ACRO is the first South African, full-service contract research organisation, it offers services in Southern Africa and in many other African countries. ACRO are active across a broad range of clinical areas and provides a full-service offering for Phase I – IV trials

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2. ACRO is ideally placed to "transform
your ideas into solutions“!
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3. Company Overview
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 ACRO (African Clinical Research Organisation) is the first South
African, full-service, black economic empowerment, contract
research organisation
 We offer services both in Southern Africa and in other African
regions
 ACRO is a public-private company, launched in August 2007

4. What do we offer?
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 We offer services to:
 donor-funded organisations
 non-governmental organisations
 government institutions
 research institutions
 pharmaceutical companies
 medical device companies, and
 work both within and outside the biotechnology sector

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 We are active across a broad range of clinical areas
 An important aim of our organisation is to help improve the care
of those affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and
other diseases prevalent in African populations

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• ACRO is committed to capacity building across the African
region
• ACRO has formed strategic development partnerships with a
solid base in South Africa, with an African emphasis
• One of our goals is to foster research through assisting local
innovators realise the potential of discoveries that might
otherwise never reach the clinic or the market

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• ACRO employees have experience working in multinational
environments
• ACRO employees have experience working across North,
East, West and Southern Africa
• Clients are guaranteed that their trials will be conducted to
international standards, while our base in South Africa allows
for competitive local costing

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9. Why ACRO?
Our Vision:
To be the Contract Research Organisation of choice in Africa
Our Mission:
To promote access to innovative medical products, services and
technologies throughout Africa, by:
o Combining our experience in the multinational environment with our in-
depth knowledge of local languages, peoples and country
infrastructures
o Employing performance-driven staff
o Customising programmes to provide quality solutions
o Building sustainable partnerships
o Developing local research capacity
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Our Values:
 Respect
 Passion
 Excellence
 Integrity
Our Principles
 Client Focus
 Community Awareness
 Empowerment
 Workplace Harmony

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 ACRO provides a full-service offering for Phase I – IV trials
 ACRO is organised into five departments:
 Clinical Trial Management and Monitoring
 Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs
 Data Management Services, and
 Training
 Clinical Trial Site Development (incl. site identification, establishment
of site administrative and physical infrastructure, and GCP training of
site staff)
These departments work together to ensure our clients receive an
integrated service, tailored to their unique needs!
Our Services

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Our Team
The ACRO team has:
• >20 years multinational clinical trial experience
• in South Africa and the Rest of Africa
• across therapeutic indications, and
• in conducting pivotal, non-pivotal, IND and non-IND studies
• in accordance with international and local regulatory requirements
Our medium-sized infrastructure and experience is comparable to that of
the larger, more experienced CROs!

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Our people, flexibility and responsiveness, as well as our African
knowledge, are what differentiate ACRO from our competitors!
ACRO is ideally placed to "transform your ideas into solutions".
For more information, please visit our website:
www.acro.co.za
ACRO (SOC) LTD.

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