sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. OUTCOME was selected by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to lead the effort to create the patient registries handbook "Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User's Guide," released in May 2007. For more information, please visit www.outcome.com.