Model Agreements

Before a piece of research can start, sponsors and host institutions need to have appropriate agreements in place. Considerable time and effort can be required to draft different versions of such agreements for the various research scenarios. To simplify this process, the UKCRC Partners and stakeholders have developed a suite of model agreements which can be used "off the shelf", without modification.

The 2011 versions have been revised to include the definitions of an 'agent' and to take into account the introduction of the Bribery Act 2010. Further details of these changes can be found here on the NIHR website.

• Commercial Collaborative Research
  Report of a workshop on the development of model agreements for commercial collaborative research
• mNCA and downloads
  Model agreement for non-commercial research in the Health Service developed under the UKCRC umbrella through a consultative process.
• mCTA and downloads
  Model agreement for pharmaceutical industry-sponsored trials in patients in NHS hospitals throughout the UK.
• Devices mCIA and downloads
  Model Clinical Investigation agreement for company-sponsored commercial research involving medical devices in patients in hospitals throughout the UK health service
• CRO mCTA and downloads
  Tripartite agreement between a pharmaceutical company sponsoring a trial, the CRO managing it and the NHS organisation where the trial takes place.
• CRO mCIA and downloads
  Model Clinical Investigation tripartite agreement for Clinical Research Organisations