Phase I Trials: French Body Urges Transparency, Says Don't Just Follow The Rules
This article was originally published in SRA
Executive Summary
The French committee looking into the devastating failure of the Phase I study with Bial's experimental FAAH inhibitor BIA 10-2474 has called for an international debate on whether data from first-in-human trials of new drugs should be made publicly accessible in order to better protect volunteers taking part in such studies1.
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