Statistics have revealed that the Irish clinical trials infrastructure is showing growth at a steady pace with 237 trial sites now open across the Irish network, up from 134 in 2014 when HRB-CRCI was first established to assist coordinate a system to enable and support more clinical trials in Ireland.
There are seven clinical research facilities and centres in the HRB-CRCI partnership across Ireland with over 330 clinical investigators (doctors) leading and conducting individual trials. Enhanced national and international collaboration will lead to a substantial increase in the number of European and international clinical trials taking place in Ireland, and the increase will be all the greater post Brexit, a national seminar to mark International Clinical Trials Day heard.
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