I ran across a thought provoking article in drudegevcompare.com.  A medical device company can choose to either perform all the steps necessary to develop and market a device, or they can hire a medical device contract research organization (CRO) to perform several or all of those steps.

As business development director of a CRO focused on the medical device market segment, my opinion is probably very obvious.  But, I do believe that CRO’s can be valuable partners in helping medical device companies meet specific FDA requirements.  Our company is a niche CRO, which the article states is a growing trend.

Do you believe CRO’s are a necessary partner?