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Beyond the Headlines: What’s Driving Clinical Trials in Eastern Europe?

Eva Semel by Eva Semel
July 1, 2025
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Beyond the Headlines: What’s Driving Clinical Trials in Eastern Europe?

Beyond the Headlines: What’s Driving Clinical Trials in Eastern Europe?

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In the dynamic world of drug and device development, Eastern Europe has emerged as a high-performing and highly desirable destination for clinical research. For years, global sponsors focused on established markets in Western Europe or North America, but that pattern is shifting. Countries like Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic are now attracting attention not as backup options — but as strategic launch points for complex and time-sensitive clinical studies.

Sponsors are increasingly looking for trial environments that combine regulatory efficiency, scientific quality, and patient access. Eastern Europe delivers on all three. Its rise reflects broader changes in the global research economy, where flexibility, precision, and speed have become as important as scale.

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What Makes Eastern Europe Attractive for Clinical Research?

Several structural and operational advantages drive the shift toward Eastern European regions in trial planning. Among the most critical factors is the accessibility of highly trained healthcare professionals — physicians who are not only clinical experts but also familiar with global trial protocols, ICH-GCP guidelines, and electronic data systems.

Hospitals and research centers in this region are often centralized, meaning patient records, diagnostic services, and procedural oversight are located under one roof. This simplifies both patient recruitment and data collection. Add in motivated patients, low loss-to-follow-up rates, and affordable site budgets — and you get a compelling formula for sponsors under pressure to deliver fast results.

In this setting, clinical trials in Eastern Europe offer more than just economic efficiency — they offer consistency, visibility, and high data quality.

How Is Medical Device Research Evolving in the Region?

The expansion of device-specific studies in Eastern Europe reflects the region’s strong infrastructure and regulatory adaptability. From implantables and surgical tools to diagnostics and digital platforms, devices now make up a growing share of the region’s trial portfolio.

One crucial regulatory component in device development is the CER medical device — the Clinical Evaluation Report required under EU MDR (Medical Device Regulation). This report compiles and analyzes clinical data from published literature, preclinical findings, and existing trials to support the device’s safety and performance. In Eastern Europe, access to strong clinical teams and CROs with CER expertise makes it easier to generate this documentation at both the feasibility and pivotal stages.

The ability to gather high-quality real-world data while simultaneously aligning with EU regulatory pathways gives the region a distinct competitive edge in the device sector.

What Operational Advantages Do Sponsors Experience?

Unlike fragmented healthcare systems, many Eastern European countries operate under centralized national care models, which simplify patient access and allow sponsors to work efficiently with fewer sites. Trial approval timelines are also relatively short — ethics committee and authority reviews often take less than 60 days, enabling faster trial launches.

Many CROs in the region have built hybrid teams fluent in both local protocols and global sponsor expectations. This allows them to:

  • Translate protocols and informed consent forms quickly and accurately
  • Manage site communication with cultural and linguistic fluency
  • Maintain high-quality documentation in accordance with ISO and ICH standards
  • Anticipate regulatory delays and proactively address gaps
  • Support data verification, remote monitoring, and adaptive trial designs

Where Are the Challenges — and How Are They Managed?

Despite the many advantages, Eastern Europe is not without its complexities. Regulatory harmonization under EU MDR and GDPR still leaves room for local interpretation, especially in ethics reviews and language requirements. Sponsors must account for regional differences in document formats, reporting frequencies, and patient data protection.

That said, these issues are often well managed with local expertise. The key to success lies in early planning, smart CRO selection, and building communication bridges between central offices and site-level personnel.

Why the Region Will Continue to Grow in Importance

The global clinical research ecosystem is evolving rapidly, and trial sponsors must constantly evaluate where and how to deploy their resources. Eastern Europe’s trajectory suggests that it is not merely a temporary solution, but a long-term strategic asset. Whether running oncology trials, device feasibility studies, or post-market surveillance efforts, this region offers operational clarity and responsiveness that are hard to replicate elsewhere.

By balancing innovation with structure — and efficiency with compliance — Eastern Europe is helping reshape how trials are designed and delivered across the continent.

Eva Semel

Eva Semel

Assistant Managing Editor

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