HRA Update: Guidance about the model Master Confidential Disclosure Agreement
Date: 21 October 2025
Guidance is available for NHS and HSC organisations to support them in quickly acknowledging when a sponsor wants to add a new study to the model Master Confidential Disclosure Agreement (mMCDA).
After the mMCDA is signed between a commercial sponsor and NHS or HSC organisation, individual studies are added to the agreement through the notification system described in schedule 1 of the mMCDA.
Confidentiality obligations in the mMCDA only apply after:
- the sponsor has notified the NHS or HSC organisation of the new study by completing and emailing schedule 1
and:
- the NHS or HSC organisation has acknowledged receipt of schedule 1
Read the guidance here: https://www.myresearchproject.org.uk/help/hlptemplatesfor.aspx#mCDA%20and%20mMCDA