Building a Roadmap for Striking Collaboration in Medical R&D for an IT Solution
Francisco, Vasquez Parada (2021)
Francisco, Vasquez Parada
2021
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The objective of this thesis was to build a roadmap for striking collaboration in medical R&D for an IT solution. This thesis started with analyzing the previous experiences in medical R&D collaboration projects done at the case company and focused on identifying the gaps and improvements that can help to improve the process of setting up an R&D collaboration project in the future. The results of this analysis made it possible to outline some critical elements in the striking of medical R&D cooperation, but also showed the gap that needed to be further explored.
For this end, the thesis focused on search for available knowledge and best practice from other institutions as well as from literature about the practices in striking medical R&D coop-eration in similar R&D projects and the best practices suggested by the literature. Based on this knowledge, there was a step-by-step process outlined of the elements and steps that needs to be considered for striking collaboration. Many of the points discussed in literature were also complemented with sample materials (shown in annexes) from the previous pro-jects and can be helpful in future projects. Thus equipped, the thesis proceeded to building a roadmap for striking future medical R&D cooperation projects for the case company.
As inputs for building the proposal, as stressed above, first, there were previous R&D pro-jects analyzed that were carried out between the case company and the Helsinki university hospital (HUS); second, there were also inputs considered from best practice that and liter-ature suggested for medical R&D and other similar research projects from different compa-nies (Freenome and Deepmind) as well as from the European Union level. The proposal suggested the steps and elements to help bridge the gaps in a setup for a collaboration project. The final proposal included a roadmap of 15 steps that can support the process of striking medical R&D cooperation. In this thesis work topics such as patient consent, intel-lectual property rights, data ownership, data handling, data anonymization, funding manage-ment were studied and applied into the proposal as well as the different profiles roles and duties that every member of the project needs to be responsible of. Adding up to the pro-posal, there are complemented material and sample of the best clinical practices, framework agreement model, patient brochure, that can be used for future collaboration projects.
The results of the Thesis can help in future projects in order to speed up the process of defining the cooperation framework agreement and gathering documents that are required or needed for string a medial R&D collaboration (legal and practical document).
For this end, the thesis focused on search for available knowledge and best practice from other institutions as well as from literature about the practices in striking medical R&D coop-eration in similar R&D projects and the best practices suggested by the literature. Based on this knowledge, there was a step-by-step process outlined of the elements and steps that needs to be considered for striking collaboration. Many of the points discussed in literature were also complemented with sample materials (shown in annexes) from the previous pro-jects and can be helpful in future projects. Thus equipped, the thesis proceeded to building a roadmap for striking future medical R&D cooperation projects for the case company.
As inputs for building the proposal, as stressed above, first, there were previous R&D pro-jects analyzed that were carried out between the case company and the Helsinki university hospital (HUS); second, there were also inputs considered from best practice that and liter-ature suggested for medical R&D and other similar research projects from different compa-nies (Freenome and Deepmind) as well as from the European Union level. The proposal suggested the steps and elements to help bridge the gaps in a setup for a collaboration project. The final proposal included a roadmap of 15 steps that can support the process of striking medical R&D cooperation. In this thesis work topics such as patient consent, intel-lectual property rights, data ownership, data handling, data anonymization, funding manage-ment were studied and applied into the proposal as well as the different profiles roles and duties that every member of the project needs to be responsible of. Adding up to the pro-posal, there are complemented material and sample of the best clinical practices, framework agreement model, patient brochure, that can be used for future collaboration projects.
The results of the Thesis can help in future projects in order to speed up the process of defining the cooperation framework agreement and gathering documents that are required or needed for string a medial R&D collaboration (legal and practical document).