UK Explores Feasibility Of 100% Trial Registration Rates In Major Transparency Push

By the end of this year, the UK's Health Research Authority plans to have developed a strategy to drive improvements in research transparency, particularly when it comes to the registration of clinical trials and making results public.

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The HRA Is Taking Steps To Improve Clinical Trial Transparency • Source: Shutterstock

The UK's Health Research Authority is stepping up efforts to achieve "full clinical trial transparency" and has begun work on developing a detailed strategy to explain how it will go about doing this.

The HRA plans to submit its final transparency strategy – including clear deadlines and milestones – to the House of...

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