ICTRN soon open for business

The Irish Clinical Trials Research Network – ICTRN, has recently received approval for funding from the Health Research Board and Enterprise Ireland for the development of a national integrated clinical research network of the Clinical Research Facilities/Centres (CRF/C’s) in Ireland.  ICTRN plans on being operational from Q2 2015 and its aims are: To enhance Ireland’s capacity for conducting innovative high quality clinical research for the benefit of people’s health and the economy. To advance the care of patients by enabling a connected and coordinated Clinical Trial Network. To provide the skills, expertise and infrastructure to design, conduct and analyse multi-centre clinical trials involving human participants in Ireland. To support both academic and industry initiated clinical trials involving pharmaceuticals, neutraceuticals or clinical care pathways as well as clinical investigation of medical devices. E-mail:  fionnualakeane@rcsi.ie