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Article R1124-17 of the French Public Health Code

An accelerated assessment procedure may be set up under conditions defined by order of the Minister for Health when the clinical trial of medicinal products takes place in the context of an emergency situation or a serious health threat, or when it concerns the assessment of a promising compound in an indication with a severe prognosis and no therapeutic alternative.

By way of derogation from the first paragraph of II of article R. 1123-20-1, the Committee for the Protection of Individuals responsible for giving an opinion on the trials mentioned in the first paragraph is appointed by the Minister for Health from among the available committees with the necessary expertise to examine the project.

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Article R1124-17

Une procédure d’évaluation accélérée peut être mise en place dans des conditions définies par arrêté du ministre chargé de la santé lorsque l’essai clinique de médicaments intervient dans le cadre d’une situation d’urgence ou de menace sanitaire grave, ou lorsqu’il concerne l’évaluation d’une molécule prometteuse dans une indication de pronostic sévère sans alternative thérapeutique.


Par dérogation au premier alinéa du II de l’article R. 1123-20-1, le comité de protection des personnes chargé de se prononcer sur les essais mentionnés au premier alinéa est désigné par le ministre chargé de la santé parmi les comités disponibles et disposant de la compétence nécessaire à l’examen du projet.

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