Declaration of Interest DCR

The Department of Clinical Research (DCR) of the University of Bern, including DCR staff, aims at being independent of financially driven biases. DCR acknowledges that clinical research is costly and some research would not be possible without financial support from organizations that have a vested interest (non-financial interests are not covered herein) in the results of the research they support. Therefore, DCR aims at transparency and minimizing financial biases.

DCR has a funding policy that is binding to all staff.

Funding of clinical studies

DCR may be involved in studies that are funded by for-profit organizations with a commercial interest in healthcare. However, DCR ensures transparent reporting of funding sources and endorses access to all study data by academic researchers and unbiased and unrestricted publication of study results.

DCR is and will not be involved in any clinical study (co-)funded by the tobacco industry.

List of funding sources of current active studies