Incredibly, whenever a study site reported a clinical event, GSK and its contract research organization (CRO), knew immediately which drug the patient was receiving.

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Advance Auto Parts is hiring commercial account managers, and the U.S. Air Force is currently searching for clinical nurses, physicians, budget analysts and contract specialists.

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So far the antiresearch crowd has forced the company to close a small operation that distributed primates in the U.K. Remarkably, antivivisectionists have not pursued Foster in the U.S. A bigger challenge to preclinical research may be to beat out such competitors as Covance, which originally specialized in human clinical trials, and MDS, a provider of contract drug discovery services.

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Another venue is partnering with contract research organizations to help recruit patients to clinical trials.

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He strongly defended Circle's work at Hinchingbrooke, saying that it had turned round the hospital's clinical performance, but said it was too soon to judge whether the contract had been a success.

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The changes to the contract were recommended by NHS watchdog the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice).

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The changes to the contract have been recommended by NHS watchdog the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice).

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