Researchers Debate Costs Of Clinical Trial Data Sharing At IOM Gathering

The costs associated with more expansive sharing of clinical trial data for independent research would be significant, experts warned at a meeting convened by the Institute of Medicine to help inform a planned study on strategies for increasing trial data-sharing.

While most researchers agree that more expansive sharing clinical trials data is a laudable goal, the costs associated with organizing and storing the data, as well as responding to requests for it, will be significant experts warned last week at a meeting convened by the Institute of Medicine.

IOM is launching an effort to develop data methods for expanding data-sharing by trial sponsors to independent researchers, and even...

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