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BMC Research Attorneys: Legal Support for Research Agreements

Need help with research agreements at BMC? Our Senior and Research Counsels can assist with various agreements like CTAs, NDAs, and more. Contact us for legal advice and assistance.

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BMC Research Attorneys: Legal Support for Research Agreements

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  1. BMC Research Attorneys Jamie Flaherty Senior Research Counsel & Will McIntire Research Counsel

  2. What we can help with: • Research-related agreements for investigators based at BMC: • Subawards • Clinical trial agreements (“CTAs”), including amendments / scopes of work under CTAs • Investigator-initiated research agreements • Other sponsored research agreements (research collaboration agreements, etc.) • Confidential Disclosure Agreement (“CDA”) / Non-Disclosure Agreements (“NDAs”) • Data Transfer Agreement (“DTAs”) / Data Use Agreement (“DUA”) [Note: DUAs are a technical term under HIPAA; used when disclosing a certain set of information, i.e., a Limited Data Set, as defined under HIPAA] • Material Transfer Agreements (“MTAs”) • Some service agreements* • etc.

  3. What we can help with (cont.): • Legal advice related to your studies and programs: • How to structure data uses and disclosures • Authorizations, agreements, consent, etc. • Questions regarding agreements that might be necessary (laboratory services agreements, subcontractor agreements for collaborating research institutions, etc.) • Interpretation of existing agreements • Letters of termination and demand for payment • Some IP licensing

  4. What we can help with (cont.): Legal services Unrelated to research

  5. What we canNOT help with: • Signatures • We are not authorized to sign anything. Anything. • Most service/procurement contracts, even if research related

  6. Research Counsel Work Flow Agreement Type Contact… • Subaward • Federal, foundation or gov’t agency funded • Basic science (incl. industry funder) • MTAs • DTAs/DUAs • Industry funded CTAs • Other sponsored research agreements • CDAs/NDAs Grants & Contracts Office grants.admin@bmc.org Clinical Trials Office cto@bmc.org

  7. Research Counsel Work Flow • Departments send request and pertinent info to Res Ops component (i.e., either Grants & Contracts or CTO) • Grants & Contracts or CTO, as applicable, will route to us for review and negotiation • They will have bundled the necessary information and documents to speed up our review • If we have questions or concerns, we may reach out to you directly… • or we may address internally w/in Res Ops • We negotiate directly with outside party, if necessary • Route for institutional signature • Provide fully executed agreement (FEA) to Departments, Res Ops components

  8. Research Counsel Work Flow (cont.) Other BMC parties who we might involve in the process: • Our colleagues in the Office of General Counsel • Compliance • Information Technology Services • Any project involving BMC IT systems • Procurement / Supply Chain • Most service or procurement contracts • IRB

  9. BMC Research Attorneys Important Contact Info: Grants & Contracts – grants.admin@bmc CTO – cto@bmc.org Jamie Flaherty – jamie.flaherty@bmc.org Will McIntire – will.mcintire@bmc.org

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