Getting started in commercial clinical trials

Research activity is voluntary and drug company research is competitive both in terms of being
Accepted as a study site and when recruitment is in progress
It is also worth remembering that the UK research divisions have to compete with other countries in terms of how patients/sites are setup

Strategies and tips :
A top way is to be recommended by an existing research site who is aware of a sponsor looking for new sites!

Contact  drug companies
- the difficulty is identifying the study leads if you are to contact them. use netowrking opportunities to identify relevant contacts

Contact Contract research organisations (CROs)  eg Parexel, Quintiles

Contact Industry lead for either your local PCRN or national

Follow industry developments

Create a  Research team CV –details to follow

Ensure you are IT literate and good at searching your practice database

Ensure you have protected time to be able to meet industry representative when they wish to visit your site

Ensure you understand GCP and its implications for sponsors