Value of time
From the initial decision to engage a CRO to study completion, time is your most precious resource. Making the right decision promptly sets you up for optimal efficiency through the course of your study and best results at completion. We want you to feel confident in reaching that initial decision to work with us. To determine how we stack up against your goals and resource capacity, we’ve assembled a checklist of criteria you need from your ideal CRO partner.

THERAPEUTIC AREA FOCUS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE
Therapeutic expertise is an important quality that CROs must have when pharmaceutical and biotech companies are searching for support during their clinical program. Without this experience, your program will only get bare-minimum support.
If you can confidently answer “yes” to each statement in the list below, check the box next to the statement.

GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE
Depending on the stage of your clinical program, you could require a very small geographic scope or a large one; however, this is likely to change as your program evolves. Do you work with a CRO that covers the footprint you need?
If you can confidently answer “yes” to each statement in the list below, check the box next to the statement. For each statement with a check mark, give yourself one point to tally at the bottom of the page.

COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS
We all know that reputations follow you – even precede you – and working with a CRO that has a good reputation with important stakeholders can make or break your program’s success.
If you can confidently answer “yes” to each statement in the list below, check the box next to the statement. For each statement with a check mark, give yourself one point to tally at the bottom of the page.

VALUE THROUGH INNOVATION
Your program deserves the very best – and that means working with a CRO that can innovatively problem-solve, create new methodologies and approaches, and offer up solutions fit for your purpose.
If you can confidently answer “yes” to each statement in the list below, check the box next to the statement. For each statement with a check mark, give yourself one point to tally at the bottom of the page.

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Operational excellence is a non-negotiable for every clinical program, no matter the phase or therapeutic area. It’s at the very core of whether your program fails or succeeds and relies on having the right people in place.
If you can confidently answer “yes” to each statement in the list below, check the box next to the statement. For each statement with a check mark, give yourself one point to tally at the bottom of the page.

HOW DID YOUR CRO PERFORM?
A Score Below 15
You may be unhappy with your CRO experience and are
ready to consider new CRO partnerships.
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A Score Between 16 and 19
You’re working with a good partner,
but should consider other options.
A Perfect 20 Points
You’re working with an excellent partner
You must be a current customer of ours!
Ready to engage with us on your next project?