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# ClinicalTrials.com Civil Money Penalties Guide
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/clinicaltrials-com-civil-money-penalties-guide/
- Published: 2020-08-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T16:25:10.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5147441

*Federal Register* notice: FDA has issued a final guidance entitled “Civil Money Penalties Relating to the *ClinicalTrials.gov* Data Bank.” The document outlines how the agency plans to identify whether responsible parties have failed to submit required clinical trial registration or results information to *ClinicalTrials.gov*. It also discusses how it will identify whether parties have submitted false or misleading information to the data bank or if they have failed to submit or knowingly submitted a false certification to the agency. To view the notice, click [here](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-08-17/pdf/2020-17909.pdf?ref=fdaweb.com).