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As many as 85% of clinical trials fail to recruit and retain enough patients in order to meet their enrollment timeline. In total, 80% of trials fail to finish on time, despite the fact that a good third of a study budget often goes into patient recruitment and retention. (1)

Clinical trials are the backbone of modern medicine. Without clinical trials, we would not know the correct dosage to use, for which indications a drug works or what the side effects, contraindications and possible interactions are.

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On November 9th the golden badge of honour of the state of Vienna was awarded to our CEO for special efforts at the Viennese town hall. In the course of an official ceremony Dr. Jean-Jacques Chirikdjian has received the honour for his contribution as a researcher, developer and business owner.

Over the past decade, the rising costs of R&D combined with profit pressures, increased regulatory requirements, need for innovation in R&D process, resulted in changing of outsourcing strategy of all big pharmaceutical companies to strategic partnerships. The majority of companies indicated a preference to engage global CROs for exclusive partnerships rather than mid-sized or niche CROs.