Enhancing Quality In Preclinical Data
EQIPD is a fit for every member of the research community
Pharma industry
… invests into the most expensive phases of drug R&D.
Clinical studies based on preclinical evidence lacking robustness are likely to fail.
EQIPD provides solutions to improve data integrity.
Private and public funders
… support a great number of projects guided by their scientific excellence.
Research quality assessment is a filter that can be applied to focus investments on most robust and therefore more likely to translate research.
Research organizations
… increasingly depend on successful collaborations and sustainability of research output.
EQIPD offers several possibilities to review, implement and maintain best research practices.
Improve preclinical research by increasing research quality
We believe in the community need for simple, sustainable solutions that facilitate improvements in data quality without impacting innovation and freedom of research.
Scientific Excellence vs. Research Quality
Scientific excellence is the key to advance science but it does not guarantee that the conducted experiments deliver robust results. There are two primary reasons for that. First, education in science does not always focus on the requirements for delivering of robust data. Second, excitement associated with a scientific hypothesis or conveyed by a scientific leader may introduce bias in study design, conduct, analysis and/or reporting.
Regulated vs. Non-regulated
In the drug discovery and development process, there are several steps that have adequate quality control and are covered by GxP policies (e.g. Good Laboratory Practice, GLP).For non-regulated areas (most specifically, biology and pharmacology of drug discovery projects), GLP-like procedures would not be fit for purpose and may not help to secure the quality of research. In fact, one may indeed imagine a lab running under GLP conditions but nevertheless still failing to design and execute robust studies.
Good Research Practice vs. Research Integrity
Responsible conduct of research has multiple facets and the examples of suboptimal or unacceptable practices go well beyond the commonly known definition of research misconduct (fabrication, falisfication or plagiarism).In addition to such direct violations of the good research practices, examples of other unacceptable practices include manipulating authorship, withholding research results, reporting of results so as to introduce or promulgate bias, failing to document essential steps or results of the research process.
News
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GoEQIPD Networking Event: Advancing FAIR Data Sharing Through Interoperability, Metadata, and Community Standards
Last Monday, the GoEQIPD community came together for our online networking event on Data Sharing in Research to exchange experiences, discuss barriers, and explore practical solutions for improving the quality, reuse, and impact of research data. A big thank you to everyone who joined and contributed to the discussions. Special thanks to Otto Kalliokoski for sharing insights from the…
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New group at LMU certified
We are pleased to share that the research group of Prof Heidrun Potschka at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München has successfully achieved EQIPD certification. The certification was implemented within the group AG Potschka, Lehrstuhl für Pharmakologie, Toxikologie und Pharmazie. A special thank you goes to Eva-Lotta von Rüden, who led the implementation and guided the lab through the certification…
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New EQIPD Certification Awarded: Congratulations to Childlight at the University of Edinburgh!
We are delighted to announce that Childlight at the University of Edinburgh has successfully achieved the EQIPD certification. The Childlight – Global Child Safety Institute conducts primary research on the situation of children worldwide and develops influential indices that shed light on the realities children face across different regions and contexts. Their work contributes substantially to evidence based policy…
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3R Symposium in Oulu
On my way home from an inspiring event that left me with important reflections and wonderful impressions: breathtaking winter landscapes, delicious food, and fantastic colleagues. Pauliina Rautio and Mikko Karpale opened the symposium with two thoughtful and insightful presentations on caring: caring for animals, caring for research, and caring for people. Pauliina also offered a very…
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