Vitamin A Deficiency. Although not extremely common in the United States, a deficiency of vitamin A in the diet can have a significant effect on the body; vitamin A deficiency is associated with xerophthalmia, or dry eyes, and is also characterized by an increase in night blindness and can even lead to overall blindness.
A contract research organization (CRO) is an organization that provides support to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries in the form of research services outsourced on a contract basis.ne estimate had the size of the market set to reach $24 billion in 2010 and set to grow at a rate of 8.5% through 2015. The top CROs, according to outsourcing-pharma.com, are Quintiles, Parexel, Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), INC Research, Covance, Medpace, PRA Health Sciences, inVentiv Health, and Chiltern.
Contract management is the process of managing contract creation, execution and analysis to maximize operational and financial performance at an organization, all while reducing financial risk. Organizations encounter an ever-increasing amount of pressure to reduce costs and improve company performance.