Tran­si­tion to new Eu­ro­pean clin­i­cal tri­als in­fo sys­tem starts slow­ly

At the end of Jan­u­ary, the Eu­ro­pean Med­i­cines Agency of­fi­cial­ly launched its new clin­i­cal tri­als in­fo sys­tem (CTIS), al­though the mi­gra­tion to the new plat­form has on­ly re­al­ly just be­gun, and spon­sors have un­til the end of Jan­u­ary 2023 be­fore all ini­tial tri­al ap­pli­ca­tions must be sub­mit­ted through CTIS.

Over­all, 56 clin­i­cal tri­al ap­pli­ca­tions have been sub­mit­ted in CTIS dur­ing the first 3 months since the launch of the sys­tem on Jan. 31, ac­cord­ing to new da­ta post­ed by the EMA. By com­par­i­son, about 4,000 new tri­als are au­tho­rized each year across Eu­rope.

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