Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Resumo

The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is to set forth an agreement between the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (collectively "the Parties", or individually as a "Party") regarding the roles, responsibilities, and financial commitments of each Party relating to the collaboration through working groups and steering committees to develop strategic plans, set priorities, and leverage resources and expertise from multiple sources, including the private sector, toward the goal of facilitating the development of nanotechnologies that constitute novel research tools and safer, more effective cancer therapies by establishing a framework for effective risk identification, assessment and evaluation of emerging products based on nanotechnology. This collaboration among the Parties will be focused primarily on the Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory and directly related activities.