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Some funding applications submitted to NIH beginning Jan. 25 will face new requirements and undergo a revised peer review process. To prepare investigators and institutions, NIH launched a dedicated website with details about...more
Continued advancement in artificial intelligence offers great promise to improve health care. But AI feeds on tremendous amounts of data, and using protected health information (PHI) to develop or improve AI often involves...more
The HHS Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) is currently operating with a 62% vacancy rate among staff, as it has not filled open positions, agency officials say. OHRP has a staff of 20, but there are an additional...more
The Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) is sounding an alarm regarding costs institutions have expended to comply with “new and clarified provisions calling for researchers to disclose all sources of research support and...more
On September 27, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two Notices of Proposed Rule Making that would harmonize the FDA’s human subject protection regulations with the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human...more
On October 18, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a letter reminding developers of in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) that institutional review board (IRB) approval is required before initiating a clinical investigation...more
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 8 (August, 2021) - “As a steward of the nation’s biomedical research enterprise, NIH is dedicated to ensuring that when data and biospecimens are shared, that it is done ethically and...more
In a final rule published on January 19, 2017, HHS and several federal departments and agencies made revisions to the Common Rule, the federal policy for the protection of human subjects applicable to human subject research...more
Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued new guidance (“Guidance”) for sponsors, investigators, and institutional review boards (“IRBs”) regarding how recent changes to the Federal Policy for...more
On October 12, FDA published guidance for sponsors, investigators, and IRBs titled “Impact of Certain Provisions of the Revised Common Rule on FDA-Regulated Clinical Investigations.” ...more
On October 12, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released a guidance document titled “Impact of Certain Provisions of the Revised Common Rule on FDA-Regulated Clinical Investigations,” (the “Guidance...more
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and 16 other federal departments and agencies released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to delay the compliance date for updates to the Common Rule for an...more
On April 20, 2018, as anticipated, 17 federal departments and agencies (the “Agencies”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (“2018 NPRM”) in which the Agencies propose a six-month delay to the general compliance date for...more
Earlier this year, the long-awaited revision to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, known as the ‘‘Common Rule,’’ was published in the Federal Register (the ‘‘Final Rule’’). 82 Fed. Reg. 7149 (Jan. 19,...more
The Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, or the “Common Rule,” was originally published in 1991 and has been adopted and codified in separate regulations by HHS and 15 other federal departments and agencies. ...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has delayed the effective and compliance date for the updates to the Common Rule for six months from January 19, 2018, until July 19, 2018. The updates make significant changes...more
On January 17, 2018, sixteen federal departments and agencies (the “Agencies”) delayed implementation of sweeping changes to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (the “Common Rule”) adopted a year ago that...more
On January 22, 2018, the White House again delayed the effective date of revisions to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, referred to as the Common Rule. Final revisions were published on January 19,...more
Ongoing Effort to Harmonize Human Subject Research Regulations The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), both part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),...more
A complex—and occasionally, inconsistent—patchwork of federal and state regulatory requirements apply to entities that perform human subjects research in the United States. In recognition of one such inconsistency, the...more
The Department of Health and Human Services has taken a step toward harmonizing the complex regulatory requirements for federal human subjects research. Our Health Care Group breaks down the changes to the Common Rule due to...more
On Sept. 8, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) to seek input on changes to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, otherwise known as...more
On January 19, 2017, sixteen federal agencies, including the Departments of Health and Human Services and Labor, published the first revision to the federal regulations governing the protection of human subjects participating...more
On January 19, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and fifteen other Federal Departments and Agencies issued a final rule to update “Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects,” also known as...more
On 18 January 2017, as one of the last actions of the outgoing Obama Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and fifteen other federal agencies (the Agencies) issued a final rule overhauling the...more