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Lead sponsor

Meaning

The organization responsible for initiating and managing the study. It is not necessarily the listed parent company, drug owner or commercial rights holder.

In TrialRedline

We check the evidence linking sponsors to companies and stock tickers. Uncertain links are labeled; they do not confirm that one company owns another.

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ClinicalTrials.gov glossary

ClinicalTrials.gov registration data definitions