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In 1980, the Pittsburgh Pediatric Research Group began to do research with the otitis media research center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
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In 1986, PPR became independent, branching out into other areas and recruited physicians dedicated to office-based research.
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Today, Primary Physicians Research, Inc. consists of close to 100 physicians at more than 20 sites who help PPR conduct clinical trials.
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To date, PPR has participated in over 350 clinical trials
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Primary Physicians Research has broadened its area of research from pediatrics to include: Women's Health, Family Practice, Adult, Geriatric and Adolescent trials. PPR also changed its name from Pittsburgh Pediatric Research to Primary Physicians Research, Inc. to better represent the areas of research in which it is involved.
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PPR is an established full service clinical research Site Management Organization (SMO) with a network of community based Investigators focusing on Phase II - V sponsored clinical trials.
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As a full service Site Management Organization, PPR maintains complete administrative and regulatory functions within its corporate offices located in the metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area.
Primary Physicians Research, Inc. has long standing ongoing relationships with industry sponsors that include many of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. These include: Abbott Laboratories and Ross Productions Division, Advancis Pharmaceutical Corp., Alcon Laboratories, Allergan, Inc., Almirall-Prodesfarma, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Cephalon,Inc., Chiron, Covance, Dimethaid Research Inc., Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, IOMAI Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, KV Pharmaceutical Company, Eli Lilly and Company, Mead Johnson & Company, MedImmune Inc., Merck & Co., Inc., NABI Biopharmaceuticals, North American Vaccine, Inc., Novartis, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc., Pfizer Inc., Probiomics Ltd., Roche Pharmaceuticals, sanofi pasteur, Sepracor Inc., TAP Holdings, VaxGen, Inc., ViroPharma Incorporated, Wyeth
