About CERTs
Annual Report Year 1
The CERTs Organization
Steering Committee | Administration | Research Centers | Public-Private Partnerships
Public-Private Partnerships
Principles
Issues of Public Interest. CERTs is a major initiative to improve the rational use of therapies through research and education activities that are in the public interest but may not be done otherwise.
Public-Private Partnership. CERTs is a public-private partnership. Centers should seek useful, appropriate relations with private organizations to support and enhance education, research, and demonstration projects. AHRQ will work with the centers to establish appropriate agreements to optimize use and sharing of resources.
Conflicts of Interest. Potential conflicts of interest likely exist in any public-private partnership and cannot be completely avoided or eliminated. The obligation is to disclose fully and manage potential conflicts in a way that both minimizes the risk of those conflicts and maximizes progress to achieve CERTs' goals.
Academic Integrity. Persons conducting projects under the CERTs umbrella will make decisions about study design, analysis, conclusions, and publication and will ensure that the work complies with their local institutions' conflict-of-interest rules.
CERTs Activities. CERTs activities are defined as projects supported in whole or in part by AHRQ funds under the CERTs program. These are subject to processes established for the CERTs program, such as review of possible conflicts of interest. Persons affiliated with the centers conduct education and research activities outside of CERTs that are not subject to CERTs processes.
Partners
(through August 2000)
We gratefully acknowledge the following partners for providing resources for initial CERTs efforts and helping create a model for future collaborators:
- AdvancePCS
- Aetna U.S. Healthcare
- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
- American Pharmaceutical Association
- American College of Cardiology
- AstraZeneca L.P.
- Aventis Pharma
- Berlex Laboratories, Inc.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Columbus Children's Hospital
- Dade Behring, Inc.
- F. Hoffman-LaRoche, Ltd.
- Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.
- Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.
- Lederle Laboratories, Inc.
- Medtronic, Inc.
- Merck & Co., Inc.
- National Cancer Institute
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- NC Department of Health and Human Services
- Pharmacia Corporation
- Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- ProtoGene Laboratories, Inc.
- Quintiles Transnational Corporation
- Research Triangle Institute
- Sanofi Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- SmithKline Beecham
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- U.S. Quality Algorithms
- United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.
- UnitedHealth Group
- University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy
- Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories