Study budget negotiations can be one of the most time-consuming activities in starting up a clinical study. It can also be a source of tension as the negotiating parties seek common ground between the sponsor’s budget template and the site’s chargemaster.1 Even when the budget from a previous study can be referenced, it can often seem like the negotiations are starting from scratch, since circumstances and negotiators may have changed in the interim and the rationale for the previous study budget may have been forgotten.
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