title: [GIP CeNGEPS, an agreement of clinical research operators to reinforce clinical trials' organisation in France].
abstract: The "GIP CeNGEPS" (national center of industrial clinical trials' management), a new corporate body, relates the major French actors in clinical trials activity, belonging to public service or commercial sector. CeNGEPS is devoted to improving the French organisation of clinical trials with four headings: Economic with a strong common will of shaking up the organisation of clinical trials in France; Political with a decision taken to the highest level; Juridical with the choice of an unusual legal form to act; Methodological with the efforts to associate the most numerous operators (investigators; local managers...).
authors.affiliation: Groupement d'intérêt public CeNGEPS (Centre National de Gestion des Essais de Produits de Santé), Hospices Civils de Lyon, 3 quai des Célestins, 60229 Lyon Cedes 02, France. v.diebolt@cengeps.fr
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Diebolt
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jaillon
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards