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Contact Information
Contact: Emily Osta, BS
Phone: 214-361-5555
Fax: 214-361-9214
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Center Information
Laura Schweitz AAS Pharmaceutical Research & Consulting 5499 Glen Lakes Dr., Ste. 200 Dallas, TX 75231 214.361.5555 Fax: 214.361.9214 laura.schweitz@daac-prc.comOverview
Pharmaceutical Research & Consulting (PRC) is a full-time, privately owned clinical research facility, headed by Dr. Gary Gross, Dr. Michael Ruff and Dr. Mathew Feldman.
Experience
PRC has conducted more than 400 phase 2 to 4 clinical research trials since 1979. Our research experience includes adult and pediatric studies in the following therapeutic areas:
- Asthma
- Allergic rhinitis
- COPD
- Chronic cough
- Sinusitis
- Urticaria
- Heartburn/reflux
- Bronchitis
- Allergic conjunctivitis
- Flu prevention
- Nasal polyps
Sponsors/CROs we have worked with include:
- 3M
- Abbott Labs
- Afferent
- Alcon
- Altana
- Amgen
- Amphastar
- Apieron
- Apotex
- Array BioPharma
- Astellas
- AstraZeneca
- Attenua
- Aventis
- Bayer
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Capnia
- Cephalon
- Chiesi
- Chiltern
- Covance
- Cromsource
- CTMS
- Dey
- Dura
- Dynavax
- Epigenesis
- Forest
- Genentech
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Glenmark
- Greer
- HMR
- Hoffmann LaRoche
- Immunex
- INC Research
- Ingenix
- Inspire
- IQVIA
- Ivax
- Janssen
- Johnson & Johnson
- Lupin
- Magna
- MAP
- Meda
- Medicinova
- Medpointe
- MedTap
- Menlo
- Merck
- Mylan
- NeRRe
- Novartis
- Novum
- Omnicare
- Parexel
- Pearl
- Perrigo
- Pfizer
- PharmaResearch
- Pharm-Olam International
- PPD
- PRA International
- Protein Design Labs
- Quintiles
- Rhone-Poulenc Rorer
- Rigel
- Roche
- Roxane
- RPS
- Sanofi
- Schering-Plough
- Sepracor
- Shionogi
- Sky Pharma
- Stallergenes
- Sunovion
- Syneos Heath
- Tap
- Target
- TEVA
- Theorem
- UCB
- Watson
- West-Ward
Facility
Our facility is centrally located in Dallas, easily accessible to the surrounding metropolitan areas, right off Highway 75.
Equipment
- Spirometry
- ECG
- Locked drug storage room
- Six fully equipped exam rooms
- Full laboratory
- -30°F freezer
- -70°F freezer
- Dedicated refrigerator
- Stadiometer
- Patient lounge with recliners and TV
- Children’s playroom
- Large room for monitoring visits
- Refrigerated centrifuge
- Fax
- Copier with scanner
- Dedicated monitoring rooms
- Temperature control devices
- Barometer
- Back-up power generator
- Wi-Fi (and high-speed internet)
Investigator Experience
Dr. Gary Gross
Medical Director
Dr. Gross is certified with both the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. He has been conducting clinical trials since 1979.
Dr. Michael Ruff
Board Certified – Pediatrics and Allergy and Immunology.
Dr. Ruff has been the principal investigator or a sub-investigator on numerous studies since joining PRC in 1987.
Dr. Matthew Feldman
Board Certified
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Allergy and Immunology
Dr. Feldman has been a sub-investigator on numerous studies since joining PRC in 2017.
Dr. Lara Gross
Board Certified
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Allergy and Immunology.
Dr. Gross has been involved in clinical research since 2005 and has been a sub-investigator on numerous studies since joining PRC in 2018.
Staff Expertise
Katrina Goldie, BS, BA
Clinical Research Coordinator
Joy Bruick, BSN, RN
Clinical Research Coordinator
Sarah Glover, MS, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator
Jennifer Boon, RMA
Clinical Research Coordinator
Laura Schweitz, AAS
Administrative Coordinator
Patient Demographics
The majority of our research subjects come from the large patient database stemming from Dr. Gross and Dr. Ruff’s adjoining private practices. Most live in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and range in age from six months to 80-plus years. The ethnic makeup of our research subjects on average is 75 percent; Caucasian; 20 percent African-American and 5 percent Hispanic, Asian and other groups.