Insurance and clinical trials

In a recent article at Pharma Exec, they look at the growing trend of making sure patients around the world are insured should they become injured during a clinical trial. Although regulations are different from country to country, those countries with no regulation for insurance for a clinical trial patient are limiting what a CRO can do. There have been a number of attempts to standardize clinical trial regulations across the globe, including the Good Clinical Practice Standards.

For an in-depth look at this story, read the article here.

Brazil is critical base for PPD's CROs efforts

ClinPage recently featured some of the CROs that are dominant in the Brazil market. With over 300 employees in the region and at any given time 150 trials running, PPD, a Wilmington, North Carolina-basd company, dominates the region. They entered Brazil in 1995 when they bought Q&Q Suporte a Pesquisa Clinica, the first established CRO in Brazil. From there, PPD grew organically and spread through other countries in Latin America such as Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Peru.

For more on PPD, read the article here.