ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Cluj-Napoca (or simply Cluj), the second largest city in Romania and fourth most populous, served as the 5th base of exploratory research operations of ARENSIA – Exploratory Medicine. Just August of 2022, ARENSIA established collaborative efforts with Cluj’s leading medical institutions which are not only equipped with bleeding edge diagnostics technologies but are responsible in serving the entire Transylvanian region’s population of about 7.5 million.
ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine: Sofia, Bulgaria
The succeeding month showed even more progress for the company with the first ARENSIA research clinic opened at Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital city. With a population of about 7 million, Bulgaria had its clinical research tradition going back for over 30 years. As for Sofia, it is known as a European capital with a picturesque cultural, economic and scholastic life. It has a catchment area of more than 2 million people and the city is diametrically linked to all of Europe’s major airfield hubs.
Personally reported by ARENSIA, its Sofia research clinic is said to occupy an area of over 500 square meters (5,400 square feet) and houses 14 non-ambulatory beds with a round-the-clock surveillance. The clinic also has rooms for screening, an investigational medicinal product (IMP) pharmacy, sample preparation laboratory, samples storage facilities, and staff meeting rooms.
Ensuring Uniformity of Services
Like in all of ARENSIA’s Research Clinics, both ARENSIA Sofia, Bulgaria and ARENSIA Cluj, Romania cater the execution of complex Phase I First-in-Patient / Phase II / Proof of Concept study designs with novel therapies & combinations involving patients across numerous therapeutic areas: oncology (both solid tumors and hema-oncology), immuno-inflammatory / rheumatology, dermatology, gastrointestinal, respiratory, neurology, cardiology, metabolic, infectious diseases, hepatology, nephrology, gynecology, urology, ophthalmology.
As in other ARENSIA locations, the systems deployed at ARENSIA’s newer research clinics in Sofia and Cluj mirror ARENSIA central SOP system like the utilization of similar standardized clinical pharmacology equipment.
The ARENSIA Excellence
ARENSIA teams in Sofia and Cluj comprise of local staff with proven track record of performing clinical research and experienced ARENSIA staff assigned for transfer from other ARENSIA clinics. Principal Investigators of the study are proficient physicians who are specialized in all the above-mentioned therapeutic areas. ARENSIA’s teams are trained to handle even the most complex of protocol designs relating to first-in-man / first-in-patient study designs.
ARENSIA – Exploratory Medicine is a German operator of proprietary clinics in Eastern Europe. It leads in innovation and optimization of early clinical development. Its early phase experienced teams of full-time employed investigators, nurses and pharmacists are driven by patient’s medical prosperity, making patient safety and comfort their paramount priority.
Engr. Dex Marco Tiu Guibelondo, BS Pharm, RPh, BS CpE
Editor-in-Chief, PharmaFEATURES
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Web Media Acknowledgements
(1) Cluj-Napoca ARENSIA Expansion image used in this article is adapted from ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine GmbH’s LinkedIn post entitled ARENSIA is Expanding in Romania. Post was published on 11 Sept, 2022. The image was retrieved on November 10, 2022 from https://www.linkedin.com/posts/arensia-exploratory-medicine_arensia-is-expanding-in-romania-activity-6971058479696355328-RoKL/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
(2) Sofia, Bulgaria ARENSIA Expansion image used in this article is adapted from ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine GmbH’s LinkedIn post entitled ARENSIA is Opening Its 1st Research Clinic in Sofia, Bulgaria. Post was published on 11 Oct, 2022. The image was retrieved on November 10, 2022 from https://www.linkedin.com/posts/arensia-exploratory-medicine_arensia-is-opening-its-first-research-clinic-activity-6979081649548320769-Wkp3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop.
(3) Sofia, Bulgaria ARENSIA Research Clinic image used in this article is adapted from ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine’s Official Website. Image is in a marquee image slider. The image was retrieved on November 10, 2022 from https://www.arensia-em.com/images/slider/sofia.jpg.
(4) Map of ARENSIA’s Clinics image used in this article is adapted from ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine’s Official Website. Image is embedded in a short introduction entitled Phase I Research Clinics Dedicated to Early Patients at the Exploratory Research Clinic’s Menu. The image was retrieved on November 10, 2022 from https://www.arensia-em.com/exploratory-research-clinics.
(5) ARENISA Exploratory Medicine Banner image used in this article is adapted from ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine’s Official Romanian Website. Image serves as topmost banner of ARENSIA Romania’s Home Page. The image was retrieved on November 10, 2022 from https://www.arensia-em.ro/.
(6) Clinical Research Symposium image used in this article is adapted from ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine GmbH’s LinkedIn post entitled Meet Us at the Clinical Research Symposium at Bucharest. Post was published on 08 Nov, 2022. The image was retrieved on November 10, 2022 from https://www.linkedin.com/posts/arensia-exploratory-medicine_meet-us-at-the-clinical-research-symposium-activity-6995353821136707584-FISU/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop.