Ethical Guidelines for Human Biomedical Research Legislation in Singapore

01 Nov 2012

Asian Legal Business

In the November 2012 issue of Asian Legal Business (p.25), Co-head of Drew & Napier’sHealthcare & Life Sciences, Benjamin Gaw, offered insight to the key recommendations of the Singapore Bioethics Advisory Committee on its draft Ethics Guidelines for Human Biomedical Research. Some of them are:

• Establishing an appeal mechanism to assist Principal Investigators
• Specific and general consent of participants
• Consent from children
• Informing participants of incidental findings
• Impact of the Personal Data Protection Act on the Guidelines

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