If you typed ICIC (Instituto Costarricense de Investigaciones Clínicas) into a search box, you are probably building a CRO or site shortlist for Costa Rica. This article uses only what is public about ICIC (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04497610) and compares it with bioaccess®, the First-in-Human CRO for medical devices in Latin America since 2010. It is a practitioner comparison, not a teardown.
What ICIC publishes
The Instituto Costarricense de Investigaciones Clínicas (ICIC) is a clinical research institution in San José, Costa Rica. It is the lead sponsor on ClinicalTrials.gov of a study of a breath-analyzer system for SARS-CoV-2 detection (NCT04497610).
ICIC vs bioaccess®
| Dimension | ICIC | bioaccess® |
|---|---|---|
| Core focus | Clinical research institution, Costa Rica | First-in-human and early feasibility studies for medical devices |
| Geography | See provider site | Latin America, since 2010 |
| Device FIH track record | No named device first-in-human study found on the public pages reviewed | Published case studies on bioaccessla.com |
| After the trial | See provider site | Live multi-country sanitary registration and in-country holder service |
Where each one fits
If you need a clinical research institution in Costa Rica, ICIC’s public record matches.
If the job is a first-in-human or early feasibility study for a medical device, bioaccess® is a specialist built for exactly that, running device studies in Latin America since 2010. When the study ends, the same company can register and hold the device across the region through its market access service. Ask any CRO or site on your list, including ICIC, for a named or de-identified device first-in-human study: device class, implant or not, number of patients, ISO 14155 monitoring plan and how the data was used in an FDA file.
For the local regulatory path, see CRO in Costa Rica. Other Latin American CROs are compared in the guide to first-in-human device CROs in Latin America and on the bioaccess® compare hub.
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Facts from the ICIC public pages and registries linked above, reviewed for bioaccess® competitive research (Oct 2026). Claims are theirs. No invented sponsors, prices or contacts.