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Article: Clinical Research: NIH Has Implemented Key Provisions of the Clinical Research Enhancement Act.
- Article from:
- General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
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GAO-02-965 September 18, 2002
Clinical research is critical for the development of strategies for the prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and cure of diseases. Clinical research has been defined as patient-oriented research, epidemiologic and behavioral studies, and outcomes research and health services research. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the principal federal agency that funds clinical research supporting individual clinical investigators, clinical trials, general and specialized clinical research centers, and clinical research training. For many years there have been concerns that clinical research proposals are viewed less favorably ...