Headlands Acquires Summit Research Network
Headlands Research, a global next-generation clinical research site organization, has acquired
Summit Research Network in Portland, Oregon. The acquisition follows Headlands’ recent addition of
Artemis Institute for Clinical Research in February. Coupled with the new acquisition, Headlands Research also launched its fourth Horizons site in Scottsdale, AZ.
Summit Research Network is focused on improving medical treatment by conducting high quality scientific research and patient care. Summit Research Network specializes in the areas of psychiatry, dementia and other age-related memory conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Lewy Bodies, and operates a specialized memory health center.
“Summit’s depth of experience in our industry is unparalleled,” said
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Most of Headlands trial sites are in the South, and that s important to researchers to have access to patients who come from diverse backgrounds.
COVID-19 has disproportionately infected and claimed the lives of members of ethnic and racial minority groups. We had sites in Texas and Louisiana. We had 90 percent Latinx population across one of the trials in Moderna and in excess of 40 percent African American at our Atlanta site, and that s really important for the trials that we get that diversity enrollment, said Blumling.
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Vaccine-makers are readying 190 million doses of the flu vaccine for deployment across the U.S. this fall 20 million more doses than in a typical year. A nasal spray version will be available, as well as shots.
The global search for COVID-19 vaccines has included South Florida as drug companies use clinical research companies here to find, manage, and follow local volunteers.
This post was updated Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020.
Howard Schwartz may not have been involved in the search for a COVID-19 vaccine if it weren’t for Hurricane Andrew.
In 1992, Schwartz had a gastroenterology medical practice in Kendall, near Baptist Hospital. Then the storm hit.