Tag Archives: clinical trials
Whose Responsibility Are Ethical Issues in Phase 1 Research?
Dessislava Fessenko reveals that ethical concerns surrounding the participation of healthy volunteers in Phase 1 clinical trials have deep roots in broader social conditions, which require social policy responses.
Psychedelics, Doing Science, and Policing History
Erika Dyck describes how the recent surge in psychedelic research presents opportunities to rethink how we do science, and how we measure the impact of science.
The Zika Vaccine Research Agenda & Pregnant Women
The Ethics Working Group on ZIKV Research & Pregnancy provides recommendations to ensure that pregnant women are responsibly and equitably included in the Zika virus vaccine research and development agenda.
Clinical Trial Disaster in France
Jonathan Kimmelman comments on the recent phase 1 clinical research trial that left one healthy volunteer brain dead and five others hospitalized.
The Opacity of Bill C-17’s Transparency Amendments
Matthew Herder says it is unclear whether the ‘Protecting Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act (Vanessa’s Law)’ will provide greater transparency in Canadian drug regulation.
Impact Ethics 