ViiV Supported Studies Programme

Our Mission

ViiV Healthcare (VH) is an independent, global specialist HIV company established in 2009, committed to delivering innovative options for the care and treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS. Our support of investigator-sponsored research (ISR) plays a valuable role in fulfilling this mission.

The Investigator Sponsored Research Programme

An ISR is a research effort where the sponsor is the investigator, healthcare institution, or medical network external to VH, seeking our support to conduct the work.

There are three different ways VH can provide support:

Pure Substance Requests (PSR) are entirely designed and managed by an external Sponsor. VH can support in the form of supplying active pharmaceutical ingredient (API)/pure substance of VH product for HIV research purposes.

Investigator Sponsored Studies (ISS) are entirely designed and managed by an external Sponsor. VH can support in the form of funding and/or VH products.

Supported Collaborative Studies (SCS) are conducted by an external Sponsor, with VH contributing to study design and deliverables, in addition to provision of funds and/or VH products.

VH accepts study proposals from investigators in two ways:

Areas of Interest: A sponsor/investigator has an idea/concept for a study based on a posted "Area of Interest" and has discussed it with a VH representative. They submit their proposal via the ViiV ISR Portal based on the appropriate study class (PSR, ISS, SCS). Upon submission, the proposal progresses through the review process.

Note: Although VH are more likely to support studies aligned to our current "Areas of Interest" for ISRs, we are interested in supporting studies that are innovative an contribute to scientific knowledge relating to a product, HIV or advancing technology.

Response to Request for Proposals: VH posts RFPs on this portal that are active for a specific response period and identify "Priority Areas of Interest." Sponsors/Investigators are encouraged to respond by submitting a proposal via this portal. These proposals are reviewed according to a specific schedule outlined in the RFP.

Types of Requests/Studies