Overview and missions of the F-CRIN infrastructure

A distributed infrastructure

 F-CRIN comprises 21 labelled distributed components:

• 16 Networks for excellence in clinical research
• 3 Expertise Networks
• 1 Service Platform for multi-themed and specialised clinical research

of excellence in clinical research led by opinion leaders, and 1 national coordination unit that animates and energizes the infrastructure.

The 19 networks and the 1 platforms are at the initiative of European and national clinical research projects and conduct clinical trials with industrial or academic promotion.

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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