Contact:
Stephanie Berger
Director, Clinical Development
The Clinical Research Group, Inc.
469.585.2079
Stephanie.b@tcrginc.com [sendola id=2004901]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Clinical Research Group, Inc. and San Juan Bautista Medical Center Clinical Trials Unit Launch New Partnership
Caguas, Puerto Rico and Fort Worth, Texas, September 22, 2015 – The Clinical Research Group Inc. (TCRG), an industry leader in site-level support and remote operations, today announced a new global partnership with Puerto Rico’s San Juan Bautista School of Medicine Clinical Trials Unit. The partnership matches San Juan Bautista School of Medicine’s premier facilities with TCRG’s team of veteran professionals and global compliance infrastructure. “Our partnership with San Juan Bautista Medical School Clinical Trials Unit brings forth a world-class setting for the conduct of clinical trials in Latin America.” says Donna Behring, President and CEO of The Clinical Research Group. “Clinical trial sponsors can access Puerto Rico’s diverse and underserved population with full confidence in data quality and regulatory compliance.”
The new partnership equips clinical trial sponsors with solutions that resolve site-level operational concerns and regulatory obstacles in Latin America. According to Stephanie Berger, Director of Clinical Development with TCRG, “With compliance built into our operational model, TCRG is able to provide unparalleled site-level support to investigators in developing markets. Our partners emerge as top-quality data producers.”
For more information, Contact Stephanie Berger by phone at (469) 585-2079 or via email: Stephanie.b@tcrginc.com. Donna Behring, President and CEO of TCRG is available for contact by calling (214) 763-6472 or via email at donna.b@tcrginc.com.
About San Juan Bautista School of Medicine:
Clinical Research Unit
The Clinical Trials Center was established in 2006 under the San Juan Bautista School of Medicine Research Deanship in order to promote clinical research especially in clinical trials. It is a convenient facility for outpatient clinical trials, located on the San Juan Bautista School of Medicine premises.
The Center aims to provide a research infrastructure to support clinical trials carried out in Puerto Rico. In addition, provides quality clinical research services to both industry sponsors as well as individual investigators and entrepreneurs who are interested in clinical drug trials and device development.
Our experienced personnel are on hand to perform phlebotomy, blood, and specimen processing, and handle specimen packaging, shipping, and storage.
Facilities
- Comfortable waiting room
- Reception area
- Conference room
- Documents storage room
- Web-based library
- Wireless Internet
- Six evaluation rooms
- Three treatment rooms
- Temperature controlled room for drug storage
- Crash Cart
- Laboratory area
- Laboratory equipment: refrigerated centrifuge, -70° C freezer, dry ice, vortex and laboratory supplies
- Walking distance emergency room
Patient Demographics
Our Facilities are located in Caguas, Puerto Rico, near to the metropolitan area of San Juan. This area remains one of the fastest growing with a population estimated at 140,500, plus 400,000 population from the eastern area.
In addition, the San Juan Bautista Medical Center, located in the same facilities of our Medical School, have an outpatient clinic with specializations in Pediatrics (Nephrology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Pneumology, and Hematology sub-specialities), Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Orthopedics and Surgery. This outpatient clinic serves over 120 patients a day.
Compliance
- IRB
- HIPAA
- IATA
- Good Clinical Practice Training
(Courtesy of San Juan Bautista School of Medicine, http://www.sanjuanbautista.edu/research/clinical-trials.html)
About TCRG, Inc.:
Founded in 2000, The Clinical Research Group, Inc. is celebrating 15 years in business serving the clinical research industry. Specializing in site-level management and intervention, the mission of TCRG is simple: creating clinical trial success one site at a time. TCRG supports and streamlines site-level operations through various programs and solutions that are scalable to meet the needs of sponsors, clinical research organizations, and independent investigative sites.
TCRG manages and supports investigative sites globally. In addition to seasoned clinical trial sites in Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Dominican Republic, TCRG has recently expanded into India. Future expansion into other emerging markets is planned for 2015. Such expansion has been made possible and successful by the launch of TCRG’s premier product, the Source Map™ Source Document Management System. Source Map™ is a scalable solution that allows remote access and support for clinical trial sites globally. To learn more about TCRG, Inc. products and services, contact Stephanie Berger, Director of Clinical Development at (469)585-2079 or via email at: Stephanie.b@tcrginc.com. To contact Donna Behring, TCRG President and CEO, call (214) 763-6473 or email donna.b@tcrginc.com.