ICMR nominates Kerala Hospital as Advanced Centre for Clinical Trials
Kochi based Amrita hospital is one among three hospitals in south India and the only one from Kerala to be nominated as ACCT by the ICMR.;
Kochi: Amrita Hospital in Kochi has been designated as an Advanced Center for Clinical Trials (ACCT) by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the country's apex body for promotion of biomedical research.
The hospital is one among three hospitals in south India and the only one from Kerala to be nominated as ACCT by the ICMR.
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ICMR had last year called for Expression of Interest (EOI) for participation in the Indian Clinical Trial & Education Network (INTENT), a pan-India network of institutes with proven excellence in clinical research, and has now declared a total of 12 hospitals and healthcare institutes across the country as ACCT.
The network would conduct large-scale, multi-centric clinical trials in a timely and well-regulated manner. Government and private medical colleges and institutes, as well as hospitals with experience of conducting randomised controlled trials, were invited to be nominated as ACCT.
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