Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Minister of National Guard, H.E. Chief Executive Officer of Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, President of King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Dr. Bandar Al Knawy launched the 10th Annual Forum for Medical Research “Improving Healthcare through High Standard Clinical Trials”. The two-day forum covered several topics related to clinical trials by reviewing about 100 research abstracts.
Executive Director of King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, DR. Ahmed Al Askar said: “Significant efforts have been made to enable the clinical trials to be a part of the main initiatives to achieve Vision 2030, with a cross-sectoral effort with KAIMRC, led by the National Industrial Development and Logistics Program, Ministry of Economy and Planning, Ministry of Health and others, the adoption of the initiative resulted in the signing of several memorandums of understanding and agreements with several parties. Dr. Al Askar explained that clinical trials are an articulated stage for transferring research outputs from laboratories to benefit humans”.
For his part, H.E. Chief Executive Officer of Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, President of King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Dr. Bandar Al Knawy expressed that the forum coincides with the launchibg of King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC) Initiative for Clinical Trials and Laboratories Development (National Command Center).
His Excellency pointed out that with the support of the National Industrial Development and Logistics Program and in partnership with a number of local sectors such as the Saudi Health Council, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) and Industrial Clusters, this forum is held with high prospective goals in line with the national vision that believes that health scientific research is the pillar of development. Dr. also Al Knawy explained that within the Saudi-Korean Vision 2030, a cooperation agreement signed a collaboration agreement with Seoul National University as part of the Korea National Enterprise for Clinical Trials (KoNECT) in Seoul on 03/04/2019.
At the end of the ceremony, memorandums of understanding were exchanged, namely: a memorandum of understanding between King Abdullah International Medical Research Center and the Saudi Health Council, with its potential in the field of clinical trials from human cadres and equipped units to support and activate King Abdullah International Medical Research Center Clinical Trials initiative by adopting King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC) Initiative for Clinical Trials and Laboratories Development (National Command Center) to activate the initiative and supervise the clinical trials in the Kingdom.
Another memorandum of understanding between King Abdullah International Medical Research Center and the Saudi Food and Drug Authority in the field of the study and analysis of pharmaceutical compounds, food and cosmetics, and the exchange of data and statistics, and to support joint research and studies and advisory services.
In addition to several memorandums that included a memorandum of understanding with The Saudi Technology Development and Investment Company – (TAQNIA) and Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture of Saudi Arabia.