Court orders EU medicines agency to withhold clinical trial results

The General Court of the European Union has ordered the European Medicines Agency (EMA) not to release documents on clinical trials, after two access-to-documents were requested, at least until the Court has issued a final ruling.

The two pharmaceutical companies AbbVie and InterMune challenged the agency’s decision to grant access to non-clinical and clinical information (including clinical study reports) submitted by companies as part of marketing-authorisation applications.