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What is clinical research and why is it important in drug development?

Clinical research is biomedical research that either directly involves people or uses biological materials from humans that can be linked to a living person such as blood or other tissue. To learn more about clinical research and why it is important for drug development, click on the links below.

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Collaborating with Industry

• UC San Francisco: When and How Might I Benefit from Collaborating with Industry?
• International Alliance of Patient Organizations: Working with Partners and Stakeholders Toolkit

Basic Science Research Tools from caBIG

• NCI OBBR: Overview of caBIG Tools
• NCI OBBR: caBIG Clinical Trials Suite
• NCI OBBR: caBIG Tools