Covance expands into Eastern Europe and Middle East

Covance has opened up new offices in Kiev, Ukraine; Bratislava, Slovakia; and Tel Aviv, Israel. The Ukraine and Slovakia offices will be in support of the CROs regional network and field based CRAs. The new office located in Tel Aviv will be a center to support staff for operations in Greece, Turkey and the Middle East.

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Averion expands in Eastern Europe

Averion, a clinical research outsourcer, recently announced that they'd be expanding operations and opening an office in Prague, Czech Republic. This is following a recent opening in Kiev, Ukraine, as well as Russia, Slovakia and Hungary.

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The Czech Republic offers a strong clinical trial environment with large patient populations and well-qualified investigators in a broad range of indications, i.e. factors seen by its clients as top priorities and vital to the successful conduct of international trials.