Mental Health Care - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Cape Trial Centre is a research site that conducts clinical trials for global pharmaceutical companies. Pharmaceutical companies develop medication and medical equipment to help patients fight off diseases and treat other medical ailments. Before these pharmaceutical companies can roll out these drugs and devices, regulatory bodies require that clinical trials be conducted to deem these compounds and inventions to be safe and effective. It is here that research trial sites, like Cape Trial Centre, play an important role.During a clinical trial, Cape Trial Centre's staff administer the investigational product to people and then gather information about how the drug is working and any other effects it might have. This information is then provided to the sponsor pharmaceutical company to further medication development. Patients are monitored throughout the trial and receive special medical care. Cape Trial Centre has been doing clinical trials since 2002 and since then been involved in testing numerous medication and medical devices.