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Overview and missions of the F-CRIN infrastructure
A distributed infrastructure
F-CRIN comprises 12 approved distributed components:
- 8 thematic networks
- 4 service platforms
These components ensure excellence in clinical research led by opinion leaders. F-CRIN also has a national coordination office to lead and energise the infrastructure.
The eight networks and four platforms work with national and European clinical research projects and conduct clinical trials for academic or industrial purposes.
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F-CRIN’s missions
Provide scientific and operational expertise
to support projects on new therapies or the repositioning of medicines.
Facilitate the execution of clinical proof of concept
Support the set-up of clinical trials
with particular attention on rare diseases and medical devices.
Enhance the skills of clinical research actors
by developing training on clinical research in neglected fields of interest.
Enable new networks to be structured and expand their activities
The infrastructure supports clinical research projects in:
- Their maturation
- Their set-up
- Their execution
- The exploitation of their results
Contact the National Coordination Office for more information