The MACH Group Research Collaboration Agreement model is designed from time to time for research cooperation between two or more parts of the Melbourne Academic Centre for Health (MACH). This research collaboration agreement assumes that there is no specific leadership or coordination in the research cooperation for which it is used. It accepts parties that provide „materials“ for research cooperation and devote small to medium resources for the parties. However, if more complex cooperation is proposed, such as those relating to the commercialization of intellectual property or financing conditions, a more detailed and appropriate cooperation agreement is likely to be more appropriate and the parties should involve their respective legal advisors to support them. More information can be found in the MACH guidelines. Please also note, and inform your partners, that any request to amend standard agreements may delay the signing process and therefore the exchange of material and/or information. William Hunter, M.D., President and CEO of Cardiome, said: „We are pleased to expand our agreement with CRG. We began our relationship on the basis that CRG would provide a platform to partner with Cardiome`s growing business, and we are delighted that CRG is increasing its investments along with our significant progress. Cardiome is located at an important turning point. We are in late talks on several compelling products, each with strategic benefits for our business, and it is important for Cardiome to make financial arrangements as to when capital is needed.
We assume that we will use this additional undiluted capital to create opportunities that will allow our business to grow significantly. Among the key updates to the restructured CRG agreement are: a formal research agreement is a requirement of the Australian Code for Responsible Research Conduct (2007). It states that research funded by NHMRC, which involves cooperation between two or more sites, must have a multi-institutional agreement (MIA). The MIA is an NHMRC presentation agreement that describes how NHMRC funds will be paid to the parties during the funding period, specifying who is the management institution, intellectual property, publication rights, insurance and compensation obligations, etc. For more information on MIA`s and NHMRC Grant funded research, please contact the MCRI Grants Office. On this page, you`ll find links to a series of standard search agreements and instructions on which agreement should be used and in which situations. For any research cooperation, there is only one agreement to be reached, i.e. there is no need to use a Clinical Research Agreement (CTRA) and a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA), as the issues dealt with in the MTA are covered by the broader CTRA. There are a number of different types of agreements. The agreement you need to use depends on this: this type of research should be done under MCRI, and researchers should make an MCRI appointment – please contact MCRI HR for more information.