MAGI

Mission
MAGI’s mission is to standardize best practices for clinical research operations, business and regulatory compliance. "MAGI" is pronounced with "G" as in Georgia and "I" as in Ireland. "MAGI" originally stood for Model Agreement Group Initiative, but our scope is now much broader than clinical trial agreements, so the acronym has no meaning.

Members & Membership
Our 3,000+ members represent most of the major players in the industry. Membership is free. Members obtain discounts on MAGI conference registration and free access to the MAGI Model CTA and other resources. There are no obligations. Membership is individual, not organizational. Contact us to learn more about joining MAGI or sign up today.

Model Clinical Trial Agreement
MAGI's flexible model clinical trial agreement with commentary streamlines the process of negotiating clinical trial agreements, thereby taking months out of the drug development timeline and speeding medical products to market. It also reduces study start-up costs and aggravation for sponsors, investigators and CROs. MAGI members use the MAGI model agreement, budget template, and other documents as the basis for their own templates, in negotiations, and for training.

State & International Requirements
We maintain a comprehensive database of laws, regulations and customs that affect clinical trial agreements in different countries, states, provinces and regions. A searchable database of hundreds of clinical research regulatory documents is also available.

Conferences
MAGI's next Clinical Research Conference will be in San Diego, California October 4-7, 2009. In addition to contracts, budgets and regulatory, we have added two new tracks: sponsor operations and site operations, plus a major focus on investigator and subject recruiting. Attendance at our Spring 2009 conference increased by 10%. Sign up today.

Professional Certification
Obtain Clinical Research Contract Professional (CRCP) certification.

More Information
MAGI is a voluntary organization, operated by First Clinical Research. Norman M. Goldfarb is the founder and chairman. View articles and other information about MAGI.

As Ben Franklin said, "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."