Kamal Kamal wrote
Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 08:00 AM
Act of 2020 no. 214, promulgates the Act Regulating Clinical Medical Research, which aims to establish the foundations, standards and controls necessary to conduct clinical medical research, and whether this research is preventive or diagnostic, therapeutic or non-therapeutic, interventional or non-interventional. This research is required to adhere to the provisions of relevant laws, charters and regulations and to comply with recognized international ethical standards and principles. All these are stated in the Administrative Regulations of this Act.
Section three of the Act prohibited the conduct of medical research on a specific group: “The conduct of medical research is not required and related only to a specific group or to groups deserving of additional protection. If the medical research involves one of the groups eligible for additional protection, consent should be obtained if informed consent is obtained from each of them, with the existence of scientific and ethical justifications for seeking their help for specific diseases. From a parent, or guardian or guardian or legal representative in case of death of one or both parents. All these are in accordance with the regulations and procedures prescribed by the administrative regulations of this Act.
