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LONDON, Jan. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Chiltern International Limited (Chiltern), a global contract research organization (CRO), announced that Chiltern has won multiple awards at the PharmaTimes Annual Awards 2010 ceremony held at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in London.

LONDON, January 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With US domestic research under increasing competition from overseas, recognition and celebration of high quality standards for US professionals is vital in the battle to secure clinical trials. Now a high-level group representing a host of top pharmaceutical companies and clinical research organizations is encouraging all US clinical researchers to enter a competition whose aim is to raise the importance and profile of the country's clinical research talent. This is the only competency-based competition for research professionals in the US and it is open to clinical research associates, study trial managers, clinical research coordinators and clinical teams.

ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Bio-Optronics and Clinical Research Associates (CRA) have developed a strategic relationship to provide a turn-key solution for a clinical research site's patient recruitment needs, which couples Bio-Optronics' Clinical Conductor(TM) Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) and Clinical Research Associates' patient recruitment offerings. Clinical Conductor(TM) CTMS is a powerful enterprise workflow system for organizing the daily activities involving clinical research.

LONDON, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- An employee from GlaxoSmithKline was amongst the winners in the first ever competency-based competition in the United States to recognise the country's top clinical research associates, study managers and research coordinators. Jennifer Luevano of GSK was named top Experienced CRA at the finals and awards on 29 April in Philadelphia of the first ever US Clinical Researcher of the Year competition.