On July 27, 2017, Julia Kondakov, Accell’s Director of Business Development, attended an informal meeting organized by Virginia Biotechnology Association held in Charlottesville, VA. Being a strong member of the life science community in Virginia, it is important for Accell to share our professional insights and achieve our common goal to improve patients’ health and accelerate drug development for a healthier world to live in. This informal meeting was a good touchstone to develop and enforce relationships with local life science companies and their representatives and plan new activities to foster knowledge transfer about advantages of clinical trials in Eastern Europe and Russia.