In today's fast-paced, highly regulated and risk-aversive environment, functional groups can no longer work in isolation, but must collaborate extensively to design, develop, manufacture, test, ...
When the PI signs the FDA form 1572 (for IND studies) or the "Statement of the Investigator (for IDE studies), she / he is signing a legally binding document committing themselves to follow all of ...
All Clinical Research protocols have a prominent safety monitoring "plan" as part of the overall research plan / protocol.