Clinical Data Integrity: Clean US FDA Inspection No Guarantee That DoJ Won’t Investigate
Executive Summary
Justice department has investigative tools that can uncover fraudulent activity even when a clinical site passes inspection, DoJ’s Clint Narver says; in deciding whether to self-report possible clinical trial fraud to FDA and DoJ, sponsors should consider that other companies would benefit from knowing this information about a particular site or investigator.
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