Clinical Trials Directive Hammered at EMEA Meeting in London

October 3, London—A major meeting hosted in London by the European Medicines Agency provided plenty of examples from industry and academia of what doesn't work in this 2001 legislation (Directive 2001/20/EC). Even Thomas Lönngren, the Agency's executive director, acknowledged that there are problems in the implementation of the directive, and that there was "a need to find a way forward." But the contributions that European Union officials made to the debate fell a long way short of offering any dramatic improvements in the foreseeable future.

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