Initiatives in the Netherlands

Clinical trials with medicinal products (CTR) | Investigators | The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (ccmo.nl)

All investigators in the Netherlands from academic and hospital centers have to follow a mandatory course on regulatory requirements to conduct clinical trials:

• Basic course on regulations and organisation for clinical investigators (BROK® | NFU);
• Course on the Clinical Trials Regulation (EU CTR training (gcpcentral.com). 

• CCMO: Pilot Scientific Advice CCMO | Investigators | The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects
• CBG: Scientific and regulatory advice | Medicines Evaluation Board (cbg-meb.nl)

Regulatory, ethics requirements and CTIS support is available for non-commercial sponsors via the CTR mailbox (ctrccmo [dot] nl (ctr[at]ccmo[dot]nl)); phone +31703406700 and meetings (upon request); see also information in above section on scientific advice.

In addition, there are regular meetings with ethics committees to discuss best practices and harmonise procedures.
 

Rates for reviewing research with a medicinal product and research with a medical device | Investigators | The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (ccmo.nl)

Scientific support is organised on a institutional level, with no insight on the specific details, same as the support for EU funding programs. On an institutional level some support is also given to register clinical trials in CTIS in case the sponsor is from an institute.

Sponsors need only pay one fee per clinical trial (redistribution done by the national competent authority). 

Rates for reviewing research with a medicinal product and research with a medical device | Investigators | The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (ccmo.nl)

• Ministry of Education, Culture and Science;
• Ministry of Health;
• ZonMW funds national research, pilot to extend to some other EU Member States;
• There are also many funding societies: cancer society, heart disease society which fund research.

• Centre for Future Affordable Sustainable Therapy Development: Thema's FAST - FAST;
• ZonMW is a national funding body which also organises events, meetings, symposia to support conduct of clinical trials or other research.