Premier Research has announced that it has acquired Health Decisions, a Durham, N.C.-based contract research organization focused on clinical development in all areas of women’s health and diagnostics.
Health Decisions has a dual focus on women’s health research and diagnostics and is supported by a network of 500 women’s health sites. Since 1989 the company has conducted more than 300 clinical trials, including more than 200 studies in women’s health indications such as reproductive and sexual health, menopause, pain management, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, and gynecologic oncology. It has also delivered multiple PMAs and 510(k)s for IVD-focused sponsors that include successful submissions in high-risk HPV, colorectal cancer, and pre-term birth, amongst others.
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