Respondents from large companies: n=64, from small/mid: n=86
Method of interview
Panel survey
Supplementary notes
The respondents are working for pharma, biopharma, or
biotech companies; they have drug development decision-making responsibility and
are director-level or above; they work in a role related to drug development; their companies have at least one compound in development; they are from the US/Canada, Europe, and Asia.
Original question: "Which outsourcing model for clinical development work do you most prefer?"
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Preferred outsourcing in clinical development among biopharma companies by size 2024
According to a survey conducted in 2024, 35 percent of surveyed biopharma executives stated that the full-service model is the preferred outsourcing model for their clinical development work. This statistic describes the distribution of preferred outsourcing models in clinical development among biopharmaceutical companies worldwide, by the size of the company.
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