Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/05/2016 -- The various type of services provided by contract research organizations to biopharmaceutical companies in the drug development process include initial drug discovery studies, pre-clinical studies, early clinical trial phase I-IIa, phase IIb-III, phase IIIb-IV and others. The others segment include various support services such as pharmacovigilance, bio-statistics, clinical data management, site management, monitoring, regulatory services, protocol development and medical writing. Clinical trials typically differ by phase and type. Clinical trials primarily aimed to develop new strategies or products to prevent, detect, and treat disease and to improve overall quality of life of people who are suffering with various diseases.

The global CRO market was estimated to be at USD XX billion in 2012 and is expected to reach USD XX billion in 2020f, growing at a CAGR of XX% during the forecast period of 2015f - 2020f. The CRO market for drug discovery services held a major market share of XX%, the market for clinical trial phase IIIb-IV is forecast to grow at a healthy CAGR of XX% during the forecast period of 2015f-2020f. The major contributing factors behind such an assessment include increased public safety concerns coupled with drug market competitiveness, the large number of patent expirations and increasing number of product recalls due to safety issues. As a result of this, most biopharmaceutical companies and CROs are now continuously focusing on investing in clinical trial phases III and IV to provide accurate safety evidence related to new molecules to gain regulatory approval.

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A contract research organization (CRO) is a service provider, which offers end-to-end solutions in conducting clinical trials for biopharmaceutical and medical device companies. The core services offered by CROs to biopharmaceutical companies include initial drug discovery solutions, toxicology studies, bio-analytical services, central laboratory, site monitoring, data management services, vigilance, bio-statistics, study and development program design and consulting, regulatory affairs and a variety of post-marketing surveillance services. At present, many pharmaceutical companies outsource their R&D activities to CROs and is expected that these companies will increase their outsourcing activities for drug the development process to CROs going forward.

The report delivers a strategic analysis of the global market for CROs, and growth forecast for the period from 2012 - 2020. The scope of the report includes competitive analysis of various market players who are operating in the market, segmental analysis based on the type of clinical trial phases and therapeutic areas. It also covers geographical analysis of the market with growth forecast for the period of 2012 - 2020. The Porter's Five Forces analysis and value chain analysis included in the report provides an insight into market dynamics and industry competition.

The study also provides information for recent merger and acquisition deals which happened in the global CRO market. Moreover, the report also includes growth strategies and entry barriers to be considered to cater to the exact business opportunities in this market. Additionally, to aid in strategic decision making, the report includes competitive profiling of leading players, recent developments in the industry and various business strategies adopted by them. This report will help players in global CRO market to plan and implement their strategies in different market areas such as emerging geographies, and new technologies.

The company profile section includes detailed analysis of some of the key players such as Covance, Inc., Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc., PAREXEL International Corporation, PRA Health Sciences and PPD, Inc.

Companies Mentioned in this Report: Quintiles, Covance, Parexel, PPD Inc., ICON Plc., inVentive Health and Others.

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