Wake Research, based in Raleigh, N.C., entered into a partnership with Western Neurosurgery, which is an affiliated partner of Carondelet Neurological Institute, in Tucson, Ariz.
Here are five things to know:
1. The partnership created Tucson Neuroscience Research, which will meet pharmaceutical and biotech industry needs for neurological disorders.
2. A wholly owned network of clinical research sites, Wake Research includes more than 100 physicians or clinical investigators serving at private practices or multispecialty facilities.
3. Wake Research and its partners run clinical trials in internal medicine, dermatology, women's health, metabolic diseases, gastroenterology, men's health, neurology, pulmonology, rheumatology and vaccines.
4. Wake Research possesses a proprietary research database of 800,000 clinical trial participants.
5. Wake Research now owns or is affiliated with 19 sites in seven states.