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Federation of European Cancer Societies

New European legislation impacts both cancer trials and drug approval

Published in Physician Law Weekly, November 23rd, 2005

New European legislation looks to expedite patient access to important oncology products, according to discussions at the 13th European Cancer Conference (ECCO).

Yet concerns were also voiced that the recently implemented Clinical Trials Directive is having a converse effect, restricting the number of new cancer trials carried out by impinging on the conduct of international, investigator-initiated, multicenter studies within Europe.

The aims of the Clinical Trials Directive are noble - to harmonize legal acts for the set-up, conduct and reporting of clinical trials, implement GCP-principles Europe-wide and enforce patient safety. Yet there are...

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