CRC acquires Premier Research
London-based CRC Development (formerly ACSC) has acquired the business and assets of Premier Research, a full-service contract research organisation, from SCP Communications.
London-based CRC Development (formerly ACSC) has acquired the business and assets of Premier Research, a full-service contract research organisation, from SCP Communications.
This is the third acquisition CRC has made within two years and forms part of its strategic plan rapidly to achieve a global presence in the contract clinical research market.
'Our first acquisition in May 2002 was Therapeutic Management, which gave us a presence in the UK and the US. Then in May 2003 we acquired CRC GmbH, a company operating throughout western, central and eastern Europe plus Scandinavia and Israel,' said Dr Simon Yaxley, founder and ceo of CRC. 'Our next step was to strengthen significantly our presence in the US market and Premier Research represented the ideal opportunity. We are confident that Premier's operations will rapidly integrate with the CRC family and will add significantly to our clinical and operational capabilities.'
CRC will continue to develop as a world-class CRO with particular strengths in the areas of oncology, CNS and immunology. In addition to its strong presence in North America, Premier Research also provides fax and Internet data collection systems that will complement the Oracle Clinical Data Management systems of CRC.