EMA continues the series of half-day informational webinars, organised twice a year, aiming to share some practical advice regarding transitioning clinical trials from the Clinical Trials Directive (2001/20/EC) to the Clinical Trial Regulation (536/2014) as well as best practices on CTIS. The last informational webinar took place on 4 July 2023 and focussed on transitional trials. A video recording will be made available in due course on the event page. The next informational webinar is planned for October 2023. More details will be available shortly on the EMA website.

Regular CTIS bitesize talks are still being held as part of EMA CTIS event series, where sponsor users can learn from CTIS experts about a specific CTIS functionality and have their questions answered live. CTIS users can submit and upvote questions in advance as well as live during the events via Slido. All video recordings are published on the respective event pages. The next CTIS Bitesize talk on Partial applications (part I only) and how to satisfy the part II requirements in CTIS is scheduled for 30 August 2023. More details will be available on the EMA events page.

More dates have been announced for the CTIS walk-in clinics, which provide sponsor users with the opportunity to raise questions about any CTIS functionality and receive advice from CTIS experts. CTIS users can submit and upvote questions in advance as well as during the live sessions via Slido as described on the event pages, where the event recordings are also available. Previous sessions for 2023 took place on 18 January, 16 February, 16 March, 19 April, 17 May 2023, 14 June 2023.

The next CTIS walk-in clinic events:

• 19 July 2023
• 20 September 2023

The Sponsor end user training programme continues and the next events dates are:

• 19 - 22 September 2023
• 10 - 13 October 2023