Abbe Steel
Vice President, Patient & Physician Services
abbe.steel@unitedbiosource.com
Ms. Steel has over 21 years of experience working in the pharmaceutical industry in the fields of patient education and compliance, clinical trial patient recruitment and retention, clinical and drug safety, and clinical trial management. Her responsibilities at UBC include designing study-related patient communication efforts related to patient recruitment and retention for clinical trials and registries, disease management, patient education and site-based enhancement strategies. She leads a team of clinical trial communication professionals all focused on designing and executing aggressive, multi-media initiatives to identify and enroll patients in trials and ensuring patient retention. Ms. Steel utilizes her skills in marketing, advertising, public relations, medical education and call center activities to ensure our clients receive comprehensive patient recruitment and enrollment programs.
Prior to joining UBC, Ms. Steel was Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Operations for Galt Associates, an organization that offers drug safety and risk management services to the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to Galt, Ms Steel was Senior Director, Patient Programs at PAREXEL International. Ms. Steel worked in PAREXEL’s Medical Marketing Services Division, a division of the company that executed Phase IV studies and registries. She was responsible for leading patient initiatives for trial recruitment and retention, disease management, patient education, and call center support programs. Ms. Steel started her career at Sanofi Pharmaceuticals in the Corporate Relations Division supporting patient compliance and product marketing initiatives. Ms. Steel received her B.A. from George Washington University.
