Why The EU’s New Clinical Trials System Is Taking So Long

Technical complexities mean that the finalization of the EU’s much vaunted clinical trial portal and database system has been pushed back yet again, this time to early or mid-2020.

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The EU's Clinical Trials Regulation is again being delayed.

Major construction projects have a habit of taking longer than expected, and the EU’s ambitious plan to set up a single portal and database system for clinical trials is no exception.

The system was originally scheduled to be up and running in September 2018, but problems with its development have meant...

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