Category Archives: Regulations

New Records Management Training Programme Launched

Posted on January 24, 2014 by

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new introductory training programme for records management and archiving staff, in conjunction with Heath Barrowcliff Consulting Ltd. This is comprised of three 1-day modules spread across a year. At only £250 (plus … Continue reading →

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The Multimedia TMF Becomes a Reality

Posted on December 4, 2013 by

The clinical records management community is currently enjoying an interesting debate regarding the need for interoperability standards for electronic trial master file (eTMF) content. The need for organizations to efficiently exchange documents and metadata between systems is becoming increasingly critical, … Continue reading →

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How to Apply a Risk Based Approach to Records Management

Posted on December 2, 2013 by

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recently published its final reflection paper on risk based quality management in clinical trials, reference EMA/269011/2013, 18 November 2013.The management of trial records is barely mentioned in the paper but I took away a … Continue reading →

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UK Government Seeks to Prevent Proposed Amendment to Clinical Trial Regulation

Posted on November 25, 2013 by

If you’ve been following the ongoing debate regarding the proposed European Clinical Trial Regulation (see previous posts on this site), you will know that the text currently before Parliament is proposing (a) that Trial Master File content be held and … Continue reading →

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When is a CSR a TMF?

Posted on July 22, 2013 by

It appears that the anxiety within the industry regarding the proposed Trial Master File retention requirements in the draft EU Clinical Trial Regulation may be unfounded. Earlier today I had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Marina Yannakoudakis MEP at her … Continue reading →

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Clinical Trials EU Regulation – Even More Bizarre

Posted on June 22, 2013 by

Following the recent vote of the ENVI Committee on the several hundred amendments put forward to the proposed EU Clinical Trial Regulation, the consolidated report containing all carried amendments has now been published. Report A7-0208/2013 entitled “Report on the proposal for a … Continue reading →

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Clinical Trials EU Regulation – An Update

Posted on June 17, 2013 by

You will remember that I wrote a few weeks ago about the proposed Clinical Trial Regulation which will replace EU Directive 2001/20/EC. Specifically, myself and many of my industry records management colleagues were extremely concerned about Amendment 60 which was … Continue reading →

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