Guideline/regulation | Year | Sponsor’s definition |
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WHO GCP | 1995 | An individual, a company, an institution or an organization which takes responsibility for the initiation, management and/or financing of a clinical trial. |
ICH GCP | 1996 | An individual, a company, an institution or an organization which takes responsibility for the initiation, management and/or financing of a clinical trial. |
EU Directive | 2002 | An individual, company, institution or organization which takes responsibility for the initiation, management and/or financing of a clinical trial |
Belgian Law | 2004 | An individual, company, institution or organization which takes responsibility for the initiation, management and/or financing of a clinical trial |
UK Regulation | 2004 | Takes responsibility for the initiation, management and financing (or arranging the financing) of that trial. |
South Africa GCP | 2006 | An individual, company, institution, or organisation which takes responsibility for the initiation, management, and/or financing of a clinical trial |
Uganda Guidelines | 2007 | The sponsor is responsible for providing all the necessary financial support for initiation and completion of the research project |
Uganda Guidelines | 2014 | The sponsor as such is not defined |
Ghana GCP | 2013 | An individual, company, institution or organization which takes responsibility for the initiation, management and/or financing of a trial. This excludes an individual company, institution or organization which has been requested to provide money for a trial and does not benefit in any way from the results of the trial |
EU Regulation | 2014 | An individual, company, institution or organisation which takes responsibility for the initiation, the management and for setting up the financing of the clinical trial |
Ethiopia GCP | Not dated | An individual, a company, an institution or an organization which takes responsibility for the initiation, management and/or financing of a clinical trial. |