Data Integrity: COVID-19 Impacted Studies Pose Unique Enforcement Risks
Executive Summary
Move toward decentralized trials means sponsors may be working with naïve clinical investigators who lack experience, Greenleaf’s Cynthia Schnedar says; DoJ’s Gustav Eyler urges drug sponsors to look for oddities in clinical trial data and to voluntarily report potential misconduct.
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