Promoting and Accelerating International Collaborative Clinical Research
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with 6 medical research institutes inAsia and Establishment of NCGM collaborative offices
January 13, 2022
National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Center for Clinical Sciences

Announcement Points
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NCGM has signed Memorandum of Understanding and Memorandum of Agreementwith 6 medical research institutes in Asia.

NCGM has opened collaborative offices in Thailand and the Philippines.

1．NCGM has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with six medical research
institutes in Asia.
National Center of Global Health and Medicine (President: Dr. Norihiro Kokudo;abbreviated: NCGM) concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and a
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the following six major research institutes inThailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines. In addition, on the 9th of December, 2021, a
joint signing ceremony for the MOU was held online, attended by representatives fromeach overseas institutes, where they expressed their aspirations for further clinicalresearch cooperation in the future.
CountryResearch Facility

MOU・MOA Signed onThe

Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol

March 31, 2021（MOU）

KingdomUniversityofThailand
The

University of Indonesia

October 4, 2021（MOU）

Republic ofMochtar Riady Institute for Nanotechnology

May 31, 2021（MOU）

The University of the Philippines Manila

January 15, 2018（MOU）

Indonesia
TheJune 15, 2021（MOA）

Republic oftheCorazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional August 19, 2021（MOU）

Philippines

Hospital
Manila Doctors HospitalAugust 17, 2021（MOU）
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Department of International Trials (General Manager: Tatsuo Iiyama), NCGM Center forClinical Sciences (Director: Wataru Sugiura) has comprehensive collaboration with these
medical research institutes in the following areas.
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Multiregional clinical research on treatments and diagnostics for COVID-19•

Conducting international joint clinical research on new in vitro diagnostics anddiagnostic equipment for malaria.

•Conducting a five-country survey and training on the competencies of clinicalresearch professionals•

Support for capacity building as academic clinical research institutions, etc.

Through the conclusion of these MOUs/MOAs, NCGM Center for Clinical Sciences willfurther promote international collaboration between two and among multiple centers ininternational collaborative clinical research and testing, academic collaboration andtechnical cooperation.
In addition, the memorandum has stipulated the establishment of NCGM collaborative
offices at each collaborating facility, and a system has been established to promote onsite activities.

(MOU signing ceremony held online on the 9th of December, 2021)

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2．NCGM has opened NCGM collaborative offices in Thailand and the Philippines.
In order to promote the cooperation activities agreed in the Memorandum ofUnderstanding, NCGM has established NCGM collaborative offices in the research
institutes in Thailand and the Philippines. We also plan to open a NCGM collaborative
office at the Faculty of Medicine of University of Indonesia in February 2022.
Department of International Trials dispatches regional managers from each country to
the NCGM collaborative offices to not only promote international joint clinical researchand testing with the collaborative centers, but also to develop clinical research network
functions in each country.
Country

NCGM collaborative office atAddress

The

Faculty of Medicine of Siriraj

9th floor, Siriraj Medical Research Center,

Kingdom

Hospital, Mahidol University

Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidolof（opened in January, 2021）

University,
2 Wanglang Road Bangkoknoi, BangkokThailand

10700 Thailand
TheThe University of the

5th floor, Sentro Oftalmolo gico Josѐ Rizal

Republic

Philippines Manila

Building, Philippine General Hospital,of the（opened in November,2021）

Compound Ermita, 1000 Metro Manila,
Philippines

Philippines

Collaborative office at Faculty of Medicine of Siriraj Hospital

Collaborative office at University of Philippines Manila★Related link:
HP of Department of International Trials, Center for Clinical Sciences (CCS),NCGM（https://ccs.ncgm.go.jp/050/index.html）
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