The UK has developed three new “model agreement” templates to help reduce the time, cost and resources for all parties involved with setting up commercially-sponsored studies in National Health Service (NHS)/Health and Social Care (HSC) hospitals.
New UK Model Agreements To Streamline Clinical Research
Efforts are on to reduce the time it takes to set up commercial studies in UK hospitals.

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