Our Users Are Saying
“In today’s highly competitive marketplace, it’s critical to be able to find quality partners that can reduce your costs of drug development and time to market. The goBalto platform provides transparency, the ability to quickly identify and evaluate new partners via a rating system and rich vendor profiles.”
-Dr. Cary Queen, Co-Founder of Protein Design Labs
“goBalto provides a great platform for showcasing our drug development and manufacturing capabilities to biotech and pharmaceutical companies around the globe. The goBalto partnering web site provides us with a highly cost-effective channel to reach our target customers compared to traditional options such as industry conferences and advertising.”
-Kiran-Mazumdar Shaw, Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon Limited
“Great website! I was skeptical at first but after trying out your search engine for a specialized preclinical CRO & I was sold! Will definitely recommend goBalto.com to my research colleagues.”
- Phong Tran, In-vivo pharmacologist at Regulus Therapeutics
“I believe goBalto has a good lead here, which currently does not have much equivalent and could be a definite first mover advantage in the current climate with pressures being exerted on the industry. A proposal ripe for it’s time!”
- Brian White-Guay, Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy at Université de Montréal
I think goBalto has identified an undeveloped niche in the process of drug, biologic and medical device development, and perhaps any development program that relies on hard to find and manage external resources.
- Robert Michalik, Esq, Graduate School Lecturer at Northeastern University
“With the ever increasing pressures to reduce the drug development and manufacturing costs, global outsourcing has now become an integral part of development strategy for research based pharmaceutical companies. To that end, goBalto offers a unique and comprehensive set of tools in order to make the process of outsourcing much more efficient and effective. The instant access to CMOs, CROs, Consultants and other service providers will dramatically change the global outsourcing landscape”.
-Dr. Umesh Dalvi, Former Senior Director, Global External Manufacturing, BMS
“goBalto’s timing couldn’t be perfect. I am currently an independent Quality Contractor and one of the firms I am working with is looking for a GMP CMO in Asia and/or India. API Manufacturing for a small molecule, however complex process.”
-Elaine Lee, Quality Assurance Representative at Pharmacyclics
“goBalto is going to make a tremendous impact in the R&D market.”
- Nicholas Lilmbocker, Regional Director at Chiltern International Limited
“goBalto is an interesting concept. During the 17 years I worked with researchers seeking human tissue for their studies, I often observed the delays they encountered in connecting with the proper resources. I will look forward to using goBalto.”
-Kelly Feil, Consultant and Writer/Nonprofit Management and Biorepository Professional at Independent
“This is a great idea. Why didn’t we think of this??!! In the short six month, its founders have been able to rack up some impressive partners, including Baxter BioPharma Solutions and India’s Intas Biopharmaceuticals. Again, awesome idea.”
- IguanaBio.com, April 2009
“goBalto will be very helpful for my consulting services especially since I don’t have a website yet.”
- Vincent Wu, Principal Consultant & CEO, VLW Associates
“I like the service that goBalto is offering. Definitely something that will be of use to the CRO and biotech/pharma industries. I have had good responses from LinkedIn, however goBalto is industry specific so it will probably result in more business being generated.”
-John Bishop, CEO, Numeric Focus
“goBalto is a great idea and I am sure that it will be very successful and provide a lot of valuable service to many people. I am thrilled about being listed and having premium service.
-Marion A. Howard, Principal at Cambridge BioStrategies
“Have already signed up for goBalto. Looks like a great start – many hours work for sure. While Celltrion is a great creation, goBalto will make the biggest impact in biopharma, so for the industry’s sake good luck and best wishes for its success.”
- Ross Horsburgh, Kendle Internationl
“I am quite impressed with your new venture so far-something that has been long over due in the industry.”
- Patricia Seymour, BioProcess Technology Consultants
“I have seen goBalto, its really a nice piece of work for all the people involved in clinical research.”
- Catalyst Clinical
“You triggered a rather interesting web project which will hopefully become a valuable resource and tool to R&D professionals.”
- Aliya Arinova, INC Research
“goBalto is a great platform and we have our first inquiry. I wish you all the best.”
- Nagraj Lanka, Vivo Biotech
“Interesting concept – goBalto. I’ve got a lot of learning to do and I’m loving it.”
- Barry Prom, Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc.
“Love your attempt to capture number of pharma service providers, especially 1100 CRO figure.”
- John Lewis, Vice President of Public Affairs at ACRO (Association of Clinical Research Organizations)
“Good stuff you guys are doing. Keep it up and good luck!”
- Steve Ayala, President & COO, Clinverse
“I came across your blog post earlier today and intrigued by it, I explored more on your website. I think this is a great idea. I must say that rating service providers has occurred to me and my colleagues before but I really like what you have done with this. Congratulations on a great start. I believe this will be a great success.”
- Jay Reddy, AAP Pharma Technologies
“I went to your site and viewed the video and found your group to be very interesting, as well as with a young staff and great ideas.”
- Marlene Llopiz, Icon Clinical Research
“I am a great fan of goBalto and find it quite useful and impressed by the user friendly interface.”
- Kiirsten Suurkask, PharmaBioSource
“I have to congratulate you on a great site.”
- Andy Parrett, Chairman, Pharmaceutical Contract Management Group
“Our industry is changing so rapidly. How do we adapt? You are driving many of the changes, which is really great!”
- Rita Wilby, Planetconnect
“I have seen your website (it is very good), and I saw your You-Tube explanation of how you came up with your business model and plan. You have done a lot of good work.”
- Karl Gallegos, MD, MPH, CPI, Pharmaceutical Medicine Consultant
“It took me a while to check out goBalto. But now that I have, I must say it is an impressive start. I like that it’s very professional, but friendly and non-intimidating. It is easy to maneuver through and I like the easy to read largish font (I’m getting old). I wondered where the name goBalto came from and once I learned of it’s origin, I loved it!”
- Martha Onasch, Clinical Trial Management Consultant, Elan
“goBalto is another exciting new online marketplace that has much potential to increase the efficiency of finding qualified partners. After perusing gobalto.com today,I decided to list Clinical Utility Consulting, LLC as one of the service providers in their online marketplace. It seems like an ideal place for small, boutique consultancies to find engagements well-suited to their talents.”