UK's Clinical Trials Diversity Draft Gets Over 200 Stakeholder Responses

As the consultation period draws to a close for the UK’s new inclusion and diversity guidance, researchers and sponsors are being invited to participate in a pilot next year to submit a diversity plan as part of their clinical trial application.

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The UK’s Inclusion & Diversity Plan outlines questions for trial sponsors to consider (Shutterstock)

The UK’s draft guidance on how study sponsors should go about preparing an inclusion and diversity plan as part of their clinical trial application for the research ethics committees (RECs) has already drawn over 200 comments from stakeholders.

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