Long-Awaited EU Clinical Trials Portal Meets Major Milestone

A simplified process for registering and evaluating clinical trials promised by the EU Clinical Trial Regulation is finally set to become a reality.

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CTIS Has Been One Of EMA’s Most Complex And Ambitious Projects • Source: Alamy

The new EU Clinical Trial Information System (CTIS) has been declared as “fully functional” by the European Medicines Agency and is on track to go live by 31 January 2022.

The CTIS launch will clear the decks for implementing the keenly-awaited EU Clinical Trial Regulation (CTR) from the January 2022...

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