UK Offers 14-Day Approvals For Lowest-Risk Phase III/IV Trials

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency says it is in “everyone’s best interest” if clinical trial sponsors seeking UK approval for low-risk Phase III and IV studies make use of its new notification scheme that will cut the 30-day statutory evaluation timeline by more than half.

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The UK has formally kick-started the overhaul of its clinical trials framework with the launch of a new notification scheme under which the regulatory evaluation timelines of the lowest-risk studies, for example some Phase III trials already authorized in the US or the EU, will be reduced by more than 50%.

The notification scheme is open to applications for initial Phase III and IV trials meeting certain criteria. Applications accepted into...

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