How many contract research organisations exist in China

Hello Fbruno,


According to a recent article in Pharmainfo.net, there are 100
Contract Rersearch Organizations in China.

Excerpt:

?There are an estimated 100 local CROs in China. This group varies in
size, quality of offerings, and management capabilities. Their
customers tend to be local Chinese and foreign pharmaceutical
companies that are either already set up in China or looking for entry
into China.


ExcelChina is perhaps the largest CRO in this category; 70% of its
clients are multinational pharmaceutical companies. Mark Engle, an
American expatriate, teamed up with a Chinese partner and started
ExcelChina in 1999.?

Pharmainfo.net
http://www.pharmaarticles.net/Exclusive/Reviews/Contract-Research-Organisations-(CROs)-in-China:-Only-the-Beginning/2.html


Additional information that may interest you:

??in the next 5-10 years, China will be the big clinical trial market,
and we will have many CROs in China, in comparison with USA, they have
more than 600 CROs, we will reach that number soon.?
http://www.druggcp.net/bbs/cgi-bin/printpage.cgi?forum=19&topic=266


According to a question that I answered recently, there are an
estimated 1000-1500 Contract Research Organizations worldwide.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=481878


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


Search terms used: 
CROS China
Contract Research Organizations in China



I hope you find this information helpful!

Best Regards,
Bobbie7

Very pertinent answer, thanks a lot
FB