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1. Which of the following best describes the type of organization you work for?
Chemical Company
Agrochemical Company
Consortia or industry group which deals with regulatory issues for agrochemical products
Consultant for Agrochemical/Chemical products (please specify title)
Other (Please specify)
2. How many chemical or crop protection products does your company currently market in terms of active ingredients? Please provide your BEST estimate as a single number or range, or enter "not sure"
3. What types of chemicals does your company produce?Please select all that apply
Pesticides
Seed Treatments
Seeds and Traits
Biopesticides
Biocides
Fertilizers
Other (Please specify)
4. Where are you located?
North America (US and Canada)
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Japan
Asia Pacific (China, India, Singapore, etc.)
Other (Please specify)
5. Please estimate your company's annual revenues for 2015.
$0 to $5M
$6M to $10M
$11M to $20M
$21M to $50M
$51M to $100M
$101M to $200M
$201M to $400M
$401M to $600M
$601M to $1B
>$1B
6. What is your current job role/title?
7. Which of the following best describes your current role as it relates to the decision-making process for outsourcing safety testing services to Contract Research Organizations (CROs)?
Final decision maker
Part of a team that makes the final decisions
Advise a team that makes the decisions
Procurement
Familiar with the use of CROs
No knowledge of use of CROs
Not sure
8. Approximately what proportion of your safety testing is done in support of new product development vs. ongoing support of existing products (including new regulatory requirements, additional testing required by regulatory bodies, etc)? Please sum to 100%
New product Development _% Please specify
Ongoing support of existing products_%Please specify
9. Please select the three most important of the following factors that influence the vendor selection process for chemical testing services. (Please select up to 3)
Specific expertise with product type
Specific expertise with type of test required
Breadth of testing services
Communication
Reputation
Cost
Geographic location
Bundling with regulatory services
Project management
Overall quality
10. How would you rate the CRO "CHARLES RIVER" on the following criteria (1=not at all satisfied, 4=neutral, 7=very satisfied): Note: please enter “NA” if you are not familiar with the CRO.
Cost (Enter 1 through 7 or NA if not familiar)Please specify
ExpertisePlease specify
Overall SatisfactionPlease specify
11. How would you rate the CRO " ENVIGO (f/k/a Huntingdon / Harlan)" on the following criteria (1=not at all satisfied, 4=neutral, 7=very satisfied)
Cost (Enter 1 through 7 or NA if not familiar)Please specify
ExpertisePlease specify
Overall SatisfactionPlease specify
12. How would you rate the CRO "Eurofins" on the following criteria (1=not at all satisfied, 4=neutral, 7=very satisfied)
Cost (Enter 1 through 7 or NA if not familiar)Please specify
ExpertisePlease specify
Overall Satisfaction Please specify
13. How would you rate the CRO "Evans Analytical Group" on the following criteria (1=not at all satisfied, 4=neutral, 7=very satisfied)
Cost (Enter 1 through 7 or NA if not familiar)Please specify
Expertise Please specify
Overall SatisfactionPlease specify
14. How would you rate the CRO "Smithers Viscient" on the following criteria (1=not at all satisfied, 4=neutral, 7=very satisfied)
Cost (Enter 1 through 7 or NA if not familiar)Please specify
ExpertisePlease specify
Overall Satisfaction Please specify
15. What % of the R&D budget is for each of the following? Please sum to 100%
Basic research (Please enter a number between 0 and 100) Please specify
In-house testing (Please enter a number between 0 and 100)Please specify
Outsourced testing services (Please enter a number between 0 and 100)Please specify
In-house registration/regulatory support for products in development (Please enter a number between 0 and 100) Please specify
Outsourced registration/regulatory services and fees for products in development (Please enter a number between 0 and 100) Please specify
Other (Please enter a number between 0 and 100)Please specify
16. By what % do you expect your outsourced testing spend to change in the next two to three years for: Ongoing support of currently marketed products
Increase, but unsure by how much
Increase by approximately ___%Please specify
Stay the same
Decrease by approximately ___% Please specify
Decrease, but unsure by how much
Don't know / Unsure
17. By what % do you expect your outsourced testing spend to change in the next two to three years for: New product development
Increase, but unsure by how much
Increase by approximately ___%Please specify
Stay the same
Decrease by approximately ___%Please specify
Decrease, but unsure by how much
Don't know / Unsure
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