Medical researchers call for drug trial overhaul

British and European red tape is impeding clinical trials of new drugs in the UK and threatening the lives of patients, leading medical researchers argued on the 12 March 2009 as they called for an overhaul of regulations.

Website: UK: Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency http://www.mhra.gov.uk/index.htm

European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Medicinal products for human use: implementation of good clinical practice in the conduct of clinical trials http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?id=10900

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