CoLAB TRIALS

The CoLAB TRIALS is a Portuguese private non-profit organization aiming to promote innovation in clinical trials/clinical research. Our mission is to support partners and other stakeholders on: i) clinical validation/evaluation of health technology products (medical devices, IVD, biologics (including ATMP)); ii) design of clinical and pre-clinical studies and regulatory pathways; iii) community literacy in clinical trials; iv) capacitation of clinical teams in trials’ project management; and v) access to real-time and real-world clinical data for sharing and reuse according to FAIR principles and the GDPR. Our associate members include two hospitals (Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental (CHLO), Grupo Luz Saúde Learning Health), two universities (Universidade Nova de Lisboa/Nova Medical School (NMS), Universidade de Évora), a company focusing on medical diagnosis equipment (Centro de Medicina Laboratorial Germano de Sousa) and two associations (one patient- (EUPATI-PT) and one pharma- (APIFARMA) focused).