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Drugmakers Seek to Cut Red Tape to Speed Cancer Trials

Posted on September 19, 2008

Need a will or an apartment lease? It s easy enough to find a well-vetted template that let s you bypass the lawyers or at least get a head start with a solid draft.Red tape is a hazard to prompt cancer studies.Want to start a cancer study? That could take some serious, time-consuming lawyering. But soon academic researchers, hospitals and companies looking to collaborate on clinical tests of cancer treatments may be able to speed things along by using standardized contract language. Earlier this week the Justice Department told the CEO Roundtable on Cancer that it didn t see any antitr...

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cancer , cancer treatment