what does a contract research organization do
A contract research organization (CRO) is an organization that provides support to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries in the form of research services outsourced on a contract basis.ne estimate had the size of the market set to reach $24 billion in 2010 and set to grow at a rate of 8.5% through 2015. The top CROs, according to outsourcing-pharma.com, are Quintiles, Parexel, Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), INC Research, Covance, Medpace, PRA Health Sciences, inVentiv Health, and Chiltern.