The Cure Parkinson’s Action Group (CPAG) is a new initiative spearheaded by the trustees of Parkinson’s UK. The objective for this group is to bring together people with different interests in Parkinson’s research (including academics, charities and drug companies) in order to develop a co-ordinated strategy. So that this is informed by people living with Parkinson’s two members of the Research Support Network, Mary Brightwell and Richard Windle, were invited to join the CPAG steering group. The first meeting was held November 2011 and the discussion focussed on clinical trials where there are a number of shortcomings in the current regulatory system.