All phases of this study, including design, data collection, analysis and interpretation, report writing and decision to submit this article for publication were undertaken by the authors, independently from any funders.
At no time during my tenure have I or any of my staff felt the least pressure from any donor, funder, grant-awarding organization, or high-net-worth individual to alter or interfere with Q.C.-A.L.M. & C.P.A. policy in any way.
From a funder perspective, however, it can be as difficult to live without external agencies as it sometimes is to live with them.
Like GSK, Profectus needs a commitment from a funder before it can scale up production from the planned 5000 to 20,000 doses, Eldridge says.
While the study was funded as noted in the next section, none of the authors have received funds (e.g. honoraria, travel support etc) from any of these funders.
Helpful tips from each funder regarding writing a scientifically strong research proposal are presented.
All researchers were independent from the funder.
The authors were independent from the funder.
Both the TSC and DMEC are independent from the Funder and Sponsor.
The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health funded the project and by contract researchers were independent from the funder.
