[Translated article] Analysis of the guide to excellence in the conduct of clinical trials in hospital pharmacy

The document "Guide to Excellence in the Conduct of Clinical Trials in Hospital Pharmacy" was drawn up by hos-pital pharmacists and representatives of the pharmaceutical industry. Its objective is "to unite criteria, introduce improvements in communication, harmonize and digitalize processes" in all phases of development of a clinical trial in Hospital Pharmacy Services.This special article includes the reflections of the Working Group of the Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacy about this document. The analysis is based on its participation in the drawing of the Guide of Excellence, and in-cludes its most relevant aspects, including those which, despite being discussed during the process of preparing the document, were finally not included, for reasons of synthesis or for further analysis and agreement.While recognizing the undoubted value of a so far unprecedented first document of consensus, the Clinical Tri-als Working Group also highlights the future challenges that both hospital pharmacists and pharmaceutical com-panies have ahead in order to improve the quality of the management of clinical trials.The Clinical Trials Working Group believes that the existence of communication routes both with the pharma-ceutical industry and other agents involved in the conducting of clinical trials, as well as the improved visibility of the hospital pharmacist as an expert in the management of investigational medicines, will help achieve a better management of clinical trials in our environment and the assignment of the necessary human and material resources to reach excellence.(c) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.E.F.H. This is an open access article under the license CC BY-NC -ND (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).