Trade groups support plans for EU clinical trial harmonization
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and other industry stakeholders in the U.K. said they "welcome" the European Commission's proposed regulation to simplify the process of conducting multinational clinical trials. In a joint statement, the groups said the regulation "will give clinicians and researchers a better framework for developing and testing treatments" and that it "appears to improve the legislation associated with running clinical trials" in Europe. The groups did say several parts of the regulation "could be improved to further support clinical research," noting that EU institutions should provide details on plans to create and implement IT systems for the proposed single European portal through which organizations would submit clinical trial applications. ...