HHS Drafts Proposal To Improve Human Research Regulations
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Citing concerns over outdated regulations, HHS is recommending multi-site institutional review board reviews, updated informed-consent processes and revised risk calculations, among other changes, in a wide-reaching proposal to improve protections for human research subjects.
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