INDUSTRY EXPERTS ARGUE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES’ PROS AND CONS AT EMA WORKSHOP

A WORKSHOP held last week (Friday September 6th) to hear the views of interested parties on the conflicts of interest (COI) policies of the European Medicines Agency (EMA)has left the agency with a slew of sometimes conflicting opinions as it ponders the next step forward.The London-based agency was one of a number of European Union (EU) bodies criticised last year by the European Court of Auditors for unsatisfactory management of COI issues – a matter of some concern given the EMA’s significant decision-making powers in an area of key importance to the ...


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