UK health and life sciences group agrees new clinical trials transparency principles

The Ethical Standards in Health and Life Sciences Group (ESHLSG), a partnership including the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), the General Medical Council and a number of Royal Colleges of medical practices, has published a new series of clinical trial transparency principles and facts.

This is the first time that leading health care professional bodies and senior representatives of the pharmaceutical industry have agreed to a joint approach on this critical issue. This is an important step forward in the on-going move across the entire research community to drive best practice in clinical research reporting. The ESHLSG Principles document was introduced at last week’s joint British Medical Journal (BMJ) and ABPI conference: Innovation in research methods and dissemination - ensuring best practice.

Will provide better access to data for researchers