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Clinical Research Terms Glossary

Sponsor-Investigator

A sponsor-investigator is an individual who both initiates and conducts (alone or with others) a clinical study and under whose immediate direction the investigational product is administered to participants. NOTE: The term does not include any person other than an individual (i.e., it does not include a corporation or an agency). The obligations of a sponsor-investigator include both those of a sponsor and those of an investigator. (CDISC)