Clinical Study Sponsor

**Semantic type:** Health Care Related Organization

**Definition:** An entity such as an individual, company, institution, group, or organization which takes responsibility for the initiation, management, and/or financing of a clinical study. The sponsor does not actually conduct the investigation unless the sponsor is a sponsor-investigator. A person other than an individual (e.g., corporation or agency) that uses one or more of its own employees to conduct research it has initiated is considered to be a sponsor, and the employees are considered to be investigators. [21 CFR P.50.3(k)] [21 CFR P.50.102(j)] [21 CFR P.312.3]

**Synonyms:** - CLINICAL STUDY SPONSOR - SPONSOR - SPONSOR - SPONSOR - Sponsor - Sponsor - Sponsor - Sponsor - Sponsor - Study Sponsor - Study Sponsor - sponsor - sponsor