The Netherlands-based Heart Core B.V. has signed a strategic partnership with Synchron Research, a CRO, headquartered in Ahmedabad, for medical imaging in clinical trials in India and other countries in South East Asia.

Heart Core is an independent contract research laboratory for medical image analysis and management of medical images in clinical trails. With its expert staff, its relations with academic medical centers and medical specialists worldwide, Heart Core provides core lab services to the pharmaceutical, medical devices, biotechnology and contrast agents industry. These services include quantitative and qualitative image analysis, blinded readings, image management and custom-made courses for trials in the field of cardiology, peripheral artery disease, orthopedics, pulmonology and neurology.

While, Synchron Research is an established Contract Research Organization in India, providing a broad range of clinical research services for phase I-IV trials, including bio-equivalence, bio-availability and pharmacokinetic studies, and project management, data management and statistical analysis services. The company offers competitive and high quality clinical trial services to domestic and international pharmaceutical and devices companies.

Commenting on the strategic partnership, Anton van Weert, managing director of Heart Core, said, "We are very excited about this excellent opportunity to work as a partner with Synchron Research and in this way make our image analysis expertise available to this part of the world. We do have experience with trials carried out in Asia, but this will allow us together with Synchron Research on reaching a much larger market share and new opportunities".