Symphony Clinical Research Earns WBENC-Certified Women’s Business Enterprise Distinction For Second Consecutive Year

VERNON HILLS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Symphony Clinical Research®, a business specializing in in-home and alternate-site clinical research trial visits, received national re-certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women’s Business Development Center-Chicago, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

“Symphony is extremely proud to be WBENC-Certified and feels it confirms our commitment to being a diverse supplier for customers”

“Symphony is extremely proud to be WBENC-Certified and feels it confirms our commitment to being a diverse supplier for customers,” stated Nicki Norris, CEO at Symphony. “As a WBENC-Certified business, we know we are among a distinguished group of companies and are honored to continue to pave the way for women-owned businesses.”

WBENC’s national standard of certification implemented by the Women’s Business Development Center-Chicago is a meticulous process including an in-depth review of the business and site inspection. The certification process is designed to confirm the business is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by a woman or women.

By including women-owned businesses among their vendors, corporations, and government agencies demonstrate their commitment to fostering diversity and the continued development of their supplier/vendor diversity programs.

About Symphony Clinical Research®

Symphony Clinical Research®, formerly known as Clinical Resource Network, LLC (CRN), is the global service leader in providing in-home and alternate-site clinical services to patients in all phases and therapeutic areas of clinical trials. In-home services can be used in all patient populations from neonatal through geriatrics. Since 2003, Symphony’s has been bringing the clinical trial visit to patients’ homes and alternate sites making it more convenient for patients across the globe to participate in clinical trials. Symphony services have significantly accelerated the pace of clinical trials by dramatically improving patient recruitment, retention, compliance and site productivity as well as increasing patient and investigator satisfaction. Symphony has offices in Vernon Hills, Illinois and Gdansk, Poland.

About WBENC

The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council is the nation’s largest third party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC is a resource for the more than 700 US companies and government agencies that rely on WBENC’s certification as an integral part of their supplier diversity programs.