An individual, company, institution, or organization that takes responsibility for the initiation, management, and/or financing of a research project.
WHO, Operational Guidelines for Ethics Committees That Review Biomedical Research, Geneva 2000, TDR/PRD/ETHICS/ 2000, p. 22
An individual, company, institution or organisation which takes responsibility for the initiation, management and/or financing of a clinical trial.
Directive 2001/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 2001 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the implementation of good clinical practice in the conduct of clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, art. 2e
An individual, company, institution, or organization which takes responsibility for the initiation, management, and/or financing of a clinical trial.
International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) – Guideline for Good Clinical Practice (GCP) E6 (R1), Glossary art. 1.53