Sponsor Clinical Study Sponsor CLINICAL STUDY SPONSOR sponsor An entity that is responsible for the initiation, management, and/or financing of a clinical study.[NCI] An entity that is responsible for the initiation, management, and/or financing of a clinical study. An individual, company, institution, or organization that takes responsibility for the initiation, management, and/or financing of a clinical trial. NOTE: If there is also a secondary sponsor, the responsible entity would be considered the primary sponsor. A corporation or agency whose employees conduct the investigation is considered a sponsor and the employees are considered investigators. [After ICH E6, WHO, 21 CFR 50.3 (e), and after IDMP] See also secondary sponsor. Clinical_Study_Sponsor CDISC Health Care Related Organization SPONSOR Study Sponsor C70793 Clinical Study Sponsor An entity such as an individual, company, institution, group, or organization which takes responsibility for the initiation, management, and/or financing of a clinical study. The sponsor does not actually conduct the investigation unless the sponsor is a sponsor-investigator. A person other than an individual (e.g., corporation or agency) that uses one or more of its own employees to conduct research it has initiated is considered to be a sponsor, and the employees are considered to be investigators. [21 CFR P.50.3(k)] [21 CFR P.50.102(j)] [21 CFR P.312.3] C2347796 Clinical Study Sponsor CDISC-GLOSS Sponsor CareLex