This is a category for Ethics in Clinical Research
The healthcare industry has experienced sound growth since decades, progressively changing in time with developments in medical technology and advanced procedures. For any person caught up in healthcare, from a heart surgeon to a clinical nurse, synchronizing with advancements in the healthcare is vital to facilitate the best available care to patients.
Major Players in Clinical Research :- Common sense is the basis for a lot of things we do in our daily lives and apart from common sense we do learn through our personal experiences or observations. But many a times common sense is not the finest approach and sometimes there are contradictory theories about what is […]
It is believed that a clinical trial is a partnership between a patient and a researcher that is based on trust and understanding. This is a partnership of peers, with both parties hoping for a favorable outcome that saves lives and bring on major changes in the field of medicine. At the heart of this […]
Stem cell research is being hailed to answer many unanswered questions in modern medicine. The regenerative ability of stem cells brought a revolution in the world of medicine, in re-formation of many organs like heart, kidney, lungs, etc. But there is a dispute going on this regeneration process as the stem cells used for this […]
A clinical research coordinator (CRC) is responsible for conducting clinical trials at clinical trial sites according to the protocol, ICH-GCP and other regulatory requirements. The role of a study coordinator in clinical trials is very important. Every clinical trial site may have one or more study coordinators depending on the workload at the trial site. […]
Ethics as much talked about, is arduous to understand and interpret. One always tries to interpret ethics in his or her own way. So how can we justify as to what is ethical and what not? Seems like a real googly, isn’t it? In similar sense, think about how ethics committees justify their decisions with […]
Indian-GCP: Yes, you must have heard about Indian GCP multiple times, but do we really know what Indian GCP is and why it was created? Do we know the differences between ICH (International Conference on Harmonisation)-GCP & Indian GCP?, and finally the important one… DO WE REALLY NEED IT? Let us try to find answers […]
Pre-clinical drug development process is a risk based process that involves safety and efficacy evaluation of drugs in animal species that extrapolate to potential human outcome. The pre-clinical pharmacologic and toxicological drug responses with respect to dose regimen and route of administration enable to initiate and continue research in human beings. In general, pre-clinical studies […]
We have all been talking about ethics related to patient safety, informed consent, ethics committees etc; however not much is talked about publishing of the data that comes out of every research, be it preclinical or clinical. The question is: Are research results published ethically? History tells us that when it comes to publishing of […]
Behaving ethically is now-a-days being considered as an easy to deal task by every researcher. Ask any researcher about ethics and the reply you will get casually is that ‘I am doing the right thing and yes I am following ethics’; whilst the things in many cases run in real different fashion. It has always […]