Harmful impact of EU clinical trials directive: …while paediatric oncology is being scuppered

doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.666-b

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Christopher D Mitchell, consultant paediatric oncologist (chris.mitchell@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk)

John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU

EDITOR—The editorial by Hemminki and Kellokumpu-Lehtinen is a startling summary of the impact of the EU Clinical Trials Directive and the associated national legislation on the conduct of investigator led research.1 It is remarkable how little response or debate has emerged since the introduction of this directive: every investigator …