Velocity Clinical Research (“Velocity”), the leading integrated research site organization, today announces its acquisition of Meridian Clinical Research for an undisclosed amount. The deal makes Velocity the largest dedicated research site organization in the world with approximately 80 sites in the U.S. and Europe, … Read more
In 2022 Velocity undertook its first national survey in the U.S. of patients who have previously taken part in clinical research, receiving 1,129 responses. We wanted to gauge views and attitudes on taking part in clinical research, including thoughts regarding decentralization and the use … Read more
Velocity Clinical Research (“Velocity”), the leading integrated research site organization, today announces it has acquired MedPharmics, a multi-site company based in the US. The acquisition brings Velocity’s total number of locations to 40 sites across 19 U.S. states and Europe. With this acquisition, Velocity … Read more
Meridian Clinical Research, now part of Velocity Clinical Research, enrolled the first participant in Moderna’s Phase 1 clinical trial for an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) vaccine candidate (mRNA-1189). Congratulations to Moderna, and to Brandon Essink, MD, CPI, and the team in Omaha, Nebraska! Read the … Read more
Meridian Clinical Research, now part of Velocity Clinical Research, won the first ever Excellence in Patient Centricity Award from the Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS). The award was presented to Meridian at the 2021 Global Site Solutions Summit in Hollywood, FL. Sponsored by … Read more
Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) visited with leaders from Meridian Clinical Research (now part of Velocity Clinical Research) in Savannah, GA. Following a tour of the company’s internal medicine site in Savannah, the group held a roundtable to discuss … Read more
Meridian Clinical Research, now part of Velocity Clinical Research, won the 2020 Vaccine Industry Excellence (ViE) award for Best Clinical Trial Site. The company was also part of Platinum Research Network, which won the ViE award for Best Clinical Trial Network. “It’s incredible to … Read more
Brandon Essink, MD, CPI, is a co-principal investigator for the Phase 3 clinical trial of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. Read the full National Institutes of Health (NIH) press release: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/phase-3-clinical-trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins
The first participant in the Moderna Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial was enrolled this morning by Dr. Paul Bradley, Principal Investigator at Meridian’s (now Velcoity Clinical Research) internal medicine site in Savannah, GA. Compliments to Moderna on this significant milestone for its mRNA vaccine … Read more
The first participant in the Moderna Phase 2 COVID-19 vaccine trial was enrolled this morning by Keith Vrbicky, MD, Meridian (now Velocity Clinical Research) Principal Investigator in Norfolk, NE. Congratulations to Moderna for making remarkable progress on its mRNA vaccine against novel coronavirus. 📰 Full release: https://investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/moderna-announces-first-participants-each-age-cohort-dosed-phase
Bounphone Chanthavong (Willow), MPH, CCRC, is the 2019 PharmaTimes Clinical Research Coordinator of the Year! Willow is a research coordinator at Meridian’s (now Velocity Clinical Research) neurology site in Savannah, GA, and won the award on May 4, 2019, after a three-stage competition involving an initial … Read more
Results from clinical trials performed at Meridian Clinical Research (now Velocity Clinical Research) sites in Norfolk, NE, Omaha, NE, and Savannah, GA, were recently published in two prestigious medical journals. Brandon Essink, MD, CPI, co-authored an article published in Vaccine. Dr. Essink led a study … Read more
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