Last updated on: 05/02/2014
Name of organisation
1) Department/Research group
2) Organisation/affiliationResearch in Real Life Ltd.
Short Name in the inventoryRIRL
Administrative Contact
Title Miss
Last name Emily
First name Davis
Address line 15 Coles Lane
Address line 2
Address line 3
CityCambridge
PostcodeCB24 3BA
CountryUnited Kingdom
Phone number (incl. country code)(+44) 01223 967 855
Alternative phone number
Fax number (incl. country code)
Scientific Contact
Title Professor
Last name Price
First name David
Address line 1University of Aberdeen
Address line 2
Address line 3
CityAberdeen
PostcodeAB24 3FX
CountryUnited Kingdom
Phone number (incl. country code)(+44) 01223 967 855
Alternative phone number
Fax number (incl. country code)
2. Description
Research in Real Life (RiRL) is an independent, research-driven organisation established to cultivate initiatives, provide evidence and drive quality standards within the growing field of real-life, pragmatic research. The organisation specialises in retrospective data analysis, including real-life effectiveness and cost effectiveness of therapeutic interventions. RiRL focuses on respiratory diseases such as asthma and COPD, taking advantage of knowledge and expertise from collaborations with international respiratory experts.
3. Category
For profit organisation
4. Available resources
In houseVia Contacts/Network
Database analyst
Yes
No
5. Therapeutic/disease areas of research in drug safety/risk-benefit performed in the past 5 years
Devices
Ear, nose and oropharynx disorders
Endocrine disorders
Respiratory diseases
Urinary tract disorders
6. Design of drug safety/risk-benefit studies published in the past 5 years
Cohort Study
Case Control Study
Interventional Clinical Trial
7. Experience in collecting data directly from individual patients/respondents
Number of Studies
Greater than 5
Number of patients/respondents involved in the study(ies)
Between 1500 and 14999
Greater than 15000
8. Access to data collection resources
Capacity to conduct face-to-face interviews
Yes
In a clinic
Yes
In the community
No
Electronic data capture systems
Yes
System used:
In-house
Interactive voice response systems
No
Call centre
No
9. Experience in secondary research and meta-analysis
No
10. Work with existing data resources in the past 3 years
Name of data resourceNo. of studies
CPRD5
Ingenix Normative Healthcare Information Database 1
Optimum Patient Care Research Database9
PHARMO Database Network1
11. Registries established by centre
Drug RegistryRespiratory and rhinitis
12. Experience in collaboration in a study team
Principal Investigator
13. Current involvement in research networks
Networks registered with ENCePP
Respiratory Effectiveness Group (REG)
Other networks:
Network nameNationalInternationalLink to webpage
14. Interest in research opportunities which are funded
By pharmaceutical companies
By charities
By government
By research councils
By EU funding schemes
15. Interest in contract research only if free to publish results
Yes
16. Selected publications of the last 5 calendar years
ReferenceLink to web-publication
