In a bid to make Germany a more desirable clinical research location, a new bill has been drawn up that would harmonize rules governing advanced therapies and introduce measures to facilitate decentralized clinical trials (DCTs).
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Industry is wary of a provision in Germany’s medical research bill that would introduce standard clauses in the contracts agreed between trial sponsors and study sites.

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