Pan-Asian Clinical Research Association (PACRA) is a non-profit organization registered in Singapore with a focus on enhancing all aspects of clinical research training / education and news / information across Asia (tracking along the Silk Route from Japan through to the Middle East). PACRA’s training is managed through the newly formed Asia Training Consortium, for which PACRA, along with Merck, Pfizer, Bayer, Covance, RPS and Orchestrall are all founding members. The PACRA Pharmacovigilance (PV) Asia Network (PV Asia Network) is PACRA’s Network for PV professionals across Asia and is associated with a Linked-In Group of the same name.