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Clinical Research Facility Expands Flourish Research’s Geographic Footprint and Adds Additional Therapeutic Coverage
APEX, NC, February 18, 2025—Flourish Research (“Flourish” or the “Company”), a leading multi-site clinical trial organization focused primarily on cardiovascular, metabolic, neuroscience, and infectious disease therapeutic areas, today announced the acquisition of Diablo Clinical Research (“Diablo”), a distinguished multi-therapeutic clinical research facility performing phase I-IV clinical trials and medical device studies.
Established in 1995, Diablo has conducted more than 1,000 trials across various therapeutic areas, establishing a strong track record in endocrinology, cardiovascular, and metabolic studies, among others. Diablo is headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA. For more information, visit www.diabloclinical.com.
Reinhold Schulz, Chief Executive Officer of Flourish, said, “For 30 years, Diablo has built its reputation as a premier regional site, delivering high participant diversity, top enrollment-to-target statistics and participant retention. Diablo expands our geographic footprint and adds additional therapeutic area coverage. As a result, we can provide patients with best-in-class service and deliver to our clients accurate and timely data to support new and improved therapies.”
Emily Galdes, Chief Operating Officer of Diablo, added, “The missions of Flourish and Diablo are identical – advancing clinical research to bring life-enhancing therapies to market safely and effectively. By joining Flourish, our experienced principal investigators, management team, and staff can combine expertise that will be of great value to our sponsors and participants.”
Scott Niehaus, Managing Director at Genstar Capital, which acquired Flourish in 2024, commented, “Diablo boasts an impressive client base of sponsor and CRO partners that includes a broad range of leading pharmaceuticals, emerging biotechs and medical device companies. This is an important acquisition for Flourish given Diablo’s reputation and proximity to Silicon Valley, which provides access to expansion into new device trials and start-ups. Diablo is Flourish’s second acquisition under Genstar ownership, and we look forward to continuing to support Reinhold and the Flourish management team to grow rapidly and expand network efforts with customers.”
Fairmount Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Diablo.
Headquartered in Apex, NC, Flourish’s network of 26 sites and over 150 investigators conducts studies spanning all phases of clinical trial research. The Company is known for deep medical expertise in several therapeutic areas and a reliable, predictable, and timely patient recruitment experience. With best-in-class technology, quality, and operations systems, Flourish is well-positioned to best serve patients and its biopharma sponsor and CRO clients to advance clinical research in an efficient manner. For additional information on Flourish, please visit our website at https://flourishresearch.com.
Genstar Capital (www.gencap.com) is a leading private equity firm that has been actively investing in high-quality companies for over 30 years. Based in San Francisco, Genstar works in partnership with its management teams and its network of strategic advisors to transform its portfolio companies into industry-leading businesses. Genstar currently has approximately $49 billion of assets under management and targets investments focused on targeted segments of the financial services, industrials, software, and healthcare industries.
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