The Past, Present, and Future of Commissioned Ethics Review / 中国医学伦理学

ABSTRACT

In view of the current realistic demand and existing problems of commissioned ethical review in China, this paper reviewed the changes of relevant laws and regulations of commissioned ethical review in China, summarized the current problems in the implementation of commissioned ethical review, such as the lack of clarity in regulations, non-commissioned review specifications, the lack of criteria for selecting ethics committees, the scope of commissioned review to be defined, the unfamiliarity with research conditions, and the difficulty of continuing review. Based on the exploration of commissioned ethics review in China, it was suggested to solve the problem from the following aspects formulating ethics committee selection criteria, clarifying the content of commissioned review, standardizing the commissioned review procedures of research, reaching intention, signing agreement, implementing commissioned review procedures, strengthening communication and supervision, managing commissioned review materials, strengthening information system construction, improving conflict of interest management, and learning from domestic pioneers and foreign experience.