Trustees: Center Established for Clinical Trials

NEW CENTER ESTABLISHED TO CONDUCT CLINICAL TRIALS OF NEW DRUGS

     COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees
today (11/7) agreed to help establish a new research company that
would conduct clinical trials on new drugs for the pharmaceutical
industry.

     The new organization, the Clinical Trial Management and
Coordinating Center, would be an independent, nonprofit
corporation which would contract with pharmaceutical firms to
conduct clinical trials.

     Before any drug can be approved for use with patients, the
federal Food and Drug Administration requires manufacturers to
test the drug on humans.  These tests, known as phase 1, 2 or 3
clinical trials, gauge a new drug