Involvement of ethics committees in biomedical research

Abstract

The article focuses on the issue of the involvement of ethics committees in permitting biomedical research. First, the article focuses on the general regulation of ethics committees within biomedical research. Subsequently, it construes the regulation of the involvement and functioning of ethics committees for specific types of biomedical research. In the final part, the consequences of fragmentation and inadequacy of legislation are discussed and the possible solutions are outlined.