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The usage of contract
research and Contract or Clinical Research Organizations (CROs) by
pharmaceutical companies, biotech and alike is expected to grow continuously.
More and more services are, depending on the size of the company, outsourced to
CROs. For instance since not all aspects of clinical trials can be covered or
there is a lack of resources or maybe in expertise in some areas. There are so
many CROs around to outsource to, so what’s important in selecting the right
CRO?
Certainly, the quality of
the CROs work as witnessed by others in the therapeutic area of interest is an
important criterion. It is common sense that there has to be a feeling of
understanding; a good feeling that the cooperation will work. Collaboration
usually lasts long and significant sums of money are involved, thus the
approach, the values and the work ethics should be similar between the sponsor
and the CRO.
To achieve that feeling
of understanding any CRO should offer a very cohesive and devoted team lead by
clinical project managers with the required expertise to give an idea how
exactly the clinical project will be carried out, taken into account things
such as resources, country and site selection. Problem solving capabilities of
a contract research organization are generally enhanced if an organization and
the CRO’s team have a good team spirit and exhibit low staff turnover.
If the CRO of choice has
all the above qualities and serves in the right areas, the choice maybe right
indeed.
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