NMS Scientific Services provides specialized consultancy and operational support to clinical studies. From study design and regulatory strategy to data management and monitoring, we offer integrated solutions across the full study lifecycle.
NovaCRU and our partners - CROs and academic centres across Europe - support sponsors, researchers, and institutions bring, their studies to the highest standards of quality, compliance, and efficiency.

Why Choose Us?

NMS Scientific Services provides integrated scientific and operational support for clinical studies, serving as a single entry point for both investigators and industry sponsors. Our support covers the entire study lifecycle — from conception and protocol development to statistical analysis and final reporting.
NovaCRU embedded within Scientific Services, specialises in multicentre clinical trials, medical device investigations, clinical performance studies, and translational and digital health projects. All activities are conducted in full compliance with European and national ethical and regulatory standards. A key differentiator is our in-depth knowledge of the Portuguese clinical research ecosystem. We work directly with regulatory authorities, Ethics Committees, and hospital administrations — enabling us to streamline approvals and mitigate operational risks. For international sponsors, we are a trusted gateway to conducting clinical studies in Portugal with full regulatory confidence. Through our integration in PtCRIN and ECRIN, we are also well positioned to support multinational studies and cross-border research initiatives.



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Services

Our experience in numbers

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Investigator-Driven Studies
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Industry-Driven Studies
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Study Coordination at Healthcare Units

Therapeutic Areas of Experience

Areas in which we have coordinated and supported clinical research activities.

Cardiology Pediatric Cardiology Vascular Surgery Endocrinology Gastroenterology Hematology Immunoallergology Infectious Diseases Intensive Care Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Pediatric Neurology Neonatology Obstetrics & Gynecology Oncology Orthopedics Otolaryngology (ENT) Pulmonology Rheumatology Urology

Services

EVIDENCE | STUDY START-UP

Study Start-up

Regulatory knowledge and Experience

We provide comprehensive coordination of regulatory processes for clinical study approvals, ensuring full compliance with current regulations. Our efficient management shortens timelines to study initiation, optimizing execution from the very first stage.

Clinical Research Activities
Studies & Projects
Protocols & Medical Writing
Data Capture & Data Analytics
Advisory Board
Project Management
Pharmacovigilance
Study Coordinator
Clinical Trials

We invest in recruitment and team training to ensure clinical trial objectives are met. Services include protocol design, data collection (paper & EDC), feasibility, regulatory aspects, submissions, project management, investigator meetings, monitoring, data management, statistics, and medical writing.

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Partners

Portugal

  • AIBILI
  • Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde Lisboa Ocidental e Oeiras
  • Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central
  • Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental
  • Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte - Hospital de Santa Maria
  • Centro Hospitalar do Porto
  • Consórcio Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Crioestaminal, Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação Região Centro - Rovisco Pais
  • Hospital Beatriz Ângelo
  • Hospital da Luz
  • iBET - Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica
  • Instituto de Medicina Molecular
  • IPATIMUP
  • IPO Porto
  • NOVA Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da UNL
  • OssMed - Regeneration Technology, Catanhede
  • Universidade da Beira Interior

Belgium

  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels

France

  • Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire (CHRU) de Lille

Germany

  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • University Hospital Bonn
  • University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Italy

  • Fondazione FADOI, Milan
  • Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori / Grupo Estudos Cancro Cabeça e Pescoço (Ordem dos Médicos, Portugal)
  • IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano

The Netherlands

  • Leiden University Medical Center

Spain

  • Diater Laboratorios
  • Fundació Institut de Recerca del Hospital de la Santa Creu y Sant Pau (IR-HSCSP) - Institute of Biomedical Research (IIB Sant Pau)

Switzerland

  • Alloksys Life Sciences BV
  • European Thoracic Oncology Platform (ETOP)