As drug companies get “really organized” about incorporating patient-centric elements in their clinical trials, a senior executive at a global courier company says the time is ripe for the EU to produce harmonized guidance on easing a clinical trial participant’s access to the study drug.
Regulators in the EU have come a long way on allowing investigational medicinal products (IMPs) to be shipped directly to clinical trial participants.
From having an “empty space” in their regulations on this topic until a few years ago, to temporarily allowing such...