COI Respond to a Clarification Request

If a reviewer has questions or requires you to provide additional information about your disclosure profile while reviewing a related certification for your profile, you will receive an e-mail notification indicating this. Review the request details and then respond to the request. Depending on the request, you may need to update your disclosure profile. Log on to the system and navigate to your disclosure profile to respond to this request.

To review the request details and submit your response

  1. Log in as your assigned discloser.

  2. On the disclosure workspace, click Submit Response.

Screenshot of an 'Action Required' panel showing the disclosure profile last completed. Options include 'Request Pre-Approval,' 'Submit Response' highlighted
  1. Click Update on the request you are responding to.

Note: There may be multiple clarification requests outstanding at the same time.

Screenshot of a 'Submit Response' window showing 'Pending clarification requests' with entries including request dates and the requestor. The 'Update' button is highlighted, leading to an 'Edit COI Clarification' form. The form displays details such as the request date, requestor, request source Research, request text, and request documents, with options to add responses. Buttons for 'OK' and 'Cancel' are provided at the bottom.
  1. In the Request text field, review the request sent by the reviewer.

  2. Review any attached documents.

  3. In the Response text field, type your response to the reviewer and click OK. You can also attach documents that explain your response.

If you responded to the reviewer’s request in a document, you can add the document in the Response documents field.

  1. Click OK.

After you have responded to all outstanding clarification requests, your Instruction Center will be updated accordingly. If your disclosure profile is in a No Action Required state, you can log off the system.

 

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