Inc. announced it placed Clinical Resource Network (CRN) 2674th on its 2008 annual ranking of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the country and in the Top 100 businesses in the greater Chicagoland area on August 20, 2008.
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Founded in 2003, Clinical Resource Network (CRN), a Women™s Business Enterprise, is the industry leader in the provision of specialized in-home and alternate-site nursing and pharmacy services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology clinical trials.
We are so proud to be included on this prestigious list, said Gail Adinamis, founder and CEO, Clinical Resource Network. Thank you to our invaluable team members who have shown dedication to the business and to our customers who have demonstrated confidence in the company again and again.
With continued growth, we will remain dedicated to making clinical trials more efficient and helping pharma and biotech companies get healthcare solutions to market more quickly.
Gail Adinamis founded CRN after more than a decade of managing clinical trials for big pharma. Today, with a global network of more than 3000 home healthcare agencies, CNR™s unique business model allows for select protocol visits to be conducted at the patient™s home, workplace or travel destination. As a result, patients are more likely to enroll and remain in the trial resulting in dramatic improvements in patient recruitment, compliance and retention for sponsors.
Inc. 5000 Methodology
The 2008 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2004 through 2007. To qualify, companies must be U.S.-based and privately held, for profit, independent “ not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies “ as of December 31, 2007, and have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2004, and $2 million in 2007.
About Clinical Resource Network, LLC
Headquartered in Deerfield, IL, Clinical Resource Network (CRN), a Women™s Business Enterprise, is the industry leader in the provision of specialized in-home and alternate-site nursing and pharmacy services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology clinical trials. CRN™s service model facilitates the convenience, compliance and retention of study patients of all ages and in all phases and therapeutic areas of clinical trials. For more information on CRN please call Carolyn Zubricky at 866-333-1550, email info@clinicalresource.net or visit www.clinicalresource.net.
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