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A CRO is an organization that can be contracted for services related to clinical trials for pharmaceutical drug development.
A sponsor may transfer any or all of their trial-related duties and functions to a CRO. However, the ultimate responsibility for the quality and integrity of the trial data always resides with the sponsor. Examples of duties that can be transferred include, but are not limited to, trial design, conduct of the trial, medical monitoring and data management.
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