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Non-compliance with GCP Found in 1,529 Cases in 3-year Survey

February 12, 2001
At a seminar on the promotion of clinical trials held by the Kyoto University Hospital on December 19, Yasuo Kodama, director of the Clinical Trial Investigation Department (tentative) of the OPSR (Drug Organization), reported the results of a survey on…

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