Outsourcing in Clinical Drug Development
Contributors: Roy Drucker (Editor); Graham Hughes (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: August 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781574911121
Subjects: Biology, Life Sciences; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Pharmacy; Medical / Pharmacology; Pharmacology; Clinical Trials; Contracting out; Drug development; Drugs; Research
First sentence: Over the last twenty years the contract research organization (CRO) industry has expanded from an entrepreneurial, almost cottage industry that served the unforeseen capacity shortfalls of the pharmaceutical industry, to an industry that generates more than $6 billion annually in the drug development area alone.