Synarc Expands Global Recruitment Clinics
Clinical Research Center opens in Hong Kong
San Francisco - January 28, 2008 - Synarc Inc., the world's leading provider of medical image analysis, biochemical marker, and subject recruitment services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, announced the opening of its eleventh Clinical Research Center (CRC). The facility is located in the Central District of Hong Kong.
"Synarc's expansion to Hong Kong provides the opportunity for sponsors conducting clinical trials in Asia to utilize a centrally managed hub site specializing in providing efficient recruitment, unparalleled retention rates, and proven experience in the design and conduct of clinical trials," said Synarc president and chief executive officer Gary Velasquez. "In addition, patients in Hong Kong will benefit from a state-of –the-art clinic staffed with experts in their field.”
Synarc’s Clinical Research Center (CRC) model uses proven recruitment strategies to quickly fulfill clinical trial participant enrollment targets across fewer sites for more efficient and cost effective subject enrollment. Clinic managers have an expert understanding of the communities from which they recruit subjects, and routinely exceed enrollment and retention targets.
Synarc has existing clinics in Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Brazil, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic and China. Its staff includes physicians, study nurses, radiographers, DXA operators and bio-technicians.
Synarc is regarded as a global leader in clinical trial with over 200 studies currently being conducted world-wide. Synarc was formed in 1998 and since then has contributed to the approval leading compounds across a broad spectrum of therapeutic areas.
About Synarc
Synarc’s medical image analysis, biochemical marker and clinical research center services enable life-science industry clients to execute clinical trials accurately while decreasing the time, uncertainty, and cost of product development. Synarc has partnered with industry leaders to bring numerous leading compounds to market across a broad spectrum of therapeutic areas. Our services integrate critical aspects of clinical-trial design and execution, from protocol design and subject recruitment to regulatory liaison on behalf of our clients. Our expert radiologists and scientists are innovators in all aspects of medical image analysis and biochemical markers in drug development, and have pioneered many methods used in today’s clinical trials. Synarc has seventeen offices around the world. Synarc's medical image analysis, biochemical marker and clinical research center services are currently used in more than 200 clinical trials around the world.
