Ethical Issues Committee

Read the Faculty's Ethics Report and Guiding Principles revised in 2005.

The Committee organised a successful meeting on 15 May 2007, 'Clinical Research and the Provision of New Medicines: A Crisis of Confidence'.

The Proceedings , presentations and rapporteur's report are now available.

The following speakers have given the Faculty permission to place their presentations on the website:

Debate: This house believes that the ethics of clinical research have reached an all time low

Dr Richard Smith

The Ethics of Exposing Healthy Volunteers to Biological Products in Clinical Trials

Professor Sir Gordon Duff

Dr David Glover

The Ethics of Restricting Patient Access to New Medicines

Dr Mary Baker


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