Germany Courts Clinical Trials With Regulator Reshuffle & New Federal Ethics Committee

Plans to rejig two regulators’ roles and streamline the ethics committee system have drawn some criticism.

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New bill would see BfArM become responsible for approving most clinical studies and for coordinating filings for marketing authorizations • Source: Shutterstock

A new bill going through the legislative process in Germany aims to make the country a more attractive location for clinical research by streamlining the system governing ethics committees and reorganizing the competencies of Germany’s two regulators, BfArM and the Paul-Ehrlich-Institute (PEI).

The bill could reduce bureaucracy and bring more simplicity to the processes for authorizing clinical studies, said Adem Koyuncu, a...

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