What is Clinical Research

Clinical Research is a Systematic study of pharmaceutical products in human subjects in order to discover or verify the clinical, pharmacological, and/or adverse effects, with the object of determining their safety and efficacy.

Clinical Research—Earlier ( late 1990’s)

Clinical research is a relatively new business and profession in India.

During the previous decade, not even a single contract research Organization (CRO) existed in India.

Pharmaceutical companies who were doing Clinical Trials managed regulatory work on their own and used to run the trial on their shoulders.

Only a handful of senior doctors represented investigators participating in global multi-centric study Scenario now has changed….

Today there are at least ten different types of clinical research players who provide career opportunities to prospective CR professionals.

These players are involved in various types of CR business:

• bio-availability management,
• site management,
• bio-equivalence studies,
• Phase II-IV trials Trial Monitoring
• data management,
• central laboratories,
• biotech, chemistry and biology,
• bio-IT solutions
• CR training