Memorandum of Understanding Between the Food and Drug Administration, and Duke University for the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between FDA and Duke University, on behalf of its Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI). FDA and Duke University agree to collaborate under the terms and conditions of this MOU, through steering committees and technical working groups, to develop strategic plans, set priorities, and leverage resources and expertise from multiple sources, including the private sector, toward the goals of identifying indicators of cardiovascular risk, predicting adverse cardiovascular events associated with therapeutic interventions, improving the clinical utility of biomarker technologies as diagnostic and assessment tolls that facilitate the development of safer and more effective cardiovascular therapies, diagnostic, and assessment tools. This collaboration between the Parties shall be known as the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium.