EMA Consults On Need For New Guide To Enable Confirmatory Platform Trials
Executive Summary
The European Medicines Agency believes that a scientific guideline on clinical trials incorporating a platform design is needed because such studies are expected to play an increasingly important role in future marketing authorization applications.
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