UK To Reveal How Sponsors Are Performing On Trial Transparency Expectations

The UK is tightening its approach to enforcing best practices in clinical trial transparency.

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The UK’s Health Research Authority is taking steps to ensure that the current absence of a clear law on clinical trial transparency does not stand in its way of enforcing its “expectations” on how study results must be reported.

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