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Clinical Outcomes Assessment
(COA) Licensing
Mapi is the leading provider of COA licensing
and information services for academic
research and the pharmaceutical industry.
As the curator of information on over 3300 COAs and managers
of PROQOLID, the largest single repository of COAs itemizing
information on nearly 1000 instruments, Mapi provides access to COA
documentation and understands the unique licensing requirements
for thousands of questionnaires and their scoring materials.
Additionally, Mapi directly manages over 130 COAs on behalf of
developers through our Distribution Service.
Our services support all aspects of COA licensing requirements from
information on COAs, advice for HEOR, licensing, and availability of
Linguistically Validated versions.
Included services
Mapi obtains permission to access and use COAs and/or their
translations, through negotiating the necessary license agreements
with appropriate parties when applicable. This process may include
permission to translate / modify / adapt / use in e-application if needed.
• Obtaining permission to legally access / use COAs and
their translations
• Gaining permission to translate / modify / adapt into
digital applications
• Collecting information on conditions of use
• Providing recommendations on translations and linguistic
validation work that may be needed
• Ensuring compliance with copyright laws
5 STEPS
to COA Licensing
STEP 1
Agreement
MAPI COA
License Services
Mapi has experience with many types of licensing
authorities, including but not limited to:
An agreement stipulating the terms and conditions of this service
enabling Mapi to negotiate and manage the complete licensing
• Hundreds of individual developers of instruments
process on behalf of our clients.
• Pharmaceutical companies including:
STEP 2
Study details
• Journal publishers including:
expected patients, # of administrations, mode of administration for
each instrument, etc.) is completed to support the licensing process to
• Test publishers:
determine the nature and scope of the licenses required.
Mapi completes an in-depth search on the requested instruments to
• Academic groups or organizations including:
obtain information on the conditions of access and use, as well as any
further information needed on the instrument. This can include the
availability of language versions and measure-specific information.
• Specialized companies such as QualityMetric
Approval
Upon approval of the conditions of use (legal and financial), Mapi will
proceed with obtaining the relevant authorizations.
Permission to use
We obtain the license agreements and collaborate with legal
representatives to finalize the contracts and related invoices.
Copies of instruments and other derivatives (which may include
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EuroQoL Group
Movement Disorders Society
Royal College of Psychiatrists
American Urology Association
WHO
• Universities and Institutions including:
STEP 5
° GL Assessment
° Testzentrale
° ECPA
Information search
STEP 4
° BMJ
° Elsevier
° WPS
A template which includes study information (e.g., study title, # of
STEP 3
° Pfizer
° GSK
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Stanford University
UCLA
McMaster University
Johns Hopkins University
University of South Florida
Additionally, Mapi has experience in handling licensing
for the following gold-standard instruments:
translations, translation certificates, etc.) can be provided through a
• SF-36
• EQ-5D
variety of delivery methods including email, FTP, and custom portal.
• HAM-D
• KDQOL
• FACIT Instruments
• MSIS-29
• FLIE
For more information on Mapi’s license management services,
visit mapigroup.com or email [email protected]

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