cros

cros

n. Velcro. (A protected trade name for hook and loop fasteners.) His pants pocket has cros, and I get to his wallet.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • fettie
  • bluh
  • bousta
  • Hey!
  • lucci
  • late
  • bout it
  • horseradish
  • base
  • case of the shorts
References in periodicals archive
The major driving factors for the growth of global CRO market include pricing pressures in the healthcare markets, the need for R&D productivity, large number of patent expirations and stringent regulatory policies for the drug approvals.
CROS NT provides services including regulatory consultancy, monitoring, data management, biostatistics programming and analysis, pharmacovigilance and medical writing, and accompanying eClinical applications.
To learn more about the chief risk officer's evolving role at life and P&C insurers (CROs at these carriers represent 35 and 55 percent, respectively, of the survey's respondents, the remaining 10 percent being a "composite"), LifeHealthPro interviewed Ernst & Young's Runchey during an insights-filled 45-minute phone conversation.
CROs may employ clinical research associates to liaise with study sites, data collectors, data monitors, statisticians, technicians, clinicians and others to accomplish all of the tasks with a research study.
The current federal regulatory environment is particularly taxing on CROs, according to the EY survey, which included 20 North American insurers.
* Functional Service Providers (FSPs): Sponsor selects CROs on basis of specific capabilities
CROs will eventually become a permanent fixture within the broader spectrum of publicly traded companies.
Beijing 50% Hunan 1% Liaoning 1% Shandong 1% Tianjin 3% Guangxi 3% Zhejiang 3% Anhui 4% Jiangsu 5% Sichuan 6% Guangzhou 7% Shanghai 18% Figure 1: Locations of Chinese CROs in a subset of 74 companies.
Large CROs are vast public companies with revenue goals and shareholder expectations.
The CyberMedia Research survey reports that over 81% of CROs operating in the Asia-Pacific region received contracts between US$1 to US$ 10 million last year; 10% of the respondents indicated winning orders between US$ 11 and US$ 25 million, while 3% won orders ranging between US$ 26 and US$ 50 million.
When asked about emerging challenges for CROs (see Table 4), the most highly cited concern was funding issues, reflecting the trend toward unpredictable state and federal funding for research (RUFC, 2012).
M2 PRESSWIRE-August 22, 2019-: Preclinical CRO (Contract Research Organisation) Market Outlook to 2023 | PAREXEL International Corporation, IQVIA, Envigo, Charles River, etc | MRFR
To learn more about the rapidly changing RWE marketplace and its impact on CROs, or to download sample pages from the report, visit http://lifesciencestrategy.com/publications/cro-industry/pubs-cro-real-world-june-2019/
Traditionally, the pharma industry had two reasons for outsourcing to CROs: to obtain additional staff or to obtain specific scientific, medical or operational expertise for a specific clinical trial.