GESTO platform: Publication of results of observational studies with medicinal products for human use

After approval of the RD 957/2020 which regulates observational studies with medicinal products for human use it is mandatory the publication of results of observational studies with medicinal products for human use in the spanish clinical trials registry, as we mentioned in a previous post. Thus, the AEMPS with the aim to facilitate this process…

CLINICAL TRIALS REGULATION (EU) 536/2014 IMPLEMENTATION TRAINING

Last month, The European Commission, Clinical Trials Facilitation and Coordination Group and European Medicines Agency (EC-DG SANTE/HMA-CTFG/EMA) imparted a joint training on the Clinical Trials Regulation (EU) 536/2014. The implementation to a European level implies a Harmonization of the submission of a clinical trial from all Member States of the part I documentation: documentation to…

New regulation for observational studies with medicines for human use in Spain

Last week, the Royal Decree 957/2020 which regulates the observational studies with medicines for human use was published in the BOE. This regulation will come into force on January 2, 2021 aims to simplify the procedures regulated by the Order SAS/3470/2009 taking into account the observational nature of these type of studies with drugs that…

Call for all sponsors to publish clinical trial results in EU database

The European Commission (EC), the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Heads of Medicines Agencies(HMA) have co-signed a letter reminding all sponsors of clinical trials conducted in the European Union of their obligation to make summaries of results of concluded trials publicly available in the EU Clinical Trials Database (EudraCT). Transparency and public access to clinical trial results, whether positive or negative, are fundamental…

BIOETHICS IN CLINICAL TRIALS

The participation of a human being in a clinical trial generates a potential situation of vulnerability in which his/her rights must keep clearly protected. It is necessary that any medical investigation, which involves the human persons study, complies with several ethics requirements stablished in The Helsinki Declaration. All clinical trial protocol should be evaluated by…