Southern
California Institute for Research and Education
VA Long Beach
Healthcare System (VALBHS) Sponsored Research Policy
To clarify policy and procedures for
conducting clinical research which is sponsored by a commercial
company which owns an investigational new drug or device, designs the
protocol, and/or funds the project.
Research conducted in collaboration with
a commercial company will be governed by Veterans Health Administration
(VHA) Handbook 1200.5, the National Association for Veterans Research and
Education Foundations (NAVREF) model for Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs),
and Southern California Institute for Research and Education (SCIRE), a
California non-profit corporation that facilitates research at the VA Long
Beach Healthcare System (VALBHS)...