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Subject: Clinical Research statistics
Category: Health > Medicine
Asked by: johnc26-ga
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Posted: 04 Jul 2005 22:15 PDT
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Question ID: 540018
How many contract research organisations exist in America and Canada?

Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 05 Jul 2005 10:54 PDT
Hello Johnc26,  

Below you will find information regarding the number of Contact
Research Organizations.

Contract Research Organizations
400 North America
450 Europe
1000 Worldwide

Dan McDonald, vice president of Thomson CenterWatch estimates that 400
of the world's 1,000 CROs are based in North America, another 450 are
in Europe, and the rest are scattered about the globe.

Worldwide CRO spending grew from $7.9 billion in 2001 to $10.4 billion
in 2003. 
http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/ip-health/2005-April/007781.html


United States: 468 Contract Research Organizations
?About 468 contract research organizations exist in the United States,
according to the Association of Clinical Research Professionals trade
organization.?
http://www.aegis.com/news/mh/1998/MH980801.html

Graph:
Total number of North American clinical CROs 1980-2001
http://www.inpharm.com/ftp_images/picture1.gif
Taken from here:
http://www.inpharm.com/External/InpH/1,2580,2-210-51079-0-inp_resource-0-44609,00.html


Canada: 140 Contract Research Organizations
Canada has ?some 140 contract research organizations offering
integrated services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies?
http://www.tcm-mec.gc.ca/China/canadian-en.asp


Worldwide: 1000 Contract Research Organizations
Wolfgang Schaub Applied Clinical Trials, Apr 1, 2003 More than 1000
contract research organizations exist worldwide, and the number is
growing
http://pharmainfo.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3251



Search terms used: 
"400..1900 cros" research
contract research organizations statistics 

I hope this is helpful.

Best regards,
Bobbie7
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Subject: Re: Clinical Research statistics
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 05 Jul 2005 10:54 PDT
Rated:4 out of 5 stars
 
Hello Johnc26,  

Below you will find information regarding the number of Contact
Research Organizations.

Contract Research Organizations
400 North America
450 Europe
1000 Worldwide

Dan McDonald, vice president of Thomson CenterWatch estimates that 400
of the world's 1,000 CROs are based in North America, another 450 are
in Europe, and the rest are scattered about the globe.

Worldwide CRO spending grew from $7.9 billion in 2001 to $10.4 billion
in 2003. 
http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/ip-health/2005-April/007781.html


United States: 468 Contract Research Organizations
?About 468 contract research organizations exist in the United States,
according to the Association of Clinical Research Professionals trade
organization.?
http://www.aegis.com/news/mh/1998/MH980801.html

Graph:
Total number of North American clinical CROs 1980-2001
http://www.inpharm.com/ftp_images/picture1.gif
Taken from here:
http://www.inpharm.com/External/InpH/1,2580,2-210-51079-0-inp_resource-0-44609,00.html


Canada: 140 Contract Research Organizations
Canada has ?some 140 contract research organizations offering
integrated services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies?
http://www.tcm-mec.gc.ca/China/canadian-en.asp


Worldwide: 1000 Contract Research Organizations
Wolfgang Schaub Applied Clinical Trials, Apr 1, 2003 More than 1000
contract research organizations exist worldwide, and the number is
growing
http://pharmainfo.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3251



Search terms used: 
"400..1900 cros" research
contract research organizations statistics 

I hope this is helpful.

Best regards,
Bobbie7
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