In these days of outsourcing, there are also
contract research organizations that carry out research on short - term projects and then sell these to larger companies if they look promising.
In the past, most of this sponsored - research money went to academic medical centers; today an estimated 75 percent flows to for - profit
contract research firms.
Our most ambitious undertaking to date has been to develop a new seminar series designed to introduce postdocs and
other contract research staff members to a number of potential career paths.
They take
on contract research for industry, especially for small and medium - sized enterprises without any research facilities.
At the other end of the clinical spectrum
from contract research are the trials that commercial companies are unlikely to do.
Industry is reaching far beyond the academic medical center, its traditional partner, to
private contract research organizations and private physician networks to help operate clinical trials.
Expect to see growth though the purchase of smaller companies; and the same will be true
of Contract Research Organisations (CROs), who now demonstrate a fast - growing trend of consolidation within the industry.
«The scientists stand accused of emailing and downloading proprietary data about [GlaxoSmithKline] products and sending it to contacts working for the Chinese startup Renopharma, which provides
contract research services for early drug discovery, according to its website.»
Recognizing a growing niche for outsourcing services, McElroy launched The Research Network, which today gathers several dozen former pharma employees into a firm that helps companies work
with contract research organizations.
The scientists stand accused of emailing and downloading proprietary data about GSK products and sending it to contacts working for the Chinese startup Renopharma, which
provides contract research services for early drug discovery, according to its website.
Biological science graduates can also go into entry - level positions
at contract research organisations that administer clinical trials.
Unfortunately though, I don't think there is, at the moment, a union
for contract research staff,» laments Stephen Clark, long - term contract researcher.
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Performed contract research for A.L. Associates, Whitehead Mann and Heidrick and Struggles that included execution of candidate identification for broad based financial services industries.
The molecule was produced by Portuguese drugmaker Bial and tested in healthy human volunteers in a phase I study by the French
contract research company Biotrial in Rennes.
Last 10 years have been devoted to monitoring, managing, and building relationships with preclinical
Contract Research Organizations (CROs) through demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate and interact professionally with all levels of staff both internally and externally.
But increasingly, he says, the pharmaceutical industry is farming out its clinical trials to for - profit entities, known
as contract research organizations.
All patients treated at Okyanos who consent are followed post-treatment and efficacy data is obtained by a third -
party contract research organization.
Medrio has been used successfully in Phase I - IV trials, registries, and other clinical studies by a number of
leading contract research organizations (CROs), as well as biopharmaceutical and device companies.
But that doesn't mean there aren't any money - making opportunities for the dozens of other small to medium -
sized contract research organizations, or CROs, that conduct clinical trials, perform research or even manufacture drugs or devices on behalf of some of the largest global pharmaceutical companies.
Diagnostics company Laboratory Corp of America said on Monday it would buy privately
owned contract research organization (CRO) Chiltern International for nearly $ 1.2 billion in cash to expand its oncology offerings.
Consider, for example, the vast involvement of college and university personnel in
government contract research, and to a lesser degree in consultative services to industry.
Medicus Research is the internationally
renowned contract research organization specializing in the study of dietary supplements, functional foods, medical foods, botanical drugs and cosmeceuticals.
RBT contracted Medicus Research, the
premier contract research organization for the Dietary Supplement, Functional Foods and Botanical Drug industries, to perform a comprehensive analysis of independent studies conducted on behalf of RBT to substantiate numerous important health claims for its proprietary and process patented rice bran derivatives and products.
The final rules also remove a proposed ban on contract and collaborative research involving animals with overseas educational institutions, although they still
prohibit contract research — such as the use of monkeys to test drugs for multinational drug companies — carried out purely for monetary considerations.
CAMBRIDGE — Late last month, concerned academic researchers met with representatives of funding bodies and university staff development offices to discuss the situation of
university contract research staff (CRS).
«I acknowledge my obligation to assign inventions and patents that I conceive or develop while employed by University or during the course of my utilization of any University research facilities or any connection with my use of gift, grant, or
contract research funds received through the University.
Syngene, Biocon's
contract research arm, and Clinigene, its clinical development branch, have long collaborated successfully with companies overseas, but Biocon has become an R&D power in its own right, with its own global reach.
For example, one firm has engaged Parexel International, a
global contract research organisation (CRO) based in Waltham, Massachusetts, to run a trial of an established adult migraine drug in children aged 6 to 17, across more than 20 countries.
Ph.D. student Markus Geisen of the Natural History Museum in London was to lead a research project on a micropaleontology grant this summer but says he now plans to skip over to Germany for a short -
term contract researching coccolith biology.
Patrick McConville, Ph.D., is chief operating officer, chief scientific officer, and a co-founder of Molecular Imaging Inc., the
only contract research organization (CRO) dedicated to in vivo preclinical imaging.
The Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center maintains a team of highly qualified professionals who work diligently in the development and execution of a vast range of nonhuman
primate contract research applications.
Unlike other
Chinese contract research firms, PharmaBlock subscribes to multiple scientific journals that its staff scours for hints on pharmaceutical research trends, Dong says.
All screening was done at 10 μM J147 by
various contract research organizations (CROs), including MDS Pharma Services (King of Prussia, PA, USA), Ricerca, now Panlabs (Concord, OH, USA), Ambit (La Jolla, CA, USA), Caliper (Hopkinton, MA, USA) and NovaScreen Biosciences (Hanover, MD, USA) by standard protocols described in their catalogs.
Phrases with «contract research»