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International Compilation of Human Research Protections 2009 Edition

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Office for Human Research Protections (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) has compiled a list of 1,100 laws, regulations, and guidelines governing human subject’s research in 92 countries, as well as standards from a number of international and regional organizations.

This 85 pages list has been developed for IRBs/Ethics Committees, researchers, sponsors, and others who are involved in international research with a purpose to help these groups familiarize themselves with the laws, regulations, and guidelines where the research will be conducted, to assure those standards are followed appropriately.

The 2009 Edition is the latest updated version that includes numerous additions and updates to the 2008 Edition, and further includes the laws, regulations, and/or guidelines for 7 new countries: Burma (also known as Myanmar), Egypt, the Gambia, San Marino, South Korea, the Sudan, and Vietnam.

If you are clinical research personnel and would like to get the latest understanding of guidelines and regulations governing clinical research in different countries, check out this link to update yourself:
http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/international/HSPCompilation.pdf

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