EU Member States, Industry Not Ready Yet For New Clinical Trials Regime
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
With less than two years to go before implementation of the new EU Clinical Trials Regulation, there is a divergence of approaches amongst member states and some ignorance amongst trial sponsors.
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