Full-service CRO specializing in early-phase diabetes and metabolic disease trials
Profil is a specialized contract research organization focused exclusively on diabetes and metabolic disease clinical trials, operating a 60-bed in-house clinical unit and maintaining a recruitment database of over 17,000 individuals with diabetes. Current hiring shows research and data roles accelerating alongside internal infrastructure projects—finance transformation, ERP implementation, and dataset integration—suggesting a shift from pure service delivery toward operational automation and data infrastructure maturity.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Accounting
Profil GmbH, founded in 1999 as a spin-off from the University of Düsseldorf, operates as a full-service CRO with exclusive focus on diabetes and metabolic disease research. The company is ISO 9001 and 13485 certified and runs advanced clinical capabilities including automated glucose clamp studies, isotope dilution techniques, and muscle/fat biopsies. Its owned infrastructure—60-bed clinical facility, GMP-certified pharmacy, regulatory affairs department, and 17,000-person diabetes patient database—enables execution of Phase I–II trials on compressed timelines. The organization serves pharmaceutical sponsors developing anti-diabetic compounds and has contributed to development of major therapeutic classes in the field.
Profil specializes in Phase I–II diabetes and metabolic disease trials with proprietary methods: automated glucose clamps, isotope dilution techniques, muscle and fat biopsies, and pharmacodynamic characterization in early phases. Operates 60-bed in-house clinical unit in Neuss.
Profil maintains a dedicated recruitment database of over 17,000 individuals with diabetes, enabling rapid subject enrollment for clinical studies without external recruitment dependencies.
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