Confusion around GDPR means 'few clinical trials take place in Ireland’, conference will hear

Cancer Trials Ireland linked the overly rigid application of GDPR in Ireland to the extremely low number of cancer trials involving patients from Irish hospitals. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA

An absence of clear guidance on applying GDPR between Irish hospitals or between EU countries is one reason why so few clinical trials take place in Ireland, a conference will hear Monday.

It comes after Cancer Trials Ireland linked the overly rigid application of GDPR in Ireland to the extremely low number of cancer trials involving patients from Irish hospitals.