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Directory of Clinical Research Companies in India
Preface India is fast emerging as a favoured destination for clinical trials by global pharmaceutical and biotech companies that are looking for partnerships or setting up new operations. Two major reasons for its popularity are: easy access and availability of a large, diverse and therapy-naïve population with vast gene pool and lower cost of technical services resulting into lower per patient trial cost. India also has the advantage of having a large pool of highly trained physicians, nurses, and technical personnel; numerous world-class medical facilities; broadly developed information technology infrastructure; a favourable IPR environment (post signing the WTO agreement) and use of English as the primary business and medical language. The total value of clinical research performed in India in 2004-05 was about US$100 million. The major companies involved in Clinical research in India have a wide range of services to offer. Thus, the industry needs to know the companies operating in this field. The directory of ‘Clinical Research Companies in India’ is the answer to it