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the award-winning CROs for the alphabetical
listing which details their services and con-
tact information in our magazine! You may be
wondering, if not to make money, then why
do we do it? Well, feedback from Life Science
Leader's executive-level readers indicates a high
level of confusion among executives regarding
CRO selection approaches and, consequently,
a strong desire for information on what their
peers think of a wide range of CROs. This leads
me to a reader-driven change for the awards
this year. Not all pharma and biopharm compa-
nies look alike or function alike. Emerging bio
companies have different needs and goals than
Big Pharma does and vice versa. We have sepa-
rated the response data into four segments:
Big Pharma, emerging pharma, biotech, and
emerging biotech. Now the companies in these
segments can see what their peers in the same
segment think of the CROs in each perception
category. This data can then help steer them to
CROs that have experience with their type of
company.
Last year, I received a number of emails and
phone calls regarding the announcement of
the 2013 CRO Leadership Awards. Winners
were understandably skeptical. It is a rare
thing for a company to develop an awards
program that doesn't have some sort of strings
attached. It is even rarer to create an award
free of undue influence. Nevertheless, this is
exactly what we have tried to do at Life Science
Leader magazine. So join me in congratulating
all of this year's CRO Leadership Award win-
ners! It's a job well done and well deserved.
You've earned it.
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An Awards Program
With No Strings Attached
t Life Science Leader magazine, it
is our pleasure to announce the
third annual 2014 CRO Leadership
Awards winners. Unlike other
award programs where there can
be only one winner per category, our awards
list all the CROs that scored in the top 20
percent for the following categories — quality,
reliability, innovation, productivity, and regula-
tory. Furthermore, there is not an overall CRO
leadership award winner. Let me explain why
we've taken this approach.
Life Science Leader's annual CRO Leadership
Awards are determined by industry-leading
market research conducted by Nice Insight.
More than 40,000 pharmaceutical and biophar-
maceutical executives responsible for making
or influencing their company's outsourcing
decisions are invited to participate in Nice
Insight's annual survey. This year's survey
received over 10,000 responses. To be clear,
the survey is not a solicitation for respon-
dents to nominate their "favorite" CRO for an
award. Rather, the survey is designed to gather
a wide variety of industry-related informa-
tion. Responses are compiled and analyzed
to identify awareness and perception scores
for CROs serving the pharmaceutical and bio-
pharmaceutical industry. Thus, Life Science
Leader magazine's CRO Leadership Awards
don't involve a nomination, ballot, or judg-
ing process. There is no "entry fee" required
to participate. There is no award-processing
fee stating, "Congratulations on winning. To
claim your award, please send a check in the
amount of ____ to cover the cost of shipping
and handling." We don't require award win-
ners to advertise. Heck, we don't even charge
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