What Are the Benefits of Partnering With Symbio?
Our specialized clinical research services align with your goals and adapt to your needs with:
- Focused Expertise in Target Indications
Decades-long experience in dermatology, aesthetics, gastroenterology, and inflammation research ensures optimal team alignment and project oversight. - Strong Global Partner Network
We have a database of over 5,000 investigators and clinical sites covering 50 countries and specialist KOLs across the globe. - Excellent Oversight and Transparency
With a data-driven approach, KPI focus, and one central data pool for all systems, we offer customized, near real-time project tracking.
- Dedicated Team
With an average employee tenure of more than 10 years, our team takes full ownership to deliver the best quality to our clients and patients. - Speed and Flexibility
We promise proactive communication, complete transparency, and reliable responsiveness. - Superior Pricing
We’re proud to deliver competitive pricing through data-driven site selection, efficient patient recruitment approach, and the depth of our in-house therapeutic expertise — enabling more accurate planning and fewer downstream inefficiencies.
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End-to-End Services for Specialized Clinical Research
Whether acting as a full-service operation or as a functional service provider (FSP), we make your success our mission, tailoring solutions from in-house capabilities.
Clinical Trial Project Management
Our project management group is made up of experienced project managers and senior project managers with backgrounds from small to large pharma and CROs, keeping continuous eyes on every aspect of your trial and leaving no communication gaps.
A project management team is dedicated to your study and provides complete team oversight, including strategic planning and milestone tracking.
Clinical Trial Site Feasibility and Startup
As a specialty CRO, we have a strong site network built on relationships with the very best dermatology, aesthetics, gastroenterology, and inflammation sites, allowing for easy site selection, quick startup times, and expedited recruitment. Our dedicated site recruitment department is always researching experienced sites and continually works to maintain our strong site relationships.
We optimize clinical trial site feasibility by assessing incoming studies for required operational capabilities, trial budgeting, and staff resources, creating a comprehensive clinical research study plan. To ensure each study is conducted at the right sites with the right clinical staff, we also:
- Create a site placement strategy
- Conduct study lead reviews and in-person site qualification visits (SQVs)
- Design and support the completion of feasibility questionnaires (FQs)
- Evaluate FQ data in feasibility meetings
Clinical Trial Monitoring
The Symbio monitoring team is unsurpassed in years of experience. Over 90% of our clinical research associates (CRAs) have more than 10 years of industry experience, and 70% have over 20 years of experience.
Located around the world, our CRAs are given regional monitoring assignments for efficiency and to reduce travel time. They work with sites to make sure the protocol is followed, recruitment is on target, subject safety is paramount, and the data are collected consistently and reliably.
Medical Monitoring
Our in-house team of medical monitors for clinical trials is made up of qualified M.D.s who have 10+ years of experience supporting clinical teams, medical writing, data review, and safety monitoring.
Our medical affairs team is responsible for writing protocols, informed consent forms, investigator brochures, and preparing clinical study reports in eCTD format.
Regulatory Affairs
We offer a variety of regulatory services tailored to your needs and supported by a team of regulatory experts, including Patrick Ronan, a former chief of staff at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Our experts have a profound understanding of country-based regulatory systems from the US and the EU to Australia to optimize your regulatory strategy.
Medical Writing Services
Our in-house team of medical writers brings unmatched expertise in producing quality by design protocols and clinical study reports.
Clinical Data Management
From database design and validation to efficient query process and edit checks, our data management group has over 40 combined years of data management experience. The data group also works in conjunction with the project management group to ensure timelines are met while delivering:
- Top line results within 1 week of database lock
- CDISC datasets
- Submission ready final clinical study reports
Biostatistics Services
Our biostatistics services are delivered by a team with over 25 years of experience in the clinical research industry. They have been involved in all phases of clinical programs and carefully review objectives and endpoints to develop the statistical analysis plan.
Topical Formulation Development
With our subsidiary, Dow Development Laboratories, LLC, we provide a turnkey solution that covers the design, development, and manufacture of topical drug products.
Your Specialized CRO Partner
With low staff turnover, we give you a continuity of care rarely found with other CROs: The same team is always available and always responsive from first patient in to final approval.