Altasciences Announces Launch of New Brand and Website

Laval, Quebec, Feb. 12, 2019 – Altasciences, a mid-size CRO specializing in a flexible, innovative approach to providing comprehensive early stage drug development, including preclinical, clinical, bioanalysis, and research services, has unveiled a new brand identity and website. Altasciences’ companies are now further united under the Altasciences brand.

Feedback from our clients and third parties made it clear that our current brand identity did not fully convey the company’s personable and flexible approach, capabilities, expertise and, in particular, the efforts put in to integrating their capabilities and sites with the goal of providing a coordinated approach to early phase development. As a result, Altasciences has aligned its brand with who they are and what they do: Moving in Unison to deliver big impact with a personal touch.

We’re excited that our new messaging communicates how Altasciences is uniquely positioned to closely partner with sponsors in early drug development and provide the exceptional service our clients have come to expect,” said Julie-Ann Cabana, Vice President of Marketing and Commercial Integration at Altasciences. “The intention of our brand is to reflect the everyday scientific heroes that make drug development a reality. It is about highlighting the importance of partnering with our clients, as well as the human aspect of drug development.

The brand logo, which has green ribbons moving together in a peak to form an ‘A’, symbolizes the company’s dedication to working together to maintain the highest scientific and operational standards necessary to meet clients’ challenges, while always seeking new opportunities to innovate. Green represents the color of life, growth, harmony, and success. A refreshed graphic approach features imagery that represents real-life moments, demonstrating the vibrancy of life and the essence of what Altasciences does — supporting research that helps bring new medicines to the people who need them, faster. The new identity has been fully rolled out in a revamped company website.

We’ve spent the past 25 years partnering with our clients to research and develop potentially life-saving therapeutics,” said Chris Perkin, CEO, Altasciences. “Now, our brand identity pays homage to the strength of that heritage. It not only shows who we are as a company, but where we are going.

About Altasciences
Altasciences is a forward-thinking, mid-size contract research organization offering pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies a proven, flexible approach to preclinical and clinical pharmacology studies, including formulation, manufacturing, and analytical services. For over 25 years, Altasciences has been partnering with sponsors to help support educated, faster, and more complete early drug development decisions. Altasciences’ integrated, full-service solutions include preclinical safety testing, clinical pharmacology and proof of concept, bioanalysis, program management, medical writing, biostatistics, and data management, all customizable to specific sponsor requirements. Altasciences helps sponsors get better drugs to the people who need them, faster.

February 12, 2019

Exceptional service — Lately, it has become an overused expression in our industry. About a year ago, Altasciences set out to explore what exceptional service really means to the people who matter — our clients. After extensive discussions, client surveys, and evaluations, we were pleased to confirm that our early drug development solution offering enables us to provide what our clients want. We also discovered that our brand identity did not accurately communicate our combined early stage drug development capabilities and expertise.

WORKING IN UNISON

Bring your talents and forward-thinking approach to Altasciences and help us develop medicines for those who need them, faster. We have a number of opportunities for you to explore.

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Life At Altasciences

Alta means elevated in Latin, reflecting our high standards and commitment to quality in everything we set out to accomplish as we advance the future of drug development.

At Altasciences, we believe in equal opportunities for all, and cultivate a diversified, inclusive, and respectful work environment.

Build your career at Altasciences — our entrepreneurial spirit drives our ever-growing business and sets us apart in the industry.

Learn more about what we do and where we do it.

About Us Our Locations

  • 5 CITIES
    MONTREAL
    LAVAL
    FARGO
    KANSAS CITY
    SEATTLE
  • 1300+ EMPLOYEES a diverse motivated and talented force for excellence
  • 1 CULTURE A UNIQUE CRO focused on customer service and the advancement of medical science

A DAY IN THE LIFE

The challenges and rewards of our work make every day promising and engaging.

Our Values

  • Customer Service
  • Excellence
  • Quality & Integrity
  • Respect
  • Employee Development

We are united by our company values. We thrive on being the best that we can be, in all that we do — quality and integrity being at the core of who we are.

Above all, we recognize that our success stems from our employees and their contributions.

Inclusion and Diversity

We understand the value of diverse voices and viewpoints and are committed to fostering an inclusive, lively community within our walls and across our industry.

Meaningful Benefits

Harmony between your personal and professional life is key to bringing your best to work every day. That’s why we have implemented a variety of programs to support our employees in achieving this goal.

Our benefits include:

  • Flexible work arrangements (remote work, shifts, etc.)
  • Corporate rates for a variety of services
  • Flexible group insurance benefits plan
  • Employee referral program
  • Continuous learning and development

Giving Back

We take pride in engaging in the communities where we work and live. Initiatives include Christmas gift drives for kids, food and winter clothing drives, Dare to Give breast cancer fundraising, and school supplies campaign. All of us bring the same passion, commitment, and dedication present in our work to our community involvement.

Pharmacokinetics in Special Populations

Benefit from our long and relevant experience to create the most efficient study design, and quickly fill the panel with the special population to meet your objectives. We design, conduct, analyze, and report on pharmacokinetic studies in special populations, either as stand-alone studies or cohorts within larger, healthy normal volunteer studies.

We know it is often vital, depending on the indication, for safety and efficacy to observe the pharmacokinetics in different BMIs, genders, or ages. We have the team in place to overcome the challenge of recruiting healthy participants without conflicting concomitant medications, or populations with higher BMIs, or increasing age.

The recruiting teams across our clinics have robust databases to work from, with over 350,000 participants, and are also experts at participant outreach to continually add to our database. We deliver the patient access and relevant expertise you need.

Consult our Special and Patient Populations Fact Sheet

PARTICIPATE IN A STUDY

Our Mission

Altasciences conducts contract clinical research to assess the safety and effectiveness of new medications. We are always recruiting participants to take part in clinical studies. We are interested in healthy adult participants, as well as those with a specific illness or medical condition depending on the needs of each trial.

We are committed to your safety and comfort during our trials.

Our Facilities

Altasciences has clinics in both the U.S. and Canada, where experienced medical and clinical professionals oversee all aspects of trial conduct. Click on your location to see the open trials we are recruiting for:

LAVAL

575 boul. Armand-Frappier Laval, Québec H7V 4B3 Canada

Phone: 450 973-6077

Participant Website

MONTREAL

1200 Beaumont Avenue, Montreal, Québec H3P 3P1 Canada

Phone: 514 381-2546

Participant Website

KANSAS CITY

10103 Metcalf Ave. Overland Park, KS 66212 USA

Phone: 913 696-1601

Participant Website

FARGO

4837 Amber Valley Parkway Fargo, ND 58104 USA

Phone: 701 551-3737

Participant Website

SEATTLE

6605 Merrill Creek Parkway. Everett, WA 98203 USA

Phone: 425 407-0121

CANNABIS

Altasciences has over 10 years’ experience in cannabis studies, conducting nearly 40 studies on different cannabis products, cannabinoids, or with cannabis users. We are also at the forefront of comparing vaping devices to combustible products, both for pharmacokinetics and exposure to potential harmful biomarkers. Our studies meet current FDA regulations for tobacco products.

We have extensive experience with all routes of administration:

  • Combustible
  • Vaping
  • Tablets
  • Oils
  • Sublingual
  • Topical gels

We have worked with whole plant extracts and isolated phytocannabinoids or fully synthetic cannabinoids. Our bioanalytical laboratory has validated methods for THC, CBD, and three other cannabinoids.

We also routinely assess drug-liking as well as psychoactive and cognitive effects of cannabis or cannabinoid formulations.

Consult our general Cannabis Fact Sheet

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