HRA

HRA Research Champions - 26th November 2020

The HRA held their Research Champions meeting on the 26th November which addressed:

• HRA updates

• NHS R&D Forum

• NIHR CRNCC

• IRAS question set

• SoECAT

Please find the notes from the meeting here along with the accompanying slides here.

The Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery: Saving and Improving Lives

The HRA is supporting a new UK-wide plan to make it faster and easier to conduct research in the UK, enabling more patients to be involved in, and benefit from, research of relevance to them.

The future of clinical research delivery plan aims to empower everyone across the health service to participate in delivering research, and enable people across the country to take part in research.

Combined review and Fast-track: Improving the process of applying for new drug trials

Combined review will be the only way for clinical trials of investigational medicinal products (CTIMPs) from January 2022.

The streamlined approvals service for both Clinical Trial Authorisation and Research Ethics Committee (REC) opinion is now open to all sponsors and researchers for CTIMPSs and we're encouraging them to get ready for the change and set up accounts in the new part of IRAS.

To read more about combined review please click here.