Here At Last: A New Era For Clinical Trials In The EU

A long-awaited regulation introduces major changes in the way that clinical trials are conducted across the EU, including a single application portal and new trial transparency requirements.

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A new portal is now available for EU clinical trial applications • Source: Alamy

Almost 10 years after it was first drafted by the European Commission, the EU’s Clinical Trials Regulation finally takes effect today, ushering in a radically transformed environment for the submission, assessment, monitoring and reporting of trials.

Regulation No 536/2014 was originally proposed in 2012 as a replacement for the ageing Clinical Trial Directive, which the commission...

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