ClinicAid is a Contract Research Organization (CRO) to clinical sites and investigators, a Research Consortium to pharmaceutical sponsors, and a provider of innovative drugs to improve the quality of life for patients. Much like large pharmaceutical companies outsourcing their Research and Development components to conventional CROs to gain economies of scale and operational efficiencies, clinical sites and physician-investigators are realizing the benefits of outsourcing models for improving their own economies of scale and capturing economic advantages by reducing costly overhead. As a pharmaceutical partner, ClinicAid functions as a Research Consortium to Sponsors, bringing qualified research sites and larger research centers managed under a unified model to perform research trials. For patients, ClinicAid provides access to novel drugs through carefully conducted clinical trials in an effort to improve the quality of life and treatment for various ailments. The company was founded and incorporated in 2005 and became operational in 2006. It is headquartered in southern California and has plans to expand in several global markets.