EU Clinical Trial System Launch Delayed To Jan 2022

15 Mar 2021

The European Medicines Agency’s management board has agreed a revised go-live date for the new clinical trial information system. The new date is 'aspirational' and might change again depending on how the system fares in an ongoing independent audit to ascertain its full functionality.

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The much-awaited launch of the EU Clinical Trial Information System (CTIS) has been delayed again, this time until 31 January 2022, to allow time for a range of activities that still have to be undertaken before the system goes live.

The CTIS was expected to become functional in December 2021, clearing the way for the implementation of the EU Clinical...