The European Commission (EC), the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Heads of Medicines Agencies(HMA) have co-signed a letter reminding all sponsors of clinical trials conducted in the European Union of their obligation to make summaries of results of concluded trials publicly available in the EU Clinical Trials Database (EudraCT).

Transparency and public access to clinical trial results, whether positive or negative, are fundamental for the protection and promotion of public health.

EMA has since September 2018 been identifying trials with missing results on a monthly basis and sending reminders to the sponsors of those trials to ensure compliance with the transparency rules and their follow up on their results reporting obligations.

For more information: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/call-all-sponsors-publish-clinical-trial-results-eu-database