Canada Consults On Policy Changes For Registering Clinical Trials & Disclosing Results

Health Canada is taking steps to improve transparency on authorized clinical trials and is creating a new trials search portal.

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Improved clinical trial transparency is a key priority for Health Canada • Source: Alamy

Health Canada has issued a draft guideline explaining how sponsors of drug and medical device studies can comply with its new policy on mandatory registration of clinical trials and public disclosure of results on a registry that meets the standards of the World Health Organization. It plans to issue formal regulations on this later.

Also, the government department is creating a new clinical trials search portal to improve public access to information on all Health Canada-authorized trials. The portal will be rolled out in...

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