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In an increasingly connected world, clinical trials and other research activities are no longer state- or country-specific. Not surprisingly, the globalization of research activities creates any number of legal and compliance challenges for stakeholders involved in the development, authorization, and commercialization of medicinal products, including under data privacy regulations that continue to evolve.

This hybrid meeting addressed some of the most pressing of these challenges. We addressed issues that go to the heart of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) of the European Union (“EU”), such as what constitutes a restricted international data transfer, the appropriate lawful basis to legitimize the processing of personal data in the context of clinical trials and secondary research, and the designations of parties participating in research as controllers and processors. We also discussed potential solutions to problems that continue to challenge the research community. The research community has been awaiting further guidance on the topic of the GDPR and research from the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) for several years. The research community must thus navigate several complex issues in the absence of relevant regulatory guidance.

This meeting consisted of a series of panels made up of experts from the life sciences industry, government, and academia to address key challenges faced by the research sector under the GDPR and data privacy regulations in other geographies, including the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (“PIPL”).

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Some state privacy laws apply to specific types of data that might be used in research. Other state privacy laws, sometimes referred to as omnibus privacy laws, regulate the collection and use of personal data throughout the economy. Meeting attendees reviewed and discussed both types of laws in several states, including their applicability to organizations involved in research, exemptions for research activities, and overall impact on research.

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There has been an increase in sustained interactions between sponsors of clinical research or their designees and potential and enrolled study participants and their families. Sponsor interactions with study participants and their families raise certain legal and regulatory concerns when sponsors perform the functions of investigators, such as taking medical histories or securing records from third-party health care providers, or when interactions contribute to inaccurate participant perceptions regarding who is responsible for their participation in a study, among other things.

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Topic: Recent Regulatory Developments Affecting Clinical Trials in the EU and UK: EU In Vitro Diagnostics Medical Devices Regulation, EU Clinical Trials Regulation, and EMA Policy 0070

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Research Collaboration with China: Where are we now with Data Privacy, Export Controls, and Foreign Influence?

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The Revolution in Online Behavioral Advertising – What it Means for the Research Enterprise

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An overview of the FDA’s recent final guidance on clinical decision support (“CDS”) software, with a focus on its application to clinical research settings.

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In recent years, FDA has increasingly focused on honing its approach to regulating digital health tools and technologies, including those used in the research setting. This presentation focused on the Agency’s risk-based approach to regulation in the digital health space, with a focus on when clinical decision support and artificial intelligence/machine learning software may be considered a medical device subject to FDA regulation.

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