| Support mechanisms for non-commercial clinical trials | Level | |||||||
| National | EU Level (Multinational) | Global | ||||||
| Dedicated webpage | Dedicated webpage in Estonian and English. | X | ||||||
| Training courses | Webinars for both commercial and non-commercial sponsors. Materials are available on the Agency’s web page and upon request (recordings of the webinars). | X | ||||||
| Scientific advice | Scientific and pre-submission advice is available for both commercial and non-commercial sponsors. Advice for non-commercial sponsors is free of charge. | X | ||||||
| Helpdesk, regulatory, CTIS and ethics support | Regulatory, ethics requirements and CTIS support via the CT mailbox (trials In addition, there are regular meetings with the ethics committee to discuss best practices and harmonise procedures. | X | ||||||
| Other services by National Competent Authority | Fee for specialised assessment of a clinical trial of a medicinal product Non-commercial sponsors are exempt from the specialised assessment fee. | X | ||||||
| Services by ethics committee | As per the Clinical Trials Regulation, sponsors need only pay one fee per clinical trial (redistribution done by the national competent authority). | X | ||||||
| Public GCP support | ||||||||
| Public research office | X | |||||||
| National funding and other financial support | Ministry of Education and Research | X | ||||||
| Funding coordination and navigation of research infrastructure | Estonian Research Council | X | ||||||
| Support identifying research networks | ||||||||
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