By Robin Brodrick

International Clinical Trials Day 2015

Sonia Haroun created this slide for the party at Veristat's Montreal office. The "I am a Clinical Research Professional" and the "Clinical Trials Day" images were taken from the ACRP website.

International Clinical Trials Day honors James Lind's first randomized clinical trial and celebrates clinical research professionals across the globe.

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How Veristat Celebrated International Clinical Trials Day

International Clinical Trials Day is celebrated every year on or around May 20th. Veristat celebrated by throwing a party to celebrate the hard work and dedication of its clinical research staff.

Scurvy Juice (Don't Worry, It's Just Lemonade!)

Veristat's Clinical Trials Professionals!

Veristat Employees Playing Cornhole Toss Games

Veristat Employees Playing Cornhole Toss Games

Veristat Employees Playing Cornhole Toss Games

Amanda Truesdale won the "Guess How Many Jolly Ranchers are in the Jar" game! She walked away with two awesome new mouse pads!

The prizes!

Many other companies also celebrated International Clinical Trials Day

Cochrane presented the seventh in its annual series of specially prepared podcasts, which addresses issues such as overcoming challenges encountered by researchers.

BioMed Central asked patients and industry professionals what they think will be the single greatest development to help improve clinical trials in the next 5 to 10 years. Find out what the respondents said in this blog post.

Forte celebrated by releasing the results of a study where they asked 630 individuals in the industry their thoughts on the clinical research industry as it exists today. They presented the results in this fun infographic: