Research Associates Limited (RAL) is a CRO based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Incorporated in April 2002, RAL has an on-going commitment to provide timely, quality, cost efficient clinical research solutions in New Zealand and neighboring Australia. The core business of RAL is to provide, in a timely manner, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) feasibility studies, site selection, site initiation, training and monitoring for clinical research.

Monitoring has been completed as per the SOP of varying study sponsors with the underlying codes followed being the FDA Good Clinical Practices code of Federal Regulations and the ICH-GCP guidelines.

In addition to the above services, RAL works with a number of like minded professionals who collectively provide, Clinical Trial Design, Statistics, Data Base Design and Management, Regulatory, Health Economics, Training and general Medical Affairs solutions for your project.

An International CRO requires an immediate monitoring solution to a long term project.– RAL is contracted.

An International Pharmaceutical company requires feasibility, site selection, initiation, monitoring for a 220 subject, single centre trial – RAL is contracted.

A public health initiative requires monitoring to ICH-GCP standards of a series of protocols involving multiple subjects from paediatric, adolescent and adult populations – RAL is contracted.

An International Biotechnology Company requires project set-up and management for a Phase 11 trial on a novel anti-infective to be conducted in Asia – RAL is contracted.

A Biotechnology company requires system, structure and procedure design for extending the organisation from a base of pre-clinical research to one compliant and focused on the needs of clinical research – RAL is contracted.