FDA: MyStudies app offers platform for electronic informed consent

2024-02-26T10:55:19+00:00June 2nd, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Covid-19, USA|Tags: , , |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is making its previously developed FDA MyStudies app available to investigators as a free platform to obtain informed consent securely from patients for eligible clinical trials when face-to-face contact is not possible or [...]

MPG Basic Course for Investigators, Deputies and Members of the Clinical Study Group – NEW at the Meditrial Academy Berlin

2024-02-29T13:51:45+00:00June 2nd, 2020|Categories: Europe, Regulatory, Western Europe|Tags: , , |

*** Deutsche Sprache unten *** MPG Basic Course for Investigators, Deputies and Members of the Clinical Study Group - NEW at the Meditrial Academy Berlin The MPG basic course based on the recommendations of the German Federal Medical Association [...]

EMA calls for high-quality observational research in context of COVID-19

2024-02-02T10:53:33+00:00May 28th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Covid-19, Europe|Tags: , , , |

The European Medicine Agency (EMA) encouraged collaboration between EU researchers on high-quality, multi-center observational studies of COVID-19 treatments and vaccines. High-quality observational research of real world data collected during the pandemic can be an important complement to the results [...]

Netherland: CCMO announces conditions for (re)starting clinical trials in clinical research units

2024-02-29T13:53:58+00:00May 27th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Covid-19, Europe, Western Europe|Tags: , , , |

The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO) published a document with the conditions for the (re)start of studies in clinical research units. The document foresees a step-by-step relaxation of the restrictive measures. This makes it possible to [...]

FDA issues guidance on Premarket Approval (PMA) and Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) supplements during COVID-19

2024-02-26T09:10:23+00:00May 25th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Compliance, Covid-19, USA|Tags: , , , , |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a guidance with immediate effect which allows medical device manufacturers to make “limited modifications” to their devices without submitting a premarket approval (PMA), humanitarian device exemption (HDE) supplement or a 30-day [...]

The European Commission simplifies the process for renewing notified body designations

2024-02-29T14:38:43+00:00May 22nd, 2020|Categories: Compliance, Covid-19, Europe, MDR, Regulatory|Tags: , , , , |

The European Commission issued new regulations simplifying  the process for renewing notified body designations prior to the postponed deadline for application of the Medical Devices Regulations (MDR), 26 May 2021. Moreover, the Commission issued guidelines explaining the process and requirements [...]

UK: Managing clinical trials during COVID-19

2024-02-29T15:17:32+00:00May 22nd, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Covid-19, Europe, Regulatory, UK|Tags: , , , , , |

On 21 May 2020, NIHR set out a framework to guide the restarting of NIHR research activities which have been paused due to COVID-19. Sponsors planning to restart trials or to initiate new clinical trials should take account of the principles [...]

Germany: BfArM and PEI issued supplementary recommendations on management of clinical trials during COVID-19 pandemic

2024-02-26T11:08:52+00:00May 22nd, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Covid-19, Europe, Regulatory|Tags: , , , , , |

BfArM (Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte) and PEI (Paul-Ehrlich-Institut) provided supplementary recommendations to the guideline on management of clinical trials during COVID-19 released by the European authorities on 20th March 2020. Key points of BfArM and PEI recommendations on [...]

Germany: DIMDI merges into BfArM

2024-02-26T11:15:21+00:00May 20th, 2020|Categories: Europe, Regulatory, Western Europe|Tags: , , , , , , |

DIMDI (Deutsche Institut für Medizinische Dokumentation und Information) and BfArM (Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices) will join to become one agency on May 26th, 2020. Once DIMDI is merged into BfArM, the name that has been in [...]

AUSTRIA: BASG issues information on the withdrawal of measures for clinical trials at the end of the pandemic

2024-02-01T15:08:04+00:00May 19th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Covid-19, Europe|Tags: , , , |

The Austrian Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) updated its FAQ with new information related to the communication with the Federal Office and the withdrawal of measures at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Communication with the [...]

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