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French Gene & Cell Therapy Trials To Get Own Fast-Track Approval Process

 
• By Ian Schofield

Experimental gene and cell therapy products are to get a boost from the French regulator in the form of a new fast-track clinical trial approval process. This is the third accelerated pathway to be introduced as part of efforts to speed up patient access to new medicines.

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France is to implement a fast-track approval pathway for gene and cell therapy • Source: Shutterstock

The French regulatory agency ANSM is to introduce another fast-track clinical trial approval pathway, this time for trials of gene and cell therapy, from the beginning of 2019.

The move is part of ANSM’s drive to speed up trial approval times for, and patient access to, innovative new...

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