CliniExperts and MAHE - A New Chapter in Collaborated Wellness with MAHE

CliniExperts – India’s leading research-to-regulation group has recently joined hands with Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) to offer comprehensive Clinical Research and Regulatory Services to the healthcare, Medtech and Pharmaceutical industry. This partnership will go a long way in creating a holistic wellness ecosystem in the country.

CliniExperts group creates a unique industry-academic collaboration with Manipal Academy of Higher Education.

- CliniExperts Research

March 22, 2024

Under the collaboration, CliniExperts and Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Mangalore, a constituent unit of MAHE, will undertake integrated research, trials, and innovation programmes, utilising mutual strengths and capabilities. This will be a long-term academic-industry partnership, covering multiple areas of cooperation – from research to clinical trials, academic studies, investigator-initiated studies, and other epidemiological studies.

Collaboration objective

This collaboration will establish long-term partnership and cooperation in the field of clinical research and innovation with a view to promote, utilize each party’s capabilities and resources, identify problem statements related to the health of the Indian population, and conduct studies to mitigate such risks.

CliniExperts and MAHE – Natural partners, organic bonding

Both CliniExperts and KMC have worked hard to create strategic synergies in this collaboration. With over 13 years of proven experience and expertise in the complex healthcare regulatory affairs, CliniExperts enjoys leadership position in this domain. With an impressive roster of domestic and international clients, it has emerged as a regulatory partner of choice, and a go-to address for anything and everything in India’s healthcare regulatory affairs. And with the group’s impeccable track record as the country’s frontline CRO fulfilling research and trial mandates of domestic and international sponsors, its research-to-regulation portfolio is one of the most sought-after service baskets in the country.

On the other hand, Manipal Academy of Higher Education is one of India’s leading academic and research institutes, focused on excellence in education, research, and innovation. It has been granted “Institution of Eminence” status by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. MAHE has campuses in Mangalore, Bangalore, and Jamshedpur in India, as well as global campuses in Dubai and Malaysia. KMC, the constituent unit of MAHE and a partner to this collaboration, is a name to reckon with in medical higher education. Being one of the top medical colleges in India, it is stamped with a legacy of all-round superiority in medical education and curricula, pedagogy, teaching talent, research, innovation, and many other matrixes of excellence.

Born out of mutual compatibility and capabilities, the partnership scripts a new chapter in the country’s collaborated wellness and stands out for its comprehensive lab-to-market outreach.

Areas of collaboration

Under the collaboration, both CliniExperts and KMC will work together in these areas:

Clinical research and innovation related to new drugs (Phase II, III, IV, and post-marketing studies) and innovations.
Medical devices pilot and pivotal clinical investigations and post-marketing surveillance studies.
Invitro diagnostics performance evaluation studies and innovations.
Vaccines and biologicals (safety and tolerability studies, phase II, III, IV, and post-marketing surveillance studies).
Real-world evidence programmes.
Academic studies, Investigator-initiated studies.
Other epidemiological studies relevant to the Indian population.
Supporting MAHE as a CRO for end-to-end Clinical Trial Management.
Supporting MAHE’s SMO division by way of training the research team as and when required.
Utilising MAHE’s central laboratory services for CliniExperts projects as and when required.
Utilising MAHE’s associated hospitals and principal investigators for the conduct of various clinical studies.
Imparting training and CME activities on subjects relevant to the conduct of clinical trials, by CliniExperts team.
Jointly pitching for presentation to prospective sponsors/customers.
Jointly implement PR activities to promote the collaboration’s agenda.
Supporting MAHE in obtaining regulatory approvals from ICMR, CDSCO, or their regulatory authorities, for its studies.

Impactful agenda

With such inherent advantages, the coming together of CliniExperts and KMC marks the beginning of a new era of academic-industry cooperation. With forward and backward integrations embedded in this MoU, there is enough to look forward to for both the parties and the healthcare sector.

Leader speak

“We at CliniExperts group are excited to join this strategic partnership with MAHE. Coming at a time when India is in the cusp of revolutionary healthcare reforms, I am sure our joint efforts will do its bit in furthering the cause of Health for All. For us, this is an opportunity to give back in gratitude, to the country and its people”

Dr Ashwini Kumar

CEO, CliniExperts Group

“This collaboration with CliniExperts group is inspired by the zeal for a Healthy India. Medical research and Clinical Trials being foundational to safe and effective drug regimes, I am sure KMC and CliniExperts, through their joint efforts under this collaboration, will create an ecosystem of inclusive wellness in India”.

Dr B Unnikrishnan

Dean

Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore