Corporate Counsel and Contracts Office Overview

The University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute Inc., encourages relationships with the corporate sector and has participated in a wide variety of written agreements related to pre-clinical and clinical research. Questions related to the development, negotiation, and execution of these agreements should be forwarded to the Contracts Office at 913-588-2617.  The Contracts Office will either review the contract provided by the company or initiate a contract based on the standard Research Institute Clinical Trials Agreement. The Research Institute welcomes the opportunity to negotiate master agreements with companies who place multiple clinical trials at the Research Institute. All clinical trial agreements and confidential disclosure agreements must be reviewed and signed by a Research Institute official. University employees, including faculty members who serve as principal investigators, are prohibited from entering into such agreements without University approval. Therefore, the contracting parties in clinical trials agreements are: the Sponsor and the University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc, a non-profit educational institution, with an address of 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Mailstop 1039, Kansas City KS 66160. The Contracts Office provides rapid turn around and negotiation on all agreements with industry sponsored clinical trials given priority in negotiation.