Anne Sim, Daniel Astudillo
The Malaysian government has committed funding to improve the healthcare systems in order to further support clinical research. Clinical Research Malaysia (CRM) is a non-profit organization - wholly owned by the government of Malaysia, which intends develop infrastructure for Clinical Research Centre networks, and be able to support global industry sponsored research (ISR) requirements. Recently, CRM appointed a new CEO, Dr Akhmal Yusof, who held individual meetings with various industry sponsors and CROS to promote the services provided by CRM. George Clinical Malaysia (GCM) was one of the CROs invited to participate. In addition to this, Dr Yusof met with MOH investigators and institution directors to promote clinical research, as well as discuss ways to improve facilities and resources available to conduct clinical research.
