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Undertaking a commercial research project is different to other projects in a number of key respects:

- The way that commercial research projects are costed is different from non-commercial research. Essentially, a commercial funder has to meet all the costs of a research project, including overheads.

- Indemnity arrangements are different because for many commercial studies the company has to provide indemnity to cover the researcher in the event of non-negligent harm.

- You will need the Trust to sign up to a commercial trial agreement with the company. This will be negotiated on your behalf by the R & D Department and is subject to an administration fee payable by the company.

All commercial trial agreements have to be approved by the Trust and so cannot be handled independently by the researcher. 

Please note that the Trust uses the Model Clinical Trials Agreement ONLY and Guidance on the use of Clinical Trials Agreement (see 'Downloads' below)

Please refer to the Management of Externally Funded Commercial Research document for full details on starting a commercial study and also read the Trust’s Commercial Research Policy:

Model Clinical Trials Agreement (151 KB)
Management of Externally Funded Commercial Research (262 KB)
Commercial Research Policy (141 KB)
Guidance on the use of Clinical Trials Agreement (298 KB)

If you have any queries regarding this process please contact Karen Ignatian:

Tel: 01223 274486 (x4486)

Last updated: 29 April 2007
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