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Sponsors Will Need Favorable Ethics Opinion to Register Trials in UK

October 15, 2013
Starting Sept. 30, sponsors in the UK must register their clinical trials on a publicly accessible database in order for them to be approved by the Health Research Authority. The move is in line with a wider European transparency push. The regulatory move makes registering trials a condition for a favorable ethical opinion.
International Pharmaceutical Regulatory Monitor