Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on April 14, 2008
Rheumatology 2008 47(6):745; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ken112
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The UK Clinical Research Network—building a world-class infrastructure for clinical research
UK Clinical Research Network, MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London
Correspondence to: J. H. Darbyshire, UKCRN, MRC Clinical Trials Unit, Stephenson House, 2nd Floor, 158–169 North Gower Street, London NW1 2ND, UK. E-mail: JHD@ctu.mrc.ac.uk
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The recognition by both the academic and commercial sectors that clinical research in the UK was under threat led to the development of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) in 2004. This brought together for the first time funders of clinical research in the UK from the public, charity and private sectors, academic institutions, regulatory bodies and patients and the public. Strengthening the research infrastructure for clinical research was one of the key workstreams of the UKCRC with the goal of building on the UK's unique advantage of the NHS to produce a