Hairline International Hair and Skin Clinic adds another specialized service to its repertoire by offering world class facilities for top cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical brands to conduct their clinical trials for new products.

Hairline Research Center offers international level trial facilities to quality brands that focus on hair and skin care as well as oral care and herbal products. Pharmaceutical products can also be trial tested at the center. With a focus on quality and integrity of data produced by clinical research, Hairline Research Center also focuses on rights, safety and well-being of trial participants.

Clinical trials for products go through four phases. Speaking on the facilities provided by Hairline Clinical Research Center, Dr. Bani Anand, Founder and Managing Director, Hairline International Hair and Skin Clinic, says, "We have a trained team of investigators, study coordinators and study nurses to conduct successful clinical trials. Our Clinical Research Team is trained on ICH GCP, Schedule Y, ICMR Guidelines and The Drugs and Cosmetics Rules 1945 (amended in 2005) and Requirements of DCGI for clinical trials. We have our own SOPs for conducting clinical trials and recruiting subjects and for safeguarding their rights." 

State-of-the-art equipment is necessary for conducting such advanced clinical trials and Hairline Clinical Research Center is equipped Hair and skin analyzer, Corneometer, Chromameter, Cutometer, Mexameter, Janus Imaging Station, Tewa meter, Diastron for skin sensitivity, Glossy meter, Dandruff meter, Sebumeter, Trichoscan and Visio scan.

Dr. Bani adds that Hairline Clinical Research Center also has a well-equipped IP Room for storage, an emergency OT Room, safe storage for confidential records, dedicated computers for data entry and documentation. "Most importantly, we have our own subject database which helps us in recruitment of subjects during clinical trials," she elaborates.

With a strong focus on the comfort of clinical trial participants, Dr. Bani explains that facilities provided for participants and says, "Besides a broad reception area and acclimatization room, we also have separate rooms for counseling as well as for obtaining consent from subjects. We have ensured that there are separate rooms and set-ups for instruments, imaging, an exclusive product dispensing and procedure room, as well as advanced cabins for investigators. We also have an independent Ethics Committee to evaluate the work done and give us a go-ahead on the various phases of clinical research and its progress." 

Hairline Research Center has worked on several observational and clinical research studies for a number of leading brands in the cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical industry. In the pipelines are several more agreements of association for future collaborations.