Step forward or back?
The debate about access to clinical trial data is currently at a critical point. The debate over data access is not new, nor are the efforts of scientific organizations such as the Cochrane Collaboration and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for absolute data transparency. But the pharmaceutical industry is resisting the release and publication of clinical trial data. The ECJ's court rulings in the AbbVie and InterMune cases could decide whether the EMA can maintain its commitment to transparency in the long term or has to give in. The pharmaceutical companies' lawsuits are a novelty in that it is the first time that legal action has been taken against the EMA's transparency policy.
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First publication date: 28.05.2013
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