Smartcare Life Sciences, LLC Created to Provide Product Development Services for Pharma and Biotech Companies

CARE BioPharma, LLC announced today its partnership with Smart Consulting Group, LLC. This partnership will create the formation of Smartcare Life Sciences, LLC, a new company that will provide a more integrated service for product approval.

Mundelein, IL (PRWeb) December 20, 2006 -- CARE BioPharma, LLC announced today its partnership with Smart Consulting Group, LLC. This partnership will create the formation of Smartcare Life Sciences, LLC, a new company that will provide a more integrated service for product approval.

The new company formation will allow Smartcare Life Sciences to provide continued support to its customers as well as offer an expanded range of services. Smartcare Life Sciences will offer the same quality and efficient laboratory testing and consulting services that Care BioPharma customers have come to know and expect.

"The keystone to the partnership is the Chicago area based Laboratory Services business which naturally binds together the space between Kathy Lenhard's CRO business and our own GMP based business," stated Nigel Smart, Managing Partner of Smart Consulting Group and new CEO of Smartcare Life Sciences, LLC. "With this strategic formation, the new company can provide more services that pharma and biotech companies developing new products desire. The real winners here will be our clients, as the outcome will be an integrated approach to product development with shorter cycle times, sustained compliance, and enhanced value. We are really excited about the opportunity because it affords the potential to provide complementary activities that support product development and commercialization."

Kathy Lenhard, CEO of CARE BioPharma, LLC, and the new President of Smartcare Life Sciences, "The combination of these two companies will enable Smartcare Life Sciences to service the marketplace with unparalleled resources to facilitate a more efficient product approval process for our customers."

CARE BioPharma, LLC (CARE) is a full service CRO and an industry leader in the management of clinical trials and regulatory compliance. CARE's team of consultants has over 30 years of experience in the Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology industries.

Smart Consulting Group, LLC (SCG) provides technical, quality, and regulatory assistance to enable clients to meet GMP production objectives. SCG guides clients through technical and regulatory hurdles associated with FDA licensure, approval, and commercialization.

Disclosure notice: The information contained in this release is as of Friday, December 15, 2006. Smartcare Life Sciences, LLC assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information or future events or developments.

For more information, contact:

Gary L Gray

Smartcare Life Sciences, LLC

Phone: 847-968-7500

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