Following watershed amendments in Schedule Y India's star rose rather rapidly on the
clinical research (especially clinical trials) horizon. Just as dramatic was the fall of this …

Background: Ethics Committee accreditation is a process to assess the performance against
a set of standards. Very few studies have shown that process of accreditation results in the …

Accreditation is defined as a process of external evaluation performed by an independent
body (evaluator) assessing how well an organization meets its established standards.[1] The …

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the process of accreditation resulting in
improvement of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) functioning. Methodology: Randomly …

The establishment of research ethics committees (REC) in China's higher education
institutions (HEI) is lagging far behind western developed countries. This has at least partly …

Methods: Queries received after the initial review and replies sent by a single research
department were evaluated. A content analysis was done to identify the domains and …

116 Perspectives in Clinical Research| Volume 12| Issue 3| July-September 2021 the
“checklist,” 83% of investigators stated that they have adequate space for the conduct of …

Abstract Ethics Committees (ECs) are endowed with the responsibility of ensuring ethical
conduct of biomedical research and human research participants' protection. Although …

With the harmonization of patent laws in the post-WTO scenario, like many other developing
countries India became one of the preferred destinations for carrying our clinical trials (CTs) …

Background: The high volume of research proposals increases the workload of Institutional
Review Boards (IRBs). Above all, ethical oversight ensures the quality improvement of …