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A World of Clinical Regulatory Information at Your Fingertips

BY THE CLINREGS TEAM, NIAID

NIAID’s ClinRegs website is a free, online database designed to save intramural and other clinical research professionals time by providing a central resource for country-specific clinical research regulatory information. Starting with 12 countries in 2014, ClinRegs has expanded to now include 23 countries. Each country profile includes 36 topic areas that are updated at least once a year and provide a summary of the applicable requirements and links to official regulatory and ethics guidance documents, forms, and other resources. Additionally, English translations are provided, when available.

Recent updates to ClinRegs include a tabular dashboard on every country page, which provides easy access to new requirements as they are issued, quick facts, current research and sites, details on profile updates, and other helpful links. Also, users can now filter which topic areas they want to view, compare up to four countries side by side, hide the left-hand menu, and filter search results by country and topic.

In the past year, 68,000 users in 166 countries have visited the ClinRegs website. To learn more about what the site has to offer and how ClinRegs can help you, watch the recorded webinar “Utilizing NIAID’s ClinRegs Website to Support International Clinical Research Regulatory Compliance.”

To receive the latest ClinRegs information, subscribe to country- or topic-specific email updates.

NIAID continues to strive to make ClinRegs a useful resource for intramural researchers. Email any comments, insights, or suggestions to the ClinRegs team at NIAIDClinRegsSupport@mail.nih.gov.