I have an email stating that this company Cereprotec is in Chicago, but I do believe that 613/686 5745 is a Canadian telephone number.  Can you tell me if this is a legitimate company and where they are located.

First, I got an email from Espoirbridge asking to confirm email. Next,I got an email from a supposed recruiter Amanda Bale from Clinqua Clinical Trials, Inc. After a few minutes,I got another email from Kriger offering training at a discounted price. I spoke to Amanda Bale she said I was the perfect candidate for the study except that the company needed CRA training which would be partly paid by the company.I asked her for the no of the training company and she gave me a no and asked me to speak to Angela or Julie.If a company is interested in you they provide the training. Also,when I asked her the location of the employment she said I'd be working from a home office. I spoke with Angela and she said that the discount price was 900 and I might have to pay 450 USD. All this info was suspicious and so I did the reverse look up on the address of the company,4370 La Jolla Village Drive
San Diego, 92122-1249; and it turned up 100 people, one of which was Bruce Kriger. I also did reverse lookup on the no of the company and guess what, it is a landline in Rancho Bernardo, California not Sandiego as the email claimed. So this whole thing is a scam. I looked up the better business bureau of San Diego and Clinqua is not registered. I was lucky enough not to pay a cent to these people and I hope that other people will run into this forum and not fall into their TRAP.

I noticed that more than one discussion forum on the subject of espoirbridge, cereprotec, kriger, etc, has mysteriously disappeared. A discussion on indeed.com (http://www.indeed.com/forum/job/clinical-rese ... c137e1e737d4204)
disappeared. Several pages of this discussion also disappeared.

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Hi All,

I am just trying to send out a message about how Kriger institute and/or Espoir bridge consultants are a big bogus... They have material ( I am not even sure which is up to date)on line and by making you pay $1100, they grant you access to that material.

They promise resume writing , job placement, towards that they send you couple of generally advertised positions..

You must be wondering why this is bogus... B'caz at the end of each chapter there will be a question, you do research and send in the answer, immediately followed by your answer they send you another answer (auto reply mode) and they never correct your answer not they give you feed back..
It gets better listen to this, there are topics like CRF (Clinical report forms) and absolutely what they have what in reality they look like are completely different...

I am so desperate for my money that  I even want to go to court and get my money back..

But at least if you are in the market for a good  CRA certification program, all I can advise you is not to go with Kriger and don't get cheated by their website as i did

I've been 'in touch' with espoirbridge. They emailed me a job listing for 'cereprotec'. I was pretty uninspired by the cereprotec website. I was less than impressed by the fact that I couldn't even find an address for the company. A call to espoirbridge yields only a busy signal. We're either dealing with a scam, or a severe lack of professionalism. I'm pissed off either way. Buncha time burglars.

This is what I got the Espoir Bridge. These guys are really idiots, they keep sending me the same e-mail regarding registering for Kriger's CRA even if I already told them I completed the course. Gues how many times they sent this e-mail? At least 15-20 times.
Just read how they do advertising for Kriger. By the way, the last phrase is really STUPID.  








Hello ,

I hope you are doing well. Please use this
e-mail:
info @ espoirbridge.com  - I review it more
frequently.

Let me tell you more about getting a job of
clinical research
associate just to make sure we are on the same
page.

It is extremely difficult to talk to employer if
the candidates
don't have clinical research experience and/or
training.

If you are determined to pursue with CRA career
path,
I would strongly recommend you to obtain GCP /
CRA certificate
through  training and certification  program, if
you didn't
do it in the past. There are many
clinical research associate programs available on
the internet.
Very few of them include practical part.

If you ask me, I'd recommend KRGI Training
program:
http://www.krgi.org/training/
and this is because:

1. It is, apperently, the largest CRA training
institution in the world
2. They have an internship  included in the
program that adds up to
your CRA experience and they provide job
references.
3. They are recognised by The International
Biopharmaceutical
Association and tuition fees are partialy covered
through this
organization. Here is an application form:

http://www.ibpassociation.org/app_forms/uk_form.php

(If you decide to apply - use our institution ref
number -
"EspoirBridge - code CR12" as a
referring recruiter, this will make it more
plausible that you get a good
percentage of coverage.)

I have placed many of KRGI grads, so it is
natural for me to be a
strong proponent of this program.

Usually  this training takes  6-8 weeks to
complete. But it is totaly
self-paced program, and they issue a password for
3 months, that
can be extended later.

This is on-line training, and there is nothing
wrong with that.