With the recent Clinical Trials Directive, a degree of harmonisation into research ethics
committees (RECs) across Europe, including the time taken to assess a trial proposal and …

Background: The Directive 2001/20/EC was an important first step towards consistency in
the requirements and processes for clinical trials across Europe. However, by applying the …

Background The aim of this paper is to compare common features and variation in the work
of research ethics committees (RECs) in Finland to three other countries–England, Canada …

Criticism of ethical review of research continues and research ethics committees (RECs)
need to demonstrate that they are “fit for purpose” by meeting acknowledged standards of …

The purpose of this commentary is to describe the unintended effects ethics committees may
have on research and to analyse the regulatory and administrative problems of clinical trials …

This paper examines the UK's response to a recent European Clinical Trials Directive,
namely the Department of Health, Central Office for Research Ethics Committee guidance …

Aims and background: The present work assessed the impact of two decrees on ethics
committees in Italy, aimed at bringing the national laws on the conduct of clinical trials into …

Repeatedly, adequacy, performance and quality of Ethics Committees that oversee medical
research trials are being discussed. Although they play a crucial role in reviewing medical …

Research Ethics Committees (RECs)—or Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), as they are
known in the US—were created about 50 years ago to independently assess the ethical …

Objective To explore the views of Research Ethics Committee (REC) representatives in the
European Union (EU) on what the status quo is in terms of RECs' activities after the approval …