Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Chris Dodd (D-CT) have reintroduced the Fair Access to Clinical Trials Act (FACT Act) in the new session of Congress. Excerpt from Sen. Grassley's February 28 press release: 'Grassley said that "by making the clinical trial information publicly available we make the system for ensuring drug safety more transparent and more accountable. That ultimately leads to an even safer system and greater consumer confidence."...The bipartisan legislation introduced today is titled the Fair Access to Clinical Trials or FACT Act of 2005. It is similar to a measure championed by Dodd in the last Congress. Changes have been made to maintain clinicaltrials.gov as a registry for patients and physicians seeking information about ongoing clinical trials for serious or life-threatening diseases and to require the Food and Drug Administration to make internal drug approval and safety reviews publicly available.' The press release also includes the full text of Sen. Grassley's floor statement when introducing the new bill. (Thanks to ResearchResearch.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/03/2005 10:05:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
