Rubrik: Gesetz und Recht
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Van Quathem K
The GDPR and Clinical Trials – Are Study Sites Controllers or Processors? / Van Quathem • GDPR and Clinical Trials · Van Quathem K · Covington & Burling LLP, Brussels, Belgium
The application of EU data protection law in highly regulated sectors has always been challenging. While the EU’s horizontal data protection regime undoubtedly has advantages, one of its disadvantages is that it is not always “in sync” with other legal frameworks. As a result, regulators are sometimes compelled to engage in novel and complex legal reasoning to reconcile conflicting regimes. Despite those efforts, a lack of legal certainty oftentimes remains, with increased costs and delays in the implementation of projects and the roll-out of new services. Clearly the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has increased this tension in the clinical ...