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Clinical Research Advantage, Inc.

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Casey Orvin
VP of Business Development
Amanda Rangel
Director of Business Development
Clinical Research Advantage, Inc.
2141 E. Broadway Rd., Suite 110
Tempe, AZ 85282
USA
Casey: 480-305-5702
corvin@crastudies.com
Amanda: 480-305-5716
480-820-5521 (fax)
corvin@crastudies.com; adrake@crastudies.com
www.crastudies.com
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Currently Enrolling Trials

Diabetes treated with Lantus, meal time insulin and metformin

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Therapeutic Areas

Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
Dermatology
Endocrinology
Family Medicine
Gastroenterology
Immunology
Internal Medicine
Musculoskeletal
Neurology
Nutrition and Weight Loss
Obstetrics/Gynecology (Women’s Health)
Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose, Throat)
Pediatrics/Neonatology
Psychiatry/Psychology
Pulmonary/Respiratory Diseases
Rheumatology
Urology

Center Overview

Take advantage of our expertise
Clinical Research Advantage, Inc. (CRA) has provided experienced research sites to the pharmaceutical industry for 21years andhas conducted more than 1900 studies in a wide range of therapeutic areas. With CRA, pharmaceutical and biotech companies have one unique source for conducting clinical trials. CRA is comprised of community based Investigators plus a research staff of 70 Clinical Research Coordinators and Research Assistants. From pediatrics to elderly experience, a key to our success has been our location within existing clinical practices. Our primary source of research subjects are the patients seen in our clinic settings. On average 90% of the patients come from the clinic. Our secondary sources are community based advertising and a research data bank. CRA’s expertise and local clinical sites provide a sponsor with consistent subject enrollment, evaluable patients with complete and accurate data.

We offer a variety of valuable services
CRA can save you precious time by facilitating the research process at our study sites. Our experienced research staff provides the following services:

Negotiating budgets rapidly
Preparing Institutional Review Board submissions expeditiously
Identifying specific patient populations through our active clinic settings and research data bank

Leave the details to us
In addition to the above services, our qualified team offers:

Rapid patient enrollment
Study Coordinator services for Phase II-IV clinical trials
Continuous communication between study site and sponsor
Standardization and continuity across study sites
Ongoing study site quality assurance
Network of experienced research physicians with specialized populations
Round the clock medical research coverage
Strict protocol adherence and regulatory compliance
Ongoing progress reports of patient enrollment
Complete confidentiality

Awards

Five STEVIE® Awards in 2012 American Business Awards

The Silver Award forCompany of the Year in the Pharmaceuticals category.
A Bronze Award for the Fastest-Growing Company of the Year in the Pharmaceuticals category.
David Bruggeman, CRA’s President and Chief Operating Officer, was honored with Silver Awards for Executive of the Year in both the Pharmaceuticals and the Health Products and Services categories.
Casey Orvin, CRA’s Vice President of Business Development and Amanda Drake, CRA’s Director of Business Development were honored with a Bronze Award for Management Team of the Year in the Pharmaceuticals Category.

Arizona Magazine’s Top 25 Work Places for Women

2012 Vaccine Industry Excellence (ViE) Award for Best Clinical Trial Site Network

The Phoenix Business Journal’s 2012 “Top Bioscience Firm”

Three Best in Biz Awards

Gold Best in Biz Award for Business Development of the Year
Silver Best in Biz Award to CRA’s CFO for Finance Executive of the Year
Silver Best in Biz for Finance Department of the year
Silver Best in Biz Award for Executive Team of the Year

Clinical Research Experience

Therapeutic Areas:

Adolescent Migraine
Acne
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Acute Otitis Externa
AECB
Allergic Rhinitis
Alzheimer's
Angina
Asthma
Birth Control Pill
BPH
Bronchitis Acute
Bronchitis Chronic
CAP
Cardiovascular
Celiac
Cholesterol
Cold
Conjunctivitis
Constipation
COPD
Depression
Diabetes
Dyslipidemia
Dyspepsia

Epilepsy
Erectile Dysfunction
Formula
GERD
Gout
Headache
Heartburn
Herpes
HRT
Hypercholesterolemia
Hypertension
Impotence
Infection Skin
Influenza
Insomnia
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Migraine
Multiple Sclerosis
Muscle Pain
Neurology
Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis
Obesity
Otitis
Pain - back
Parkinson's

Pharyngitis
Plaque Psoriasis
PMS Pneumonia
Restless Leg Syndrome
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rosacea
RSV
Seizures
Sinus Puncture
Sinusitis
Skin Infection
Sleep Disorder
Smoking Cessation
Strep Throat
UTI
Vaccine Hepatitis
Vaccine Pediatric
Vaccine Avian Influenza
Vaccine Influenza
Vaccine Herpes Zoster
Vaccine Pneumonia
Vaccine Shingles
Vaccine Tetanus
Vaginal Yeast Infection
Weight Loss

Sponsors:

Abbott Laboratories
AB Science
Acadia
Accentia
AGI Pharma
Akros
Alba Therapeutics
Albiero
Alcon
Alizyme
Alkermes
Amarin
Amgen
Amylin
Anchen
Arena Pharmaceuticals
Ardea Biosciences
Astellas
AstraZeneca
Bayer
Biogen
Biovail
BoehringerIngelheim
Boston Scientific
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Cardio Dx
Cempra Pharmaceuticals
Cephalon
Chelsea Therapeutics
Cipher Pharmaceuticals
Circassia
Cubist Pharmaceuticals
Dow Pharmaceuticals

CoDa Therapeutics
CSL
Cubist Pharmaceuticals
Daaichi
DEY
Depomed
Eisia
Eli Lilly
Endo
Forest
Furiex
Galderma
Galen
Genentech
Gilead Sciences
GlaxoSmithKline
Healthpoint
Ironwood
Jansen
Johnson & Johnson
King Pharmaceuticals
Kowa Pharmaceuticals
Leo Pharmaceuticals
Lexicon
Medicis
=MedImmune
Merck
Nex Bio
Nestle
Novartis
Novartis Vaccines
Noven Therapeutics
NovoNordisk

Nutricia
Omthera
OptiNose
OsmoticaPharaceuticals
Pearl Therapeutics
Pfizer
Pernix Therapeutics
PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals
Pinnacle Pharmaceuticals
Procter & Gamble
Progenics
Purdue
Reckitt Benckiser
Repros
Roche
Romark
Salix Pharmaceuticals
Salvat
Sanofi Aventis
Sanofi Pasteur
Shinogi
Shire
St. Jude Medical
Sucampo
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
TEVA Neuroscience
Topica
Toyoma
UCB Biosciences
Warner Chilcott
XenoPort
Xoma
Zalicus

CRO's:

Accelovance
Amarex
Atlantic Research
BBK
BioRasi
C3 Research
CATO Research
Chiltern International
Covance
Cu-Tech
DP Clinical
ICON
INC Research

Integrium
Key Clinical Research
MedPace
Micron
Novella
NOVUM
Paragon Biomedical
PharmaNet/i3
Pharm-Olam
PPD
PRA International
Premier Research
PSI CRO

Registrat
RPS
Quintiles
SGS
SPRIM
Symbio
Theorem Clinical Research
TKL Research
UBC
Worldwide Clinical Trials

Facility Description

All of our Principle Investigators are board certified in their specialty field.Clinical Research Advantage facilities and equipment are state of the art for conducting clinical trials with the highest quality. Each of our research facilities are approximately 10,000 sq. ft. with 10-30 technical and medical professionals.

INTERNAL MEDICINE:
ARIZONA
Tami Bruce, MD Central Arizona Medical Associates, PC 5151 E. Broadway Road, Suite 105 Mesa, AZ 85206 PI since 2011 on, over 32 studies	Narendra Godbole, MD Thunderbird Internal Medicine 5620 W. Thunderbird Road, Suite G-2 Glendale, AZ 85306 PI since 2005 on over 32 studies
Ernie Riffer, MD Central Phoenix Medical Clinic, LLC 7600 N. 15th Street, Suite 191 Phoenix, AZ 85020 PI since 1995 on over 298 studies
CALIFORNIA
Terry Haas, MD Cassidy Medical Group 145 Thunder Drive Vista, CA 92083 PI since 2011 on over 12 studies
COLORADO
Caryn Baldauf, MD Colorado Springs Health Partners 2405 Research Parkway Colorado Springs, CO 80920 PI since 2012	John Speer, MD Colorado Springs Health Partners 2610 Tenderfoot Hills Street Colorado Springs, CO 80906 PI since 1992 on over 35 studies	Royce Solano, MD Colorado Springs Health Partners 6340 Barnes Road Colorado Springs, CO 80922 PI since 2010 on over 18 studies
ILLINOIS
Gregory Kaczmarek, MD Orchard Medical Group 4905 Old Orchard Center, Lower Level Skokie, IL 60077 PI since 2013
INDIANA
Mohammed Allaw, MD Clinical Research Advantage, Inc. 991 Kenmore Drive Evansville, IN 47714 PI since 2003on over 50 studies
MISSOURI
Naveed Razzaque, MD West Florissant Internists 3440 DePaul Lane #110 Bridgeton, MO 63044 PI since 2013
NEBRASKA
David Allen, MD Internal Medicine Physicians 17030 Lakeside Hills Plaza #102 Omaha, NE 68130 PI since 2010 on over 23 studies
NEVADA
Aaron Adaoag, MD Aloha Medical Center 9816 Gilespie Street, Suite 550 Las Vegas, NV 89183 PI since 2006 on over 66 studies	Clifford Molin, MD Clifford Joel Molin, MD., LTD. 2481 Professional Court Las Vegas, NV 89128 PI since 2010 on over 21 studies
TEXAS
Son Giep, MD Plano Internal Medicine 6300 W. Parker Road, Suite 220 Plano, TX 75093 PI since 2013
FAMILY PRACTICE
ARIZONA
Royal Anspach, MD Tatum Highlands Medical Associates, PLLC 26224 North Tatum Blvd. #15-A. Phoenix, AZ 85050 PI since 2005 on over 63 studies	Thomas Bauch, MD Stonecreek Medical Associates, PLLC 11209 N. Tatum Blvd. Suite B-175 Phoenix, AZ 85028 PI since 2007 on over 78 studies
Donna DeSantis, MD East Valley Family Physicians, PLC 1455 West Chandler Blvd., Building A, Suite 1 Chandler, AZ 85224 PI since 2007 on over 145 studies	Gerald Shockey, MD Desert Clinical Research, LLC 2310 E. Brown Rd. Mesa, AZ 85213 PI since 1997 on over 214 studies
Thomas Fiel, DO Fiel Family and Sports Medicine, PC 1840 E. Baseline Rd. Suite C-2 Tempe, AZ 85283 PI since 1997 on over 182 studies
Turner Merle, DO Warner Family Practice, PC 2905 W. Warner Rd., Suite 12 Chandler, AZ 85224 PI since 2013
CALIFORNIA
Gary Korff, MD Cassidy Medical Group 2582 State Street, Suite D Carlsbad, CA 92008 PI since 2004 on over 4 studies
COLORADO
Max Nevarez, MD Colorado Springs Health Partners 6340 Barnes Road PI since 2010 on over 20 studies
Kari Uusinarkaus, MD Colorado Springs Health Partners 2610 Tenderfoot Hills St. Colorado Springs, CO 80906 PI since 2005 on over 35 studies
ILLINOIS
Steven Pearlman, MD Talcott Primary Care, LLC 7447 W. Talcott Ave., Suite 409 Chicago, IL 60631 PI since 2013
INDIANA
Anthony Inzerello, MD Family Medicine Associates 1033 Mt. Pleasant Rd. Evansville, IN 47725 PI since 2012 on over 4 studies
IOWA
Jennifer Kay, MD Ridge Family Practice, PC 201 Ridge Street, Suite 201 Council Bluffs, IA 51503 PI since 2010 on over 20 studies
MISSOURI
Deborah Manning, MD Manning Family Care, LLC 4240 Blue Ridge Blvd. #611 Kansas, MO 64133 PI since 2013
NEBRASKA
Thomas McKnight, MD Thomas Wolf, MD Prairie Fields Family Medicine, PC 350 W. 23rd Street, Suite A Fremont, NE 68025 PI since 2003 on over 43 studies	Edward Montanez, MD Skyline Medical Center, PC 1908 North 203rd Street, Suite 2 Elkhorn, NE 68022 PI since 2011 on over 7 studies
Robert Saniuk, MD Ridge Family Practice, PC 2206 Longo Drive, Suite 201 Bellevue, NE 68005 PI since 2010 on over 20 studies
Mark Woodruff, MD Southwest Family Physicians, PC 8258 Hascall Street, Suite 100 Omaha, NE 86124 PI since 2012 on over 10 studies
NEVADA
Rita Chuang, MD Rita B. Chuang, MD LLC 2629 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway #140 Henderson, NV 89052 PI since 2010 on over 20 studies	James Meli Jr., MD James Meli, DO Ltd. 6301 Mountain Vista St. #108 Henderson, NV 89014 PI since 2005 on over 115 studies
Peter Philander, MD Clinical Research Advantage 2481 Professional Court Las Vegas, NV 89128 PI since 2004 on over 28 studies
PEDIATRICS
COLORADO
Alan Garscadden, MD Colorado Springs Health Partners 6340 Barnes Road Colorado Springs, CO 80922 PI since 2001 on over 8 studies	Michael Halenkamp, MD Colorado Springs Health Partners 2405 Research Parkway Colorado Springs, CO 80920 PI since 2011 on over 8 studies
NEBRASKA
Paige Groppe-Giesselmann, MD Colorado Springs Health Partners 750 E. 29th Street Fremont, NE 68025 PI since 2003 on over 4 studies
GASTROENTEROLOGY
ARIZONA
David Tessler, DO Central Arizona Medical Associates, PC 5151 E. Broadway Road, Suite 105 Mesa, AZ 85206 PI since 2011 on over 24 studies
NEUROLOGY
ARIZONA
William Grainger, MD Jeffrey Shy, MD Neurological Physicians of Arizona, Inc. 726 N. Greenfield Road, Suite 110 Gilbert, AZ 85234 PI since 2005 on over 63 studies
OB/GYN
COLORADO
Larry Norfleet, MD Colorado Springs Health Partners 2610 Tenderfoot Hills St. Colorado Springs, CO 80906 PI since 2010 on over 2 studies
PODIATRY
ARIZONA
John Tassone Jr., DPM Thunderbird Internal Medicine 5620 W. Thunderbird Road, Suite G-2 Glendale, AZ 85306 PI since 2011 on over 11 studies
DERMATOLOGY
INDIANA
Charles Hudson, MD Hudson Dermatology, LLC 3501 Washington Ave Evansville, IN 47714 PI since 1995 on over 54 studies

Staff Expertise

Clinical Research Advantage, Inc. is comprised of a research staff of 70 Clinical Research Coordinators, including 43 CCRC/CCRP’s. We also have 13 Registered Nurses, 9 Research Assistants, and 3Registered Dietician among our sites. Our research staff is anxious to be part of your next study!

Other Information

As one of the most senior Investigator Site Networks (ISN)in the industry, we have the experienced principal investigator and coordinators to make your next study a success. From pediatric to elderly experience, all of our sites have experience with Remote Data entry and can also use a central IRB. Please give us a call or e-mail us at marketing@crastudies.com today to see how we can help with your next study!

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