What is Clinical Research
A Clinical Research is a systematic study for new drugs in human subjects to generate data for discovering or verifying the Clinical, Pharmacological (including pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetic) or adverse Effects with the objective of determining safety and efficacy of the new drug.
Clinical Research Industry has grown around the world at an unparalleled rate in the past few years. It has opened up new vistas of employment for a large number of people. The Clinical Trials market worldwide is worth over US$ 45 billion and the industry has employed an estimated 2,10,000 people in the US and over 70,000 people in the UK and they form one third of the total Research and Development staff. These large numbers can be attributed to the fact that this industry offers lucrative employment opportunities. The average nominal annual salary growth across all the positions is 4% as against less than 1% for other segments.
Clinical Research Job Profile:
- Clinical Research Coordinator
- Clinical Research Associate
- Drug Safety Associate
- Case Processing Expert
- Pharmacovigilance Associate
- Pharmacovigilance Scientist
- Regulatory Affairs Executive
- Regulatory Affairs Officer
- Clinical Data Analyst
- Medical Writer
- Project Manager