Other

Clinical Research: Phase 1 - Phase 4

Mobile clinical research. There’s an app for that.

Visit the iTunes App Store or Google Play and you will find the smartphone app PoopMD+: A New Parent’s Guide to Baby Poop and Pediatric Liver Disease Study from Johns Hopkins. PoopMD+ is an imaging and clinical survey-based app developed to help screen for a rare but life-threatening liver disorder in babies and collect feedback...

Clinical Research: Phase 1 - Phase 4

Virtual Reality Finds a Place in the Workplace. Ours.

Virtual Reality’s mainstream use in clinical research is no longer a fantasy. At the recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Festival in America’s capital, attending clinical researchers were encouraged to strap on head-mounted virtual reality (VR) devices and image how they might enhance their clinical and basic research. The NIH even showcased its Virtual...

Other

Tales from the Road – “Come Tech Out” the Triangle

Today’s Tales from the Road comes from Corporate Recruiter, Raiza Rivera, who attended Come Tech Out the Triangle earlier this month. We exhibited at this tech-focused job fair in hopes of recruiting for several open technology positions at Premier.   “I came to the job fair today because I saw that Premier Research was on the...

Other

Premier Research Announces Growth Investment from Metalmark Capital

Investment Will Advance Premier’s Next Development Phase RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Oct. 17, 2016 — Premier Research (“Premier” or the “Company”), a leading middle-market contract research organization (“CRO”) that provides comprehensive clinical development, analytic, and support services to pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device customers worldwide, today announced that it will receive a growth investment from...

Clinical Research: Phase 1 - Phase 4

Working with a CRO

The challenges of greater regulatory scrutiny, complex logistics, downward cost pressure and increasingly rigorous data requirements are just a few of the reasons biotech and pharmaceutical companies look to outsource clinical trials. In a dynamic healthcare and regulatory environment, outsourcing increases flexibility by streamlining clinical trial management and enabling sponsors to concentrate their resources on...

Project Management

Beyond Spreadsheets: Finally, an Accurate Solution to Trial Forecasting

DURHAM, N.C., August 08, 2016 — It’s one of the most important things to get right in any clinical trial, yet almost nobody does it well. Trial forecasting requires constant pursuit of fast-moving targets, but most efforts are hobbled by manual processes that are slow and ineffective — and it only gets tougher as studies...

Other

Premier Research Names Michael King Jolly Senior Vice President

PHILADELPHIA, February 02, 2016 — Premier Research announces the appointment of Michael King Jolly, Pharm.D., as Senior Vice President. In this newly created position, Dr. Jolly oversees drug development partnerships and develops innovative offerings for the company, a leader in clinical development for the biotech and specialty pharma sectors. With more than 30 years of...

Other

Premier Research Names Dr. Martin Nicklasson to Board of Directors

On Wednesday, May 28th, 2014, Premier Research announced the appointment of Martin Nicklasson, Ph.D., to its board of directors. Nicklasson brings to Premier Research a wealth of international experience in the biopharmaceutical sector, both at the executive and at the board level. A native of Sweden with a doctoral degree from the University of Uppsala, Nicklasson held positions in pharmaceutical development, R&D management, and global marketing, as well as franchise management in Astra, Kabi Pharmacia, and AstraZeneca. He became the CEO of AstraZeneca (Sweden) before moving on to the biotechnology sector as the CEO of Biovitrum.

Other

Premier Research Names Sean Russell Vice President, Marketing

Premier Research Group announces the appointment of Sean Russell to the position of Vice President, Marketing. In this position, Mr. Russell will have global responsibility for leading and developing global marketing at Premier Research.