Overview

Pharmaceutical Research & Consulting (PRC) is a full-time, privately owned clinical research facility, headed by Dr. Gary Gross and Dr. Michael Ruff.

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
• Bone density
• 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
• Xerox 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

Vickie Wilde, RMA, CCRC
Clinical Research Coordinator

Katrina Goldie, BS, BA
Clinical Research Coordinator

Joy Bruick, BSN, RN
Clinical Research Coordinator

Sarah Glover, MS, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator

Emily Osta, BS
Administrative Coordinator

Jennifer Boon, RMA
Clinical Research Coordinator

Patient Demographics

The majority of our research subjects come from the large patient database stemming from Dr. Gross's 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.