Opinie over clinical trials on medicinal producs

Opinie van Committees over proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council  on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive  2001/20/EC.

The proposal aims at boosting and facilitating clinical research in the EU by simplifying the current rules for conducting clinical trials on medicinal products for human use. The proposal will replace current Directive 2001/20/EC by a Regulation which will establish a modern uniform legal framework at EU level, cutting red-tape and ending with national divergences
in the implementation of Directive 2001/20/EC.

The proposal provides for the establishment of an electronic database (the EMA database), controlled by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the reporting of suspected unexpected serious adverse reactions. It also provides for the establishment of an EU-wide central data base (EU database) controlled by the Commission, as the single application platform for clinical trials in the EU.