Accelerate your Timelines in Neuroscience & Metabolic Clinical Development

Partner with a Clinical Research Organization (CRO) that specializes in managing the complexities of Neuroscience and Metabolic clinical development programs. Better Science. Superior Results.

Since 2023, we have contributed to 32 FDA approvals, representing 27% of all drug approvals in the United States.

Supporting global clinical research across all phases of drug development.

With a global footprint and deep therapeutic expertise, we support clinical research from first-in-human through late-phase development. The Lotus-ERG team includes 47 MDs and 12 PhDs/PsyDs, bringing scientific and clinical leadership to every trial we touch. Backed by experience in more than 3,400 studies, we offer the operational precision, regulatory insight, and global site access needed to accelerate development and deliver high-quality data.

Global reach for global trials
Lotus operates on a global scale, with a strong presence across key countries (green) and long-standing alliance partnerships with CROs (blue) that further extend our reach, enabling us to support clinical trials worldwide.

Speed AND Quality:

Priority Access to ERG's Site Network

Lotus is differentiated from other CROs by our common ownership with ERG. Our highly sought-after, US-based sites include 20 wholly-owned research units, over 400 beds, nine surgical centers, and multiple Phase I units, providing access to specialized capabilities for both healthy volunteer studies and targeted patient populations in neuroscience and metabolic disease research. 

This unique Lotus-ERG structure enables rapid study startup and unparalleled operational efficiency, as many of the slow-track activities associated with site initiation (contracting, legal, etc.) are already in place. The leadership, medical, and operational teams are in constant communication and Lotus-Sponsor studies are prioritized.

The team is working before the ink is dry. That’s how we accelerate timelines.

Better Together: The Advantages of a CRO and Site Network Working Together in Clinical Development

Lotus ERG network

A Deeper Dive into Neuroscience Experience

Lotus has deep experience across the neuroscience disease spectrum, supporting all phases of development for novel medicines. We provide scientific leadership and have extensive experience with the neuroscience approval process.
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Neuroscience Drug Approvals
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Neuroscience Studies Completed
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FDA Inspections Resulting in a 483

Statistics combine experience from both Lotus Clinical Research and Evolution Research Group’s network of clinical research sites.

A Deeper Dive into Metabolic Experience

ERG’s site network provides rapid access to some of the most well-respected sites in the country for metabolic research in diabetes, MASH, and obesity. Guided by a science-first approach, our Scientific Leadership Team brings extensive experience in obesity and metabolic research.
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Metabolic Studies Conducted
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Diabetes Studies Conducted
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Obesity Studies Conducted
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MASH/NAFLD Studies Conducted

FibroScan, MRI, Biopsies Present in Many Trials

Statistics combine experience from both Lotus Clinical Research and Evolution Research Group’s network of clinical research sites.

How Scientific Leadership Drives Trial Success

At Lotus Clinical Research, we do more than manage trials. We help shape them.

Our Scientific Leadership Team reviews every new protocol at the bid stage to assess the potential study risks. The team then works directly with the Sponsor and project teams to mitigate risks in advance of First-Patient-In and continues to be hands-on throughout the life of the trial. Every Lotus study is assigned a Scientific Leadership Team member from this list of clinicians, research experts, and scientists. Let us advance your molecule and bring your vision to life through our clinical and operational expertise.

Nitendra Agarwal, MD

Internal Medicine / Obesity

Glen Apseloff, MD

Abuse Liability / Clin Pharm

Sarah Atkinson, MD

Psychiatry Adult / Pediatrics

Mark Brody, MD, CPI

Neurology / AD

Keith Candiotti, MD

Anesthesiology / Pain

Andria Chastain

Psychiatry / Addiction

Andrew Cutler, MD

Psychiatry / Neurology  / Addiction

Clay Dehn, MS

Metabolism / MASH / Clin Pharm / Obesity

Emanuel DeNoia, MD

Phase I / Internal Medicine

Stacy Dilzer, RN, CCRC

Clin Pharm / Renal/Hepatic

Bernadette D’Souza, MD

Psychiatry / Addiction

Judith Dunn, PhD

Drug Development / CNS

Angela Eakin, MD

Phase I / Family Medicine

Ellen Fields, MD

Drug Development / Regulatory

Ana Fuquay, MS, CCRC

Alzheimer’s Disease / Neurology

Daniel Gruener, MD

Psychiatry / Pain / Addiction

Sharon Hertz, MD

Regulatory

George Konis, MD

Psychiatry / Addiction / Internal Medicine

Romana Kulikova, MD

Neurology / Pediatrics

David Leiman, MD

Acute & Chronic Pain / Anesthesiology

Suresh Mallikaarjun, MD

Drug Development / Clin Pharm

William Martin, PhD

Drug Development / CNS

Harold Minkowitz, MD

Acute & Chronic Pain  / Anesthesiology

Ashley Poole, CCRC

Psychiatry

Alexander Prezioso, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology / Phase I

Steve Romano, MD

Drug Development / CNS

Janeen Rosales, MS, CCRC

Phase I / Special Populations

Dennis Ruff, MD

Phase I / Internal Medicine

Sherwyn Schwartz, MD

Endocrinology / MASH / Obesity

Adam Smith, PhD, MBA

Psychiatry / Neurology

Stephen Thein, PhD

Sleep / Alzheimer’s Disease

Erin Tireman, PysD

Rater Training / CNS / Psychedelics / Addiction

Daniel Umbricht, MD

Translational Medicine / CNS

Kimberly Vanover, PhD

Drug Development / CNS

Richard Walovitch, MD

Imaging / Pharmacology

James Whalen, MD

Psychiatry

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