EU CONSULTATION

BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has launched public consultations on three detailed set of guidelines affecting the European Union pharmaceutical industry: on inspection procedures for checking that good clinical practice rules are being followed, on qualifications for inspectors carrying out this work, and on the archiving of good clinical practice files by EU and national authorities.On inspection procedures, the relevant paper says that these should be harmonised by EU and national agencies, "through joint inspections, agreed processes and guidance, ...


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