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Welcome to the Home of Global Quality Standards for the Clinical Research Industry

IAOCR is a globally recognized international accrediting organization for clinical research, providing independent quality assurance, certification, and accreditation for sites, companies, and the workforce.

Trusted in over 55 countries, IAOCR establishes global quality standards for clinical research organizations, ensuring consistency, credibility, and excellence across clinical research operations.

Who We Are

The International Accrediting Organization for Clinical Research (IAOCR), established in 2011, works collaboratively with key industry stakeholders to develop and advance clinical research accreditation standards tailored specifically for the sector. The certifications and accreditations are widely adopted by sponsors, CROs, site networks (commercial, public health, and academic), and supply chain organizations across the globe. Clinical research accreditation in the UK, USA and globally, continues to grow in importance. Beyond certification, IAOCR actively promotes networking and best-practice sharing through initiatives such as the Global Best Practices Forum and Board and Industry Leaders Think Tanks -—strengthening quality, consistency, and collaboration across the global clinical research community.
2011
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55+
Countries worked with
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Trusted in Over 55 Countries Worldwide

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Success Stories

"The Project Management Course provided by IAOCR was a new and innovative way of providing this kind of training within this industry. My team contained people with varying experience and they all benefitted from it, even though some of them did not meet the accreditation criteria. The follow up work by IAOCR was excellent and really got my team thinking about the training and using it in real life examples which is rarely achieved with other training methods. The main selling point is the fact that participants have to demonstrate understanding, and that really opened my eyes to the ability of my staff within my team."

Lucy Thompson

RDCM Clinical Services Europe

Associate Director

"I think they’re really shaping the industry, they were the primary and first people speaking about competency….IAOCR are the frontier of how we should be evaluating clinical research professionals. It’s the wave of the future and I'd like to see the industry embrace it as a whole."

Elizabeth Edwards

(Formerly Biomat)

Independent Consultant

"I would absolutely recommend IAOCR. In all my dealings with them I’ve found them to be highly professional, extremely focused, and I’ve been delighted to be a member of the Executive Advisory Board and part of the Workforce Quality Accreditation program. I think [IAOCR accreditation] has the real potential to be adopted across the industry. The fact that there is an accreditation process where none existed before, we are looking at common competencies that work across academia, across CRO and pharma. This is something to be absolutely celebrated!"

Graham Belgrave

Cmed Clinical Services

Chief Operating Officer

"I would absolutely recommend IAOCR. They’ve really helped us over the last couple of years, re-organize the way we deliver training. I think the way they go about their business is very diligent, it’s quite strict, which I think you need when you’re setting up levels of competence for the industry. IAOCR have really helped us shape out thoughts around competence over the last four or five years."

Alistair MacDonald

Syneos Health

CEO

"This Gold award allows us to market for commercial research, as it’s an indicator of our quality. It provides a layer of assurance for the Trust in terms of an external assessment and where we’re at in terms of our clinical research workforce"

Heather Rice

RDaSH

Director of Research & Innovation

"The Project Management Course provided by IAOCR was a new and innovative way of providing this kind of training within this industry. My team contained people with varying experience and they all benefitted from it, even though some of them did not meet the accreditation criteria. The follow up work by IAOCR was excellent and really got my team thinking about the training and using it in real life examples which is rarely achieved with other training methods. The main selling point is the fact that participants have to demonstrate understanding, and that really opened my eyes to the ability of my staff within my team."

Lucy Thompson

RDCM Clinical Services Europe

Associate Director

"I think they’re really shaping the industry, they were the primary and first people speaking about competency….IAOCR are the frontier of how we should be evaluating clinical research professionals. It’s the wave of the future and I'd like to see the industry embrace it as a whole."

Elizabeth Edwards

(Formerly Biomat)

Independent Consultant

"I would absolutely recommend IAOCR. In all my dealings with them I’ve found them to be highly professional, extremely focused, and I’ve been delighted to be a member of the Executive Advisory Board and part of the Workforce Quality Accreditation program. I think [IAOCR accreditation] has the real potential to be adopted across the industry. The fact that there is an accreditation process where none existed before, we are looking at common competencies that work across academia, across CRO and pharma. This is something to be absolutely celebrated!"

Graham Belgrave

Cmed Clinical Services

Chief Operating Officer

"I would absolutely recommend IAOCR. They’ve really helped us over the last couple of years, re-organize the way we deliver training. I think the way they go about their business is very diligent, it’s quite strict, which I think you need when you’re setting up levels of competence for the industry. IAOCR have really helped us shape out thoughts around competence over the last four or five years."

Alistair MacDonald

Syneos Health

CEO

"This Gold award allows us to market for commercial research, as it’s an indicator of our quality. It provides a layer of assurance for the Trust in terms of an external assessment and where we’re at in terms of our clinical research workforce"

Heather Rice

RDaSH

Director of Research & Innovation

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