About Us

Corporate Overview

Global Research Services (GRS) is an international Contract Research Organization (CRO) providing comprehensive services for clinical trials management to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.

In March 2007, GRS was created through the purchase of the assets of the Clinical Research Services division of Medifacts International. Continuing to maintain the same corporate infrastructures across all locations, GRS was able, in a seamless fashion, to continue providing excellence in service to our valued clients and investigators worldwide.

Now as an independent corporation, GRS retains the most valuable assets of this division—its experienced personnel, its extensive expertise, and its established processes and procedures in clinical research operations. We offer performance, reliability, demonstrated therapeutic experience, innovative business solutions, and a full range of services. These services include: project management, monitoring, comprehensive data management, biostatistics, medical writing and pharmacovigilance. GRS is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland and has incorporated subsidiary offices in Montreal, Canada, Langenfeld, Germany, Warsaw, Poland and Shanghai, China.

The GRS staff, and therefore the company, has a rich history, experience, demonstrated competence, and innovation in the clinical research arena.

Innovative Contributions of our Team

• Served as the co-principal investigator with the Division of Cardio-Renal Drug Products of the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) under the first Cooperative Research And Development Agreement (CRADA) established with a clinical research organization (CRO).
• Organized one of the earliest Good Clinical Practices (GCP) training programs for invitees of the government in China
• Presented before the Advisory Committees of the US FDA on behalf of sponsors and has published widely on research technologies
• Participated in the Critical Path Initiative sponsored by the US FDA and provided recommendations for streamlining the case report process
• In partnership with the School of Nursing at the University of Rochester, will launch the first training program in China for nurses and other healthcare professionals who aspire to enter the clinical trials management arena, thus exerting a profound impact on the human resource pool of trained clinical trialists in China.

GRS has carved a unique position among the specialized CROs managing global clinical trials. We continue to raise the bar with our commitment to hiring and retaining the best “intellectual assets”. Our staff has demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing innovative, well-differentiated technologies that address the variables which affect the increasing failure rate for prospective drugs in clinical trials.