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AOC Difference:
Our clinical trial management team offers sponsors a unique experience and executes research services with professionalism and efficiency. AOC-Research is a small company, this helps us ensure quality and personal management of trials, giving your company peace of mind.
We believe communication, consistency, and teamwork allow us to build partnerships with clients. We recognize every relationship as a vital component in the drug development process. Our philosophy is that shared vision, mutual goals, experience, and motivation create success.
What we offer:
- We are a 2900 square foot medical facility with 14 exam rooms available for research.
- Centrally located in the Birmingham area, this makes us easily accessible from the Birmingham International Airport. A short 9 mile drive away!
- Rapid start-up and enrollment and provide you with clean, accurate data.
- Several physician and media contacts to facilitate fast and effective enrollment.
- Competitive overhead costs.
- Our center opened using GCP/ICH guidelines.
- Equipped to conduct inpatient studies and have on-site shower and sleeping accommodations for subjects and staff.
- Central IRB capability.
- On-Site Digital X-Ray facilities, equipped with monitors in each exam room. X-rays can be transmitted in less than one minute.
- Electrocardiogram, read on-site.
- AOC is partnered with Shades Mountain Imaging located just 1.5 miles south of our site. This gives us easy access to MRI, MR angiography, CT, CT angiography, Fluoroscopy and Ultrasound services.
- Affiliated with Brookwood Medical Center located a short 0.8 miles from our site.
- Our Investigators also perform outpatient surgery at Birmingham Surgery Center located 1.2 miles north of our site.
- On-site CLIA waived laboratory for specimen collection. Equipped with a centrifuge, refrigerator and -25 sub-zero freezer dedicated for research use.
- Staff is IATA trained and certified for dry ice shipping.
- All Investigational Product, study supplies and materials are kept double locked in a secure area with limited access.
- DSL / Wi-Fi access is readily available for electronic data transfer and monitoring needs.



