AP: NIMS, WHRI to work on clinical research
Hyderabad,
Oct
13:
The
Nizam's
Institute
of
Medical
Sciences
(NIMS)
has
signed
a
Memorandum
of
Understanding
with
William
Harvey
Research
Institute
(WHRI),
University
of
London,
UK
for
offering
post
graduate
course
in
clinical
research
and
drug
development.
The MoU is aimed at offering internationally recognised clinical trial training programme to meet the standards of the US and European countries, a release said here.
The collaboration with WHRI, which has a structured programme for training in clinical research and drug discovery, would solve the shortage of skilled manpower in the country.
The two institutes would also take up joint clinical research in cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, inflammatory diseases (rheumato-arthritis), endocrinology (especially diabetes), pharmacogenomics and stem cell therapy.
UNI