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Table 1 Overview of GCP-regulations valid for EU-member states and the USA

From: Translating clinical trials from human to veterinary oncology and back

Country

Regulation

Legal status

EU

EU-GCP “Directive 2001/20/EC” [6]

Binding law

EU

Guidance documents of the European Commission (i.e. European Commission EUDRACT 2004 [9], European Commission Eudravigilance 2004 [10])

Guidance on the implementation of requirements in Directive 2001/20/EC

EU (individual member states)

National laws of EU member states (e.g. the Austrian “Arzneimittelgesetz von 1983, Fassung 2013” [7])

National laws, implementing Directive 2001/20/EC

EU and USA

ICH-GCP-guidelines [4]

Recommendations, aiming for harmonisation of GCP between USA, Europe and Japan

USA

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR Title 21) [8]

Binding laws and regulations

USA

FDA GCP/Clinical Trial Guidance Documents [11]

Guidance on the implementation of GCP-regulations