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The eClinical Forum is releasing its 8th public version of the “eCF Requirements” which takes all of the requirements and guidance directions that pertain to electronic data and electronic systems that support clinical research, from FDA, EMA, PMDA, MNPA, MHRA, TFDA and ICH , and boils them down into 37 unique statements or "eCF Requirements".
A complete overview of eCF Activities and plans for 2025.
The eCF REG team puts out a yearly version of the "eCF Requirements" which many orgainizations use to check compliance of their systems against regulatory authority document statements. The previous versions have been requested in order to easily check the requirements that were in place in a particular year.
This group will develop standard approaches, processes, expectations - generate minimum standards for us to meet the opinions of global regulators. Address the problem of generic regulations and create industry guidelines more tangible and actionable.
Team started in August 2024. The goal is to review, prioritize and standardize the audit trail review data checks based on the eCF ATR position paper (2021) and create a list of high impact checks that can be implemented by sponsor companies and technology vendors.
The eClinical Forum is releasing its 7th public version of the “eCF Requirements” which takes all of the requirements and guidance directions that pertain to electronic data and electronic systems that support clinical research, from FDA, EMA, PMDA, MNPA, MHRA and ICH , and boils them down into 37 unique statements or "eCF Requirements".
The "eCF Requirements" Members Release V2024 has been released. This is a significant accomplishment by the eClinical Forum’s “Regulatory Expert Group” (REG) as they have put in countless hours over many years to be able to produce such a comprehensive list of compliance requirements for electronic systems that will manage data used in regulated clinical research, against regulations and guidances from 40 different documents from FDA, EMA, PMDA, NMPA, MHRA and ICH and ISO.
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Public release of "Strategies for implementing Audit Trail Review" Industry Position Paper
The eClinical Forum is releasing the public version of its industry position paper "Audit Trail Review: Strategies for implementing Audit Trail Review".
Registrations open for eCF Spring Workshop 2026
We are happy to announce that registrations are now open for our Spring Workshop 2026.
Europe/Hybrid: Hosted by Servier outside of Paris on April 14-16 (this will be livestreamed as well)
Americas: Hosted by YPrime outside of Philadelphia, PA on April 28-30
Asia: Hosted by Novartis in Tokyo, Japan on April 2-3
eCF Webinar on RBQM, ATRA, and Fit-for-Purpose Data
RBQM is now a requirement under ICH E6(R3). But how does it fit with other data review activities?
The webinar is available to all our members. Date and Time: Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 14:00 UTC.
eCF Spring 2026 Workshops Announced!
We are happy to announce our Spring workshops!