Building a faster, more effective clinical trials system

New Protections and paid time off (PTO) for Clinical Trial Participation – What It Means for the Alpha-1 Community - Alpha-1 Foundation

An exciting national effort is making it easier for patients and caregivers to participate in clinical research. The Champions for Change – Paid Time Off (PTO) Initiative, launched by the Coalition to Transform Clinical Trial Engagement (CTCTE) and led by the Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research, worked to reduce job-related barriers by encouraging employers to offer paid time off for clinical trial participation. Thanks to advocacy efforts by CT…

French government report calls for new law to make clinical trial reporting mandatory

A landmark report commissioned jointly by the French Ministries of Research and Health sets out a comprehensive roadmap to reduce research waste in clinical trials and accelerate the publication of results. Notably, the report calls for introducing first a regulation and then national legislation requiring the results of all clinical trials to be made public on trial registries within one year. According to the French Open Science Monitor, only …

MHRA to modernise clinical trials framework

MHRA to modernise clinical trials framework Meghan Shaw 20 May, 2025 MHRA to modernise clinical trials framework 20 May, 2025 To mark International Clinical Trial Day (20th May), the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced new regulations to modernise the UK’s clinical trials framework, which is the most significant update in two decades.The new regulations were developed with the Health Research Authority (HR…

Building a faster, more effective clinical trials system

By MHRA Chief Executive Lawrence Tallon