Regulatory News In Brief
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Clinical trial improvement grants: FDA is awarding up to $1.5 million in grants in FY 2009 for projects aimed at improving the design and execution of clinical trials, the agency announces June 19. The grants program is part of the FDA/Duke Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative, a public-private effort to identify practices that will increase the quality and efficiency of clinical trials (1"The Gray Sheet" Feb. 9, 2009). Grants will support cooperative arrangements between FDA and outside researchers with qualifying projects. Grant applications are due July 6, and funds will be awarded around September