UK MHRA: COVID-19 To Spark Rise In Clinical Trial-Related Deviations

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency says that any increase in clinical trial protocol deviations in relation to coronavirus outbreak will not constitute a serious breach.

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The UK medicines regulator says it expects to see a rise in protocol-related deviations in ongoing clinical trials as a result of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, which the World Health Organization declared a pandemic on 11 March.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has clarified that any increase in protocol deviations in relation to coronavirus “will not constitute a serious breach” and should not be reported to the agency, unless there is a risk to patients

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