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Covance is a leader in early clinical research, conducting first-in-human studies for more than 30 years. In 2006, Covance acquired eight clinical research units to make us one of the world's largest contract research organizations with 10 clinics totalling more than 250,000 square feet, and unmatched access to diverse populations. Each site offers a unique combination of medical professionals, varying therapeutic experience, access to special populations and local flavor to deliver your study results with the same superior level of service and expertise you expect from Covance.

Each Covance Clinical Research Unit has a dedicated team of professionals, including physicians, scientists, project managers, nurses and recruiters. We have 10 medical directors with more than 140 combined years of industry experience. Our clinical staff of more than 500 individuals includes 60 CCRC/CCRA certified staff, 130 licensed nurses and 13 qualified pharmacists.

Study Experience — Clinical Research Units
(2004 – 2007 inclusive)
Study Types
# Studies # Participants
ALL PHASE I STUDIES 548 17,423

First in Human 41 1,944
Rising Dose Tolerance 140 4,708
BA / BE 103 3,760
PK/PD 283 8,914
Drug / Drug Interaction 85 2,447
Radiolabeled 59 576
Food Effect 67 2,446
Age / Gender 5 355
Biomarker 40 1,148
dQTC 29 2,263
Japanese Bridging 18 712
Microdose 3 9
Vaccine 15 1,470
Therapeutic Area / Indication
# Studies # Participants
ALL PHASE I STUDIES 848 24,102

Cardiology / Vascular 111 2,573
Dental 2 62
Dermatology 21 528
Endocrinology 172 3,586
Gastroenterology 42 781
Hematology 10 244
Immunology / Infectious Disease 93 3,815
Musculoskeletal / Rheumatology 126 2,516
Nephrology / Urology 53 1,398
Neurology / Psychiatry 140 4,714
ObGyn / Womens Health 61 1,299
Oncology 19 531
Opthalmology 2 93
Pulmonary / Respiratory 26 974
* Note: study types and therapeutic areas are not mutually exclusive.
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