The Accelerating Clinical Trials in the EU (ACT EU) initiative is today organising the kick-off workshop for a new multi-stakeholder platform to improve clinical trials in the European Union (EU). ACT EU is a collaboration between EMA, the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) and the European Commission (EC) that seeks to transform how clinical trials are initiated, designed, and run. The multi-stakeholder platform is a key deliverable of the initiative.
ACT EU aims to place stakeholders at the centre of its activities by giving them the opportunity to steer the direction of the programme. Today’s workshop will discuss best approaches to support the implementation of the clinical trial regulation including the role of ethics committees, support to non-commercial sponsors to increase the conduct of multinational clinical trials and how to optimise the coordination of scientific advice to support evidence generation…