Clinical Research Center

Alexandria Clinical Research Center (Alex CRC) is the cornerstone for human research within the University of Alexandria.

It is the first well established center for clinical trials in Egypt.

All clinical trials at Alexandria Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Research Center, are conducted according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines developed by the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) and the principles contained in the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki on the ''Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects''(2004).

Research Ethics Committee of Alex School of Medicine has to approve all clinical researches carried out in the faculty prior to its conduction.

Alex CRC has been constructed with the assistance of University of Maryland under the twining agreement between of Alexandria and Baltimore cities.

In May 2006,Dr. Nihal El Habachi and Dr. Nadia Zaki attended and successfully completed "Clinical Research Coordination and Good Clinical Research Practice Training Courses" - University of Maryland ,Baltimore ,USA.

Quality Control

Alexandria CRC has been evaluated by four international sponsor audits in 2009 & 2010 with positive reports “Green auditing”.