SanaClis joins Top Ten CROs in latest Nice Insight quality survey

news-releasesSanaClis s.r.o.
March 18th 2015

Bratislava, Slovakia: – Full service clinical development CRO SanaClis has earned its place on Nice Insight’s survey of Top Ten lists of Clinical Research Organizations (CROs) for 2015, based on customer perceptions of quality.

SanaClis finished at number nine in the Clinical Research category with a customer perception of 82.8 per cent. This is the first time Slovakian-based CRO has finished among the leaders in the survey, reflecting intensive recent investment and quality assurance measures.

Top for customer perception

Nice Insight’s Top Ten lists of outsourcing pharma industry providers for 2015 also comprises the highest scoring companies, as rated by buyers of outsourced services, with scores based on customer perceptions of quality of service.

Nice Insight classifies Preclinical CRO providers in four categories: Analytical Services, Bioanalytical Services, Toxicology and Pharmacovigilance. The Clinical CRO sector is judged in four categories: Analytical Services, Bioanalytical Services, Clinical Monitoring and Clinical Research. SanaClis was only entered in the last category.

Customer perception (CP) within each category is shaped by how current buyers or prospects rate companies based on their experience, along with marketing materials, word-of-mouth influence and qualitative ratings.

Key metrics

The Nice Insight CP scorers are based on six key metrics for outsourcing—quality, reliability, productivity, affordability, innovation and regulatory history.

CP scores are determined by an aggregate average of the six metric scores, expressed to two decimal points.

Nice Insight’s Top Ten Clinical Research companies 2015

Placing CRO Aggregate CP score
1 INC Research 93.33%
2 Parexel 85.97%
3 Celerion 85.83%
4 Intertek 85.3%
5 Clinlogix 84.9%
6 Vince & Associates 83.3%
7 Bioskin 83.0%
8 InnoPharma 82.83%
9 SanaClis 82.8%
10 SGS 82.26%

 

About SanaClis

SanaClis is a Slovakian-based full service European CRO that can support pharma and biotech companies in clinical development with the whole range of research and training services under one roof. These include clinical monitoring, project management, regulatory support and advice, IMP/CTS logistics, IT and data management, biostatistics, medical writing and translation, quality management and auditing.

SanaClis s.r.o. Was founded in 2000 in Slovakia’s capital, Bratislava, and soon began operations inUkraine, becoming the first company to open a warehouse there specifically for clinical trial supplies. Since 2006, under the leadership of CEO Dr. Natalia Fetkovska, SanaClis has progressively expanded, opening clinical departments in Ukraine, Slovakia and the Czech Republic and joining the Exquisite Alliance network with reach right the way across the EU and also North America).

SanaClis is the only European CRO with its own local depots for IMP and CTS in Eastern Europe. This advantage simplifies trial logistic and reduces trial costs for companies operating in Central and Eastern Europe.

SanaClis provides services in four key areas: Regulatory, Clinical monitoring, IMP/CTS storage and distribution management and Data Management. The CRO also provides expertise and support in biostatistics, medical writing, quality management & auditing, IT Management and Security.