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i am finishing bds ,but i am intrested in clinical reserch sir what is a procedure.
Guide me so that i join clinical research

Clinical Research is booming these days to a high position.Firstly, there are many government funded medical and pharmaceutical institute which is helpful for clinical trials and for the same they need a huge manpower.
some of the data which i got i want to share with you..
Table 1: Projected figures in respect of revenue, human power and patient load for clinical research in India

2003 2008 2010
Value (million USD) 50 200 1000
Revenue (crore INR) 75 300 875
Full time staff requirement800 4000 20,000
Site-staff requirement 1500 6000 30,000
Patient load 10,000 50,000 300,000
Source: McKinsey report

Salary benchmarks for clinical research professionals
Position Gross annual salary (USD) -1999 Gross annual salary(USD)-2001
CRA I 45,000 46,000
CRA II 50,000 52,000
CRA III 59,000 68,000
Senior CRA 63,000 72,000
Regional CRA 58,000 65,000
Project Manager 71,000 74,000
Regulatory affairs 70,000 73,000
Data management 59,000 65,000
Medical writing 50,000 58,000
Medical affairs 81,000 84,000
Business development 83,000 90,000
Clinical research co-ordinator34,000 40,000
Source: CenterWatch

from above data you can say how much it is booming................


some of the best institute in India for Clinical Research are :--

• Altree Healthcare
• Anovus Institute of Clinical Research
• Asian Institute of Health Sciences
• Clinical Research Education and Management Academy (CREMA)
• Cliniminds
• Institute of Clinical Research (India)-ICRI
• Oasis Institute of Health Sciences & Research Centre (OIHSRC)
• Reliance Institute of Life Sciences (RILS)