Global Reach

Global Cardiovascular Organization

GRS is a global organization with a specialized focus on cardiovascular, cardiopulmonary, cardio-renal and metabolic clinical research. We maintain a corporate presence on multiple continents in strategic geographic locations around the world. We implement global strategies that connect diverse locations, cultures, and languages and harmonize them under our global operating procedures. We leverage our 20 year research experience with first-hand knowledge of international regulatory requirements and strong operational capabilities in key markets to bring innovative strategies for accelerated development of our clients products.

Global Locations

GRS maintains a tightly connected network of offices in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. We are anchored in Rockville, Maryland where GRS' headquarters directs global operations. Our office in Shanghai, China houses our advanced Biometrics Division and where we've been providing clinical services in China since 1998. Our corporate regional offices in Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Germany and Poland manage our clinical projects with access to prime patient populations in Western and Central Europe. And in 2009, we opened our doors in India to extend our presence into the Asian Subcontinent. Global office locations.

Global Advantages

We thoroughly understand the requirements of complex global clinical trials. Our business is to develop, plan, strategize and implement Phase I-IV clinical projects for our sponsors around the globe. We offer considerable advantages because of our ability to access patient populations in established markets such as North America and emerging markets in Latin America, Central Europe, China and India. The strong trend for conducting clinical trials in these emerging markets is driven by the sheer number of eligible patients available for recruitment in clinical trials and the relative operational cost reduction as compared to studies conducted in North America and Western Europe. Because of our prime locations and experience, GRS offers our clients strategic subject recruitment and cost reducing options.

That's the advantage of GRS. We have the experience with the investigators, the sites and specific therapeutic populations in each major geographic region. We have staff on the ground and speak the regional languages and respect the diverse cultures while managing common goals and harmonized SOP's. GRS utilizes our advanced communications and information technology to tie together our global locations, provide continual training and allow real-time access to data for better and timelier decision making. We have the key global regulatory experience that allows us reduced time to study approval and start up time. We have the global operational experience of managing and monitoring multi-national studies in a targeted fashion to ensure high-quality data and safety reporting. Altogether, we create innovative strategies for accelerating time to development with value-driven clinical services and provide true value to our clients.