Archive : Winter 2007

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Experimental Deficit


First it was call centers and computer operations. Now U.S. pharmaceutical companies are sending clinical trials offshore to cope with the shortfall of willing subjects at home. Here, a look at the effects of outsourcing, for both good and ill.





Source: Center for Information and Study On Clinical Research Participation; Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development; Fortune; BCC Research; McKinsey Consulting



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Infographic by John Grimwade

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